Chords for The Shape I'm In - The Band 9/2/83

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Go out yonder, beats in the valley.
Come downtown, I'm at the Ruffaland Alley.
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Oh, you don't know [Em] the shape [G] I'm in. _ _ _ _ _ _
Has anybody _ seen my lady? _
That's living alone, it'll drive me [D] crazy.
Oh, _ you don't know [Em] the shape [Gm] I'm [G] in.
_ _ _ _ _ [C] Well, I'm gonna [D] go down by the water,
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but I ain't gonna [D] jump in no river.
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I'll just be [Dm] looking for [Em] my maker.
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And I hear [D] that which speaks [G] well
of my life and self. _
The world, even the heaven.
[D] Oh, you don't know [Em] the shape [G] I'm in.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] Well, I just spent [Dm] 16 years in a [C] jailhouse.
For the crime of [Dm] having no [G] rope. Oh, no.
[C] Now here I am [Dm] back out on the [Em] street.
_ [F] For the crime of [Dm] having no other soul.
[G] Paint your neck or save your brother.
[Gm] Look like [G] this, walk like the other.
[D] Oh, you don't [Em] know the shape [G] I'm in.
_ _ _ _ _ _ I took young kids, like spot rockers.
You know they feel the time of shock.
[D] Oh, you don't know [Em] the shape [G] I'm in.
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_ _ _ _ Thank you very much.