Chords for Joe Nichols - The Shape I'm In (Closed-Captioned)
Tempo:
79.175 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
Eb
F
Gm
Cm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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I started in the military for many years on two battlefronts, Iraq and Afghanistan.
Went through a lot in both, been blown up, shot and left for dead.
The one thing I kept doing was I just kept getting back up and going after it.
[Eb] [Bb] No matter what life [Eb] throws at you, the one thing you [Bb] gotta believe in is you gotta believe in yourself.
[Eb] [Bb] .
[Eb] I've got a number [Bb] on a napkin, [Eb] a pounding [Bb] in my head.
[Eb] It takes everything [Bb] I've got [Eb] to crawl [Bb] out of bed.
I lost [Eb] a hell [Bb] of a woman, [Eb] freedom caught me [Bb] on the chin.
[Cm] But I'm doing [Bb] alright [Eb] for the shape [Bb] I'm in.
[F] The [Eb] sun came up again [Bb] this morning, [F] I got a [Eb] call from a long [Bb] lost friend.
[F] Land [Eb] us a little road trip [Bb] down to [Gm] New Orleans.
[Eb] It ain't much, but it beats where [F] I've been.
[Eb] Yeah, I'm doing [Bb] alright.
[Eb] I'm doing [Bb] alright.
[Eb] I'm doing [Bb] alright for the shape I'm [Eb] in.
[Bb] [F] Well, [Bb] [Eb] I'm [Bb] getting better [Eb] at barely [Bb] getting by.
[Eb] When I look [Bb] at her picture, [Eb] I don't break [Bb] down and cry.
[Eb] And all this [Bb] time I hold my hands, [Eb] it's getting easier [Bb] to spend.
[Eb] Cause I'm doing [Bb] alright [Eb] for the shape [Bb] I'm in.
[F] The [Eb] sun came up [Bb] again this morning, [F] I [Eb] took my old fastback [Bb] for a spin.
[F] [Eb] Now when it rains, it [Bb] ain't [Gm] always boring.
And [Eb] I'm learning how to [F] live again.
[Eb] Yeah, I'm doing [Bb] alright.
[Eb] I'm doing [Bb] alright.
[Eb] I'm doing [Bb] alright [F] for the shape [Bb] I'm [Eb] in.
[Bb] Yeah, .
[Eb] I'm doing [Bb] alright.
Yes, [Eb] I'm doing [Bb] alright.
Yeah, [Eb] I'm doing [Bb] alright [F] for the shape [Bb] I'm in.
[Eb] Yes, I'm doing [Bb] alright.
[Eb] Yeah, I'm doing [Bb] alright.
Yeah, [Eb] I'm doing [Bb] alright.
[F] Oh, shake [Bb] my hand.
.
One piece of advice I can give to anybody out there today who's going through some trying times, you know,.
with whatever it is, the jobs, the money, the house, or anything like that,.
just [A] never give up and never quit and keep getting back up and going forward.
And you'd be surprised at what you can do.
Went through a lot in both, been blown up, shot and left for dead.
The one thing I kept doing was I just kept getting back up and going after it.
[Eb] [Bb] No matter what life [Eb] throws at you, the one thing you [Bb] gotta believe in is you gotta believe in yourself.
[Eb] [Bb] .
[Eb] I've got a number [Bb] on a napkin, [Eb] a pounding [Bb] in my head.
[Eb] It takes everything [Bb] I've got [Eb] to crawl [Bb] out of bed.
I lost [Eb] a hell [Bb] of a woman, [Eb] freedom caught me [Bb] on the chin.
[Cm] But I'm doing [Bb] alright [Eb] for the shape [Bb] I'm in.
[F] The [Eb] sun came up again [Bb] this morning, [F] I got a [Eb] call from a long [Bb] lost friend.
[F] Land [Eb] us a little road trip [Bb] down to [Gm] New Orleans.
[Eb] It ain't much, but it beats where [F] I've been.
[Eb] Yeah, I'm doing [Bb] alright.
[Eb] I'm doing [Bb] alright.
[Eb] I'm doing [Bb] alright for the shape I'm [Eb] in.
[Bb] [F] Well, [Bb] [Eb] I'm [Bb] getting better [Eb] at barely [Bb] getting by.
[Eb] When I look [Bb] at her picture, [Eb] I don't break [Bb] down and cry.
[Eb] And all this [Bb] time I hold my hands, [Eb] it's getting easier [Bb] to spend.
[Eb] Cause I'm doing [Bb] alright [Eb] for the shape [Bb] I'm in.
[F] The [Eb] sun came up [Bb] again this morning, [F] I [Eb] took my old fastback [Bb] for a spin.
[F] [Eb] Now when it rains, it [Bb] ain't [Gm] always boring.
And [Eb] I'm learning how to [F] live again.
[Eb] Yeah, I'm doing [Bb] alright.
[Eb] I'm doing [Bb] alright.
[Eb] I'm doing [Bb] alright [F] for the shape [Bb] I'm [Eb] in.
[Bb] Yeah, .
[Eb] I'm doing [Bb] alright.
Yes, [Eb] I'm doing [Bb] alright.
Yeah, [Eb] I'm doing [Bb] alright [F] for the shape [Bb] I'm in.
[Eb] Yes, I'm doing [Bb] alright.
[Eb] Yeah, I'm doing [Bb] alright.
Yeah, [Eb] I'm doing [Bb] alright.
[F] Oh, shake [Bb] my hand.
.
One piece of advice I can give to anybody out there today who's going through some trying times, you know,.
with whatever it is, the jobs, the money, the house, or anything like that,.
just [A] never give up and never quit and keep getting back up and going forward.
And you'd be surprised at what you can do.
Key:
Bb
Eb
F
Gm
Cm
Bb
Eb
F
I started in the military for many years on two battlefronts, Iraq and Afghanistan.
Went through a lot in both, been blown up, shot and left for dead.
The one thing I kept doing was I just kept getting back up and going after it.
[Eb] _ _ [Bb] No matter what life [Eb] throws at you, the one thing you [Bb] gotta believe in is you gotta believe in yourself.
[Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ .
_ [Eb] I've got a number [Bb] on a napkin, [Eb] a pounding [Bb] in my head.
[Eb] It takes everything [Bb] I've got [Eb] to crawl [Bb] out of bed.
I lost [Eb] a hell [Bb] of a woman, [Eb] freedom caught me [Bb] on the chin.
[Cm] But I'm doing [Bb] alright [Eb] for the shape [Bb] I'm in.
[F] The [Eb] sun came up again [Bb] this morning, _ _ [F] I got a [Eb] call from a long [Bb] lost friend.
_ _ [F] Land [Eb] us a little road trip [Bb] down to [Gm] New Orleans.
[Eb] It ain't much, but it beats where [F] I've been.
_ [Eb] Yeah, I'm doing [Bb] alright.
[Eb] I'm doing [Bb] alright.
[Eb] I'm doing [Bb] alright for the shape I'm [Eb] in.
_ [Bb] _ _ [F] Well, [Bb] _ _ [Eb] I'm [Bb] getting better [Eb] at barely [Bb] getting by.
[Eb] When I look [Bb] at her picture, [Eb] I don't break [Bb] down and cry.
[Eb] And all this [Bb] time I hold my hands, [Eb] it's getting easier [Bb] to spend.
[Eb] Cause I'm doing [Bb] alright [Eb] for the shape [Bb] I'm in.
[F] The [Eb] sun came up [Bb] again this morning, _ _ [F] I [Eb] took my old fastback [Bb] for a spin.
_ _ [F] _ [Eb] Now when it rains, it [Bb] ain't [Gm] always boring.
And [Eb] I'm learning how to [F] live again.
_ [Eb] Yeah, I'm doing [Bb] alright.
_ [Eb] I'm doing [Bb] alright.
[Eb] I'm doing [Bb] alright [F] for the shape [Bb] I'm [Eb] in.
[Bb] Yeah, _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ [Eb] I'm doing [Bb] alright.
Yes, [Eb] I'm doing [Bb] alright.
Yeah, [Eb] I'm doing [Bb] alright [F] for the shape [Bb] I'm in.
[Eb] Yes, I'm doing [Bb] alright.
[Eb] Yeah, I'm doing [Bb] alright.
Yeah, [Eb] I'm doing [Bb] alright.
[F] Oh, shake [Bb] my hand.
_ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ One piece of advice I can give to anybody out there today who's going through some trying times, you know,.
with whatever it is, the jobs, the money, the house, or anything like that,.
just [A] never give up and never quit and keep getting back up and going forward.
And you'd be surprised at what you can do.
Went through a lot in both, been blown up, shot and left for dead.
The one thing I kept doing was I just kept getting back up and going after it.
[Eb] _ _ [Bb] No matter what life [Eb] throws at you, the one thing you [Bb] gotta believe in is you gotta believe in yourself.
[Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ .
_ [Eb] I've got a number [Bb] on a napkin, [Eb] a pounding [Bb] in my head.
[Eb] It takes everything [Bb] I've got [Eb] to crawl [Bb] out of bed.
I lost [Eb] a hell [Bb] of a woman, [Eb] freedom caught me [Bb] on the chin.
[Cm] But I'm doing [Bb] alright [Eb] for the shape [Bb] I'm in.
[F] The [Eb] sun came up again [Bb] this morning, _ _ [F] I got a [Eb] call from a long [Bb] lost friend.
_ _ [F] Land [Eb] us a little road trip [Bb] down to [Gm] New Orleans.
[Eb] It ain't much, but it beats where [F] I've been.
_ [Eb] Yeah, I'm doing [Bb] alright.
[Eb] I'm doing [Bb] alright.
[Eb] I'm doing [Bb] alright for the shape I'm [Eb] in.
_ [Bb] _ _ [F] Well, [Bb] _ _ [Eb] I'm [Bb] getting better [Eb] at barely [Bb] getting by.
[Eb] When I look [Bb] at her picture, [Eb] I don't break [Bb] down and cry.
[Eb] And all this [Bb] time I hold my hands, [Eb] it's getting easier [Bb] to spend.
[Eb] Cause I'm doing [Bb] alright [Eb] for the shape [Bb] I'm in.
[F] The [Eb] sun came up [Bb] again this morning, _ _ [F] I [Eb] took my old fastback [Bb] for a spin.
_ _ [F] _ [Eb] Now when it rains, it [Bb] ain't [Gm] always boring.
And [Eb] I'm learning how to [F] live again.
_ [Eb] Yeah, I'm doing [Bb] alright.
_ [Eb] I'm doing [Bb] alright.
[Eb] I'm doing [Bb] alright [F] for the shape [Bb] I'm [Eb] in.
[Bb] Yeah, _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ [Eb] I'm doing [Bb] alright.
Yes, [Eb] I'm doing [Bb] alright.
Yeah, [Eb] I'm doing [Bb] alright [F] for the shape [Bb] I'm in.
[Eb] Yes, I'm doing [Bb] alright.
[Eb] Yeah, I'm doing [Bb] alright.
Yeah, [Eb] I'm doing [Bb] alright.
[F] Oh, shake [Bb] my hand.
_ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ One piece of advice I can give to anybody out there today who's going through some trying times, you know,.
with whatever it is, the jobs, the money, the house, or anything like that,.
just [A] never give up and never quit and keep getting back up and going forward.
And you'd be surprised at what you can do.