Tuning:

This is a greatly simplified arrangement for novices. The actual song has a half-step up key change at the start of the second and third verses (A Kenny Rogers trademark!) This arrangement simplifies the chords and eliminates the key changes to make the song more approachable to newer players. Feel free to capo it anywhere to suit your singing voice. Have fun! [Intro]

^EmYeah, yeah, oh yeah... ^EmWhat condition my condition was in...

[Verse 1]

I ^Emwoke up this morning with the ^A/Esundown shining ^Emin. I ^Emfound my mind in a brown paper bag but ^Bm7then, I ^Emtripped on a cloud and fell ^Geight miles high, I ^Cm7tore my mind on a jagged sky. I ^Emjust dropped in to ^Bm7see what condition my ^Emcondition was in.

[Verse 2]

I ^Empushed my soul in a ^A/Edeep dark hole and then I ^Emfollowed it in. I ^Emwatched myself crawling out while I was crawling ^Bm7in. I got ^Emup so tight I ^Gcouldn't unwind, I ^Cm7saw so much that I broke my mind. I ^Emjust dropped in to ^Bm7see what condition my ^Emcondition was in.

[Verse 3]

Some^Emone painted 'April Fool' in ^A/Ebig black letters on a ^Emdead end sign. ^EmI've had my foot on the gas since I went off the road and blew out my ^Bm7mind. ^EmEight miles out of Memphis and I ^Ggot no spare, ^CM7Eight miles straight up downtown somewhere. I ^Emjust dropped in to ^Bm7see what condition my ^Emcondition was in. I ^Emjust dropped in to ^Bm7see what condition my ^Emcondition was in.

[Outro]

^EmYeah, yeah, oh yeah...

Kenny Rogers And The First Edition - Just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in