The Shape I'm In:The Band. #121 on BB Hot 100 on CAPITOL Records in 1971. Album - Stage Fright - #6 RPM Canada, #15 in UK and #5 on BB Hot 200. INTRO: Gm7 Bb Eb C Gm7 F #1.

^GGo out yonder, peace in the valley.. ^Gcome downtown, have to rumble in the alley. ^DOh, you don't know the ^Em7shape I'm ^Gin.^C ^G

#2.

^GHas anybody seen my lady? ^GThis living alone will drive me crazy. ^DOh, you don't know the ^Em7shape I'm ^Gin.

BRIDGE:

^CI'm gonna go ^Gdown by the water^Am7. ^C ^CBut I ain't gonna jump ^Din, no, ^Em7no. ^C ^CI'll just be ^Dlooking for my neigh^Em7bor ^Fand I hear ^Dthat's where she's been, oh!

#3.

^GOut of nine lives, I spent seven. ^GNow, how in the world do you get to Heaven? ^DmOhhhh, you don't ^Dknow the ^Em7shape I'm ^Gin.

INTERLUDE: C Cm Bb G D G..C Gm G D G G7 BRIDGE:

^CI just spent ^Gm60 days in the ^Cjailhouse.. for the crime of ^Ghaving no dough. ^CNow, here I am ^Dback out on the ^Em7street.. ^Ffor the crime of having ^Dnowhere to go.

#4.

^GSave your neck or save your brother. ^GLooks like it's one or the other. ^DOh, you don't know the ^Em7shape I'm ^Gin.^F ^G

#5.

^GNow, two young kids might start a ruckus. ^GYou know they feel you trying to shuck us. ^DOh, you don't know the ^Em7shape I'm ^Gin.

OUTRO: Gm C Gm C Bb G..D Em7 G..G F G D Em7 G F..G D Em7 G.. G D Em7 G Gm..G D Em7 G. A seventies smash from Kraziekhat.

The Band - The shape im in