G             C  G            C  G


[Verse]

G              C G                   C G
 Go out yonder,   peace in the valley
               C G                    C   G
Come downtown, have to rumble in the alley
 D                      G
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in


[Instrumental]

G             C  G            C  G

G          C   G             C  G
Has anybody     seen my lady
              C   G                   C  G
This living alone   will drive me crazy


[Verse 2]

D                      G
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in
C             Dm            Em Dm/E C
 I'm gonna go down by the wa - ter
 C                  Dm             Em Dm/E
 But I ain't gonna jump in, no, no
C             Dm             Em  Dm/E
 I'll just be looking for my mak - er
F                      D7
 And I hear that that's where she's been? Oh!
  G                 C  G                  C  G
Out of nine lives,       I spent seven
G                 C     G                  C  G
Now, how in the world   do you get to Heaven


[Verse 3]

D                              G
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in
C             Dm            Em Dm/E  C
I just spent 60 days in the jailhouse
C                  Dm             Em Dm/E
For the crime of having no dough
C             Dm             Em  Dm/E
Now here I am back out on the street
F                      D7
For the crime of having nowhere to go
 G          C    G                      C  G
Save your neck    or save your brother
 G              C G                  C  G
Looks like it's   one or the other


[Verse 4]

D                      G
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in
 G                C G                  C  G
Now two young kids    might start a ruckus
 G                 C G                  C  G
You know they feel    you trying to shuck us


[Outro]

D                      G
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in
D                      G
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in