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G Go out yondeC r, G peace in the valley. C
G Come downtown, C have to G rumble in the alley. C
D Oh, you don’t know the G shape I’m in.
G Has anybodC y G seen my lady. C
G This living aC lone will G drive me crazy. C
D Oh, you don’t know the G shape I’m in.
C I’m gonna go Dm down by the Em wa - Dm/E ter. C
C But I ain’t gonna Dm jump in, no, Em no. Dm/E
C I’ll just be Dm looking for my Em mak - Dm/Eer.
F And I hear that that’s D7 where she’s been? Oh!
Out of nine lives, I spent seven.
Now, how in the world do you get to Heaven.
Oh, you don’t know the shape I’m in.
C I just spent Dm sixty days in the Em jail - Dm/E house C
C for the Dm crime of having no doEm ugh. Dm/E
C Now here I am Dm back out on the strEm eet Dm/E
F for the crime of having D7 nowhere to go.
Save your neck or save your brother.
Looks like it’s one or the other.
Oh, you don’t know the shape I’m in.
Now two young kids might start a ruckus.
You know they feel you trying to shuck us.
Oh, you don’t know the shape I’m in.