C C G C
Go out yonder, peace in the valley
G C G C
Come downtown, gotta rumble in the alley
D G
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in (Dale/Paul/Jim vocals)
Has anybody seen my baby
This livin alone is driven me crazy
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in (Dale/Paul/Jim vocals)
C Dm Em Dm C
I'm just went down to the water
C Dm Em Dm E
But I ain't gonna jump in, no, no
C Dm Em Dm E
I'm down here lookin for my baby
F D7
I hear that's where she gone!
And out of nine lives, I used seven
Now, how in the world am I gonna get to Heaven
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in (Dale/Rita/Jim vocals)
D Db C
I just spent sixty days in the jailhouse
For the crime of having no dough
Now here I am back out on the street
For the crime of having nowhere to go
Save your neck or save your brother (Dale/Paul/Jim vocals)
Looks like it's one or the other
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in
You just don know