Intro:
(backwards guitar over B minor pentatonic scale; end on D note)
Dm
Yeah, yeah, oh, yeah
What condition my condition was in
Verse 1:
G/D Dm
I woke up this morning with the sundown pouring in
Am7
I found my mind in a brown paper bag within
Dm F
I tripped on a cloud and fell a-eight miles high
Bbmaj7
I tore my mind on a jagged sky
Dm Am7 Dm
I just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in
Chorus
Break 1:
C Ab Bbm Ebm
e|-------|-------------|----------------|-----------------|-----|
B|-------|-------------|----------------|-----------------|-----|
G|----5--|-2---------1-|----------------|-----------------|-----|
D|-------|----3---3----|--1-------------|-----------------|-----|
A|-------|------5------|-----3--1-4---1-|-4---1-4---1-4-5-|-6---|
E|-------|-------------|----------------|-----------------|-----|
Verse 2:
(key change to Ebm)
Ebm Ab/Eb Ebm
I pushed my soul in a deep dark hole and then I followed it in
Bbm7
I found myself crawlin' out as I was crawlin' in
Ebm Gb
I got up so tight, I couldn't unwind
Cmaj7
I saw so much, I broke my mind
Ebm Bbm7 Ebm
I just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in
Solo:
Ebm Db Gb x2
Ebm
Ebm
Yeah, yeah, oh, yeah
What condition my condition was in
Break 2:
(It goes down to a low Eb)
e |-------|-------------|----------------|-----------------|----|
B |-------|-------------|----------------|-----------------|----|
G |-------|-------------|----------------|-----------------|----|
D |-------|-------------|----------0-----|-0-----0-----0-1-|-2--|
A |-----4-|-1---------0-|------4-2-----2-|-----2-----2-----|----|
Eb|-------|----3-0-3----|--1-------------|-----------------|----|
Verse 3:
(key change to Em)
Em A/E Em
Someone painted "April Fool" in big black letters on a dead-end sign
Bm7
I've had my foot on the gas since I left the road and blew out my mind
Em G
Eight miles out of Memphis and I got no spare
Cmaj7
Eight miles straight up downtown somewhere
Em Bm7 Em
I just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in
Em Bm7 Em
I said, I just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in
End/Break 3:
Em
Yeah, yeah, oh, yeah (slow down)
Em
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|------6-5------4--3----------3----|
D|-5--------6-----------3-1-2----0--|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|