The Shape I'm In Chords

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The Shape I'm In by Walt Wilkins is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G, D, Dm, Em, E, F, D7 and Db. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
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  			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 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante