Lyrics:

G C G C**lf** Go out yonder, peace in the valley**lf**G C G C**lf** Come downtown, have to rumble in the alley**lf**D G**lf**Oh, you don''t know the shape I''m in**lf****lf**Has anybody seen my lady**lf**This living alone will drive me crazy**lf**Oh, you don''t know the shape I''m in**lf****lf**C Dm Em Dm(E bass) C**lf** I''m gonna go down by the wa - ter**lf**C Dm Em Dm(E bass)**lf** But I ain''t gonna jump in, no, no**lf**C Dm Em Dm(E bass)**lf** I''ll just be looking for my mak - er**lf**F D7**lf** And I hear that that''s where she''s been? Oh!**lf****lf**Out of nine lives, I spent seven**lf**Now, how in the world do you get to Heaven**lf**Oh, you don''t know the shape I''m in**lf****lf**I just spent 60 days in the jailhouse**lf**For the crime of having no dough**lf**Now here I am back out on the street**lf**For the crime of having nowhere to go**lf****lf**Save your neck or save your brother**lf**Looks like it''s one or the other**lf**Oh, you don''t know the shape I''m in**lf****lf**Now two young kids might start a ruckus**lf**You know they feel you trying to shuck us**lf**Oh, you don''t know the shape I''m in