The Shape I'm In chords by The Band (Official Version)

GuitarPianoUkulele

C7#9
G7
D
Em7
C
G7/D
C/E
F
D7

Intro 1

C7#9

Verse 1
G7 
Go out yonder, peace in the valley
Come downtown,
have to rumble in the alley
D 
Em7 
G7 
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in
G7 
Has anybody seen my lady
This living alone will drive me crazy
D 
Em7 
G7 
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in

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Chorus 1

G7/D

C/E

G7/D

I'm gonna go down by the water

G7/D

C/E

G7/D

But I ain't gonna jump in, no, no

G7/D

C/E

G7/D

I'll just be looking for my maker

And I hear that

that's where she's been? Oh

Verse 2

Out of nine lives, I spent seven

Now, how in the world do you get to Heaven

Em7

Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in

Interlude 1
C7#9 
C7#9 
C7#9 
C7#9 
G7 
G7 
G7 
G7 
D7 
Em7 
G7 
G7 
G7 
G7 
G7 
G7 
D7 
Em7 
G7 
G7 

Chorus 2
C 
G7/D 
C/E 
G7/D 
I just spent sixty  days in the jail  house
C 
For the crime
G7/D 
C/E 
G7/D 
of having no dough, no,   no
C 
Now here I am
G7/D 
C/E 
G7/D 
back   out on the street
F 
D7 
For the crime of having nowhere to go

Verse 3
G7 
Save your neck or save your brother
Looks like it's one or the other
D 
Em7 
G7 
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in
G7 
Now two young kids might start a ruckus
You know they feel you trying to shuck us
D 
Em7 
G7 
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in

Outro 1
C7#9 
C7#9 
C7#9 
C7#9 
G7 
G7 
G7 
G7 
D7 
Em7 
G7 
G7 
G7 
G7 
G7 
G7 
D7 
Em7 
G7 
G7 
G7 
G7 
G7 
G7 
D7 
Em7 
G7 
G7 
G7 
G7 
G7 
G7 
D7 
Em7 
G7 
G7 
G7 
G7 
G7 
G7 
D7 
Em7 
G7 
G7 

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C7#9
G7
D
Em7
C
G7/D
C/E
F
D7

Tuning: E A D G B EDifficulty: EasyKey: G majorBPM: 130

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Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

C7#9: x-3-2-3-4-x
G7: 3-2-0-0-0-1
D: x-x-0-2-3-2
Em7: 0-2-2-0-3-0
C: x-3-2-0-1-0
G7/D: x-x-0-0-0-1
C/E: 0-3-2-0-1-0
F: x-3-3-2-1-x
D7: x-x-0-2-1-2

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This is the definitive original version of The Shape I'm In by The Band, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of G major. It suits players who want to learn The Shape I'm In the way The Band intended, without oversimplifying the arrangement.