Biography:
The Band was an influential Canadian-American rock and roll group of the 1960s and '70s, formed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Band included Robbie Robertson (guitar, piano, drums, harmonica); Richard Manuel (1943-1986) (piano, harmonica, drums, saxophone, organ, slide guitar); Garth Hudson (organ, piano, clavinet, accordion, synthesizer, saxophone); Rick Danko (1943-1999) (bass guitar, violin, trombone, guitar), and Levon Helm (1940-2012) (drums, mandolin, guitar, bass guitar, harmonica).
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The Shape I'm In:The Band.
#121 on BB Hot 100 on CAPITOL Records in 1971.
Album - Stage Fright - #6 RPM Canada, #15 in UK
and #5 on BB Hot 200.
INTRO: Gm7 Bb Eb C Gm7 F
#1.
G
Go out yonder, peace in the valley..
G
come downtown, have to rumble in the alley.
D Em7 G C G
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in.
#2.
G
Has anybody seen my lady?
G
This living alone will drive me crazy.
D Em7 G
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in.
BRIDGE:
C G Am7 C
I'm gonna go down by the water.
C D Em7 C
But I ain't gonna jump in, no, no.
C D Em7
I'll just be looking for my neighbor
F D
and I hear that's where she's been, oh!
#3.
G
Out of nine lives, I spent seven.
G
Now, how in the world do you get to Heaven?
Dm D Em7 G
Ohhhh, you don't know the shape I'm in.
INTERLUDE: C Cm Bb G D G..C Gm G D G G7
BRIDGE:
C Gm C
I just spent 60 days in the jailhouse..
G
for the crime of having no dough.
C D Em7
Now, here I am back out on the street..
F D
for the crime of having nowhere to go.
#4.
G
Save your neck or save your brother.
G
Looks like it's one or the other.
D Em7 G F G
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in.
#5.
G
Now, two young kids might start a ruckus.
G
You know they feel you trying to shuck us.
D Em7 G
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in.
OUTRO:
Gm C Gm C Bb G..D Em7 G..G F G D Em7 G F..G D Em7 G..
G D Em7 G Gm..G D Em7 G.
A seventies smash from Kraziekhat.
#121 on BB Hot 100 on CAPITOL Records in 1971.
Album - Stage Fright - #6 RPM Canada, #15 in UK
and #5 on BB Hot 200.
INTRO: Gm7 Bb Eb C Gm7 F
#1.
G
Go out yonder, peace in the valley..
G
come downtown, have to rumble in the alley.
D Em7 G C G
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in.
#2.
G
Has anybody seen my lady?
G
This living alone will drive me crazy.
D Em7 G
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in.
BRIDGE:
C G Am7 C
I'm gonna go down by the water.
C D Em7 C
But I ain't gonna jump in, no, no.
C D Em7
I'll just be looking for my neighbor
F D
and I hear that's where she's been, oh!
#3.
G
Out of nine lives, I spent seven.
G
Now, how in the world do you get to Heaven?
Dm D Em7 G
Ohhhh, you don't know the shape I'm in.
INTERLUDE: C Cm Bb G D G..C Gm G D G G7
BRIDGE:
C Gm C
I just spent 60 days in the jailhouse..
G
for the crime of having no dough.
C D Em7
Now, here I am back out on the street..
F D
for the crime of having nowhere to go.
#4.
G
Save your neck or save your brother.
G
Looks like it's one or the other.
D Em7 G F G
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in.
#5.
G
Now, two young kids might start a ruckus.
G
You know they feel you trying to shuck us.
D Em7 G
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in.
OUTRO:
Gm C Gm C Bb G..D Em7 G..G F G D Em7 G F..G D Em7 G..
G D Em7 G Gm..G D Em7 G.
A seventies smash from Kraziekhat.
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