Just Dropped In To See What Condition My Condition Was In Chords - Kenny Rogers and The First Edition

Intro

(Backwards guitar over B minor pentatonic scale; end on D note)

Chorus

Dm N.C. Yeah yeah oh, yeah Dm What condition my condition was in

Verse 1

Dm G/D Dm I woke up this morning with the sundown shining in Am7 (5x555x) 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 (Repeat chorus)

Instr

Bass (doubled w/vibes; fuzz guitar plays chords where indicated): C Ab Bbm Ebm v v v v v v v v v v v v v

{tab: G|-5-|---2-----------1-|-----------------|-----------------|-----|}

{tab: D|---|-------3---3-----|---1-------------|-----------------|-----|}

{tab: A|---|---------5-------|-------3-1-4---1-|-4---1-4---1-4-5-|-6---|}

{tab: 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 watched myself crawlin' out as I was crawlin' in Ebm Gb I got up so tight, I couldn't unwind Cbmaj7 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 5/4 / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / 2x (in) Ebm / / / / / / / / (yeah) (Repeat chorus in Ebm) Ebm N.C. Yeah yeah oh, yeah Ebm What condition my condition was in Instr Break 2 (Bass doubled w/vibes; fuzz guitar plays chords where indicated) (Note: this starts in a lower octave than the first time, and goes down to a low Eb - detune the low E as indicated, play it on one of them newfangled 5-strings, or shift it up an octave.) v v v v v v v v v v v v v

{tab: G |---|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---|}

{tab: D |---|-----------------|-----------0-----|-0-----0-----0-1-|-2-|}

{tab: A |-4-|---1-----------0-|-------4-2-----2-|-----2-----2-----|---|}

{tab: Eb|---|-------3-0-3-----|---1-------------|-----------------|---|}

(Someone...)

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

Outro

Em N.C. Yeah yeah oh, yeah-eh (slow down; voices through Leslie) Em (single chord w/fuzz and tremolo) Bass (doubled w/vibes; free tempo):

{tab: G|------6-5---4----3----------3-----|}

{tab: D|-5--------6--------3----1-2---0---|}

{tab: A|----------------------------------|}

{tab: E|----------------------------------|}

Em (feedback, organ, and fuzz guitar; fade out, in, out, in, out)