Intro:
(backwards guitar over B minor pentatonic scale; end on D note)
Dm
Yeah, yeah, oh, yeah
What condition my condition was in
Verse 1:
G/DDm
I woke up this morning with the sundown pouring in
Am7
I found my mind in a brown paper bag within
DmF
I tripped on a cloud and fell a-eight miles high
Bbmaj7
I tore my mind on a jagged sky
DmAm7Dm
I just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in
Chorus
Verse 2:
(key change to Ebm)
EbmAb/EbEbm
I pushed my soul in a deep dark hole and then I followed it in
Bbm7
I found myself crawlin' out as I was crawlin' in
EbmGb
I got up so tight, I couldn't unwind
Cmaj7
I saw so much, I broke my mind
EbmBbm7Ebm
I just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in
Solo:
EbmDbGb x2
Ebm
Ebm
Yeah, yeah, oh, yeah
What condition my condition was in
Break 2:
(It goes down to a low Eb)
e |-------|-------------|----------------|-----------------|----|
B |-------|-------------|----------------|-----------------|----|
G |-------|-------------|----------------|-----------------|----|
D |-------|-------------|----------0-----|-0-----0-----0-1-|-2--|
A |-----4-|-1---------0-|------4-2-----2-|-----2-----2-----|----|
Eb|-------|----3-0-3----|--1-------------|-----------------|----|
Verse 3:
(key change to Em)
EmA/EEm
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
EmG
Eight miles out of Memphis and I got no spare
Cmaj7
Eight miles straight up downtown somewhere
EmBm7Em
I just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in
EmBm7Em
I said, I just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in
End/Break 3:
Em
Yeah, yeah, oh, yeah (slow down)
Em
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|------6-5------4--3----------3----|
D|-5--------6-----------3-1-2----0--|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|