Intro:
(backwards guitar over B minor pentatonic scale; end on D note)
D5
Yeah, yeah, oh, yeah
What condition my condition was in
Verse 1:
G5 D5
I woke up this morning with the sundown pouring in
A5
I found my mind in a brown paper bag within
D5 F5
I tripped on a cloud and fell a-eight miles high
Bb5
I tore my mind on a jagged sky
D5 A5 D5
I just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in
Chorus
Break 1:
C Ab Bbm Ebm
e | ------- | ------------- | ---------------- | ----------------- | ----- |
B | ------- | ------------- | ---------------- | ----------------- | ----- |
G | ----5-- | -2---------1- | ---------------- | ----------------- | ----- |
D | ------- | ----3---3---- | --1------------- | ----------------- | ----- |
A | ------- | ------5------ | -----3--1-4---1- | -4---1-4---1-4-5- | -6--- |
E | ------- | ------------- | ---------------- | ----------------- | ----- |
Verse 2:
(key change to Eb5 )
Eb5 Ab5 Eb5
I pushed my soul in a deep dark hole and then I followed it in
Bb5
I found myself crawlin' out as I was crawlin' in
Eb5 Gb5
I got up so tight, I couldn't unwind
C5
I saw so much, I broke my mind
Eb5 Bb5 Eb5
I just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in
Solo:
Eb5 Db5 Gb5 x2
Eb5
Eb5
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 E5 )
E5 A5 E5
Someone painted "April Fool" in big black letters on a dead-end sign
B5
I've had my foot on the gas since I left the road and blew out my mind
E5 G5
Eight miles out of Memphis and I got no spare
C5
Eight miles straight up downtown somewhere
E5 B5 E5
I just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in
E5 B5 E5
I said, I just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in
End/Break 3:
E5
Yeah, yeah, oh, yeah (slow down)
Em
e | ---------------------------------- |
B | ---------------------------------- |
G | ------6-5------4--3----------3---- |
D | -5--------6-----------3-1-2----0-- |
A | ---------------------------------- |
E | ---------------------------------- |
