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Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 13:25:14 -0400
From: Andrew Rogers
Subject: f/first_edition/just_dropped_in.crd
"Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)"
(Mickey Newbury)
[Notes: the guitars are so distorted it's hard to tell, but the chord
notated as Am7 might actually be A7#9 (54555x) - try both and see
which you think sounds more like the record. The bass is definitely
tuned below concert pitch (see the second break), and I suspect that
the distorted rhythm guitar is as well - try tuning to DGCFAD and
playing in Em/Fm/F#m. -- AWR]
Intro:
(backwards guitar over Bminor (x2444x@1)pentatonic scale; end on Dnote) (xx0232@1)
Chorus:
Dm[N.C.] (xx0231@1) Yeah yeah oh, yeah
Dm (xx0231@1)What condition my condition was in
Verse 1:
(Dm) G/D (4x3121@7) Dm (xx0231@1)I woke up this morning with the sundown pouring in
Am7 (x02010@1)[5x555x]
I found my mind in abrown (x02210@1)paper bag within
Dm (xx0231@1) F (133211@1)I tripped on acloud (x02210@1)and fell a-eight miles high
Bbmaj7 (x13231@1)I tore my mind on ajagged (x02210@1)sky
Dm (xx0231@1) Am7 (x02010@1) Dm (xx0231@1)I just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in
[repeat chorus]
Instrumental break #1:
bass (doubled w/vibes; fuzz guitar plays chords where indicated):
C (x32010@1) Ab (xx1114@1) Bbm (x13321@1) (Ebm)
v v v v v v v v v v v v v
-5-|---2-----------1-|-----------------|-----------------|---|
---|-------3---3-----|---1-------------|-----------------|---|
---|---------5-------|-------3-1-4---1-|-4---1-4---1-4-5-|-6-|
---|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---|
(I ...)
[key change to Ebm]
Ebm (xx4342@1) Ab/Eb Ebm (xx4342@1)I pushed my soul in adeep (x02210@1)dark hole and then I followed it in
Bbm7 (x13121@1)I found myself crawlin' out as I was crawlin' in
Ebm (xx4342@1) Gb (244322@1)I got up so tight, I couldn't unwind
Cbmaj7
I saw so much, I broke my mind
Ebm (xx4342@1) Bbm7 (x13121@1) Ebm (xx4342@1)I just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in
Guitar solo:
Ebm (xx4342@1) Db (x43121@1) Gb[5/4] (244322@1) / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / [2X]
(in)
Ebm (xx4342@1) / / / / / / / /
(yeah)
[repeat chorus in Ebm:]
Ebm[N.C.] (xx4342@1) Yeah yeah oh, yeah
Ebm (xx4342@1)What condition my condition was in
Instrumental break #2:
bass (doubled w/vibes; fuzz guitar plays chords where indicated)
[Note: this starts in alower (x02210@1)octave than the first time,
and goes down to alow (x02210@1)Eb- (x43121@3)detune the low Eas (022100@1)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
G ---|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---|
D ---|-----------------|-----------0-----|-0-----0-----0-1-|-2-|
A -4-|---1-----------0-|-------4-2-----2-|-----2-----2-----|---|
Eb ---|-------3-0-3-----|---1-------------|-----------------|---|
(Someone...)
[key change to Em]
Verse 3:
Em (022000@1) A/E (002220@1) Em (022000@1)Someone painted "April Fool" in big black letters on adead-end (x02210@1)sign
Bm7 (x20202@1)I've had my foot on the gas since I left the road and blew out my mind
Em (022000@1) G (320003@1)Eight miles out of Memphis and I got no spare
Cmaj7 (x32000@1)Eight miles straight up downtown somewhere
Em (022000@1) Bm7 (x20202@1) Em (022000@1)I just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in
Em (022000@1) Bm7 (x20202@1) Em (022000@1)I said, I just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in
Coda:
Em[N.C.] (022000@1) Yeah yeah oh, yeah-eh [slow down; voices through Leslie]
Em(single (022000@1)chord w/fuzz and tremolo)
bass (doubled w/vibes; free tempo):
------6-5---4----3----------3-----|
-5--------6--------3----1-2---0---|
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Em(feedback, (022000@1)organ, and fuzz guitar; fade out, in, out, in, out)
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers
