Just Dropped In
by Kenny Rogers
[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 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)
[Instrumental]
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
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 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]
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / x2
(in)
Ebm
/ / / / / / / /
(yeah)
(repeat chorus in Ebm)
Ebm [N.C.]
Yeah yeah oh, yeah
Ebm
What condition my condition was in
[Instrumental 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
G |---|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---|
D |---|-----------------|-----------0-----|-0-----0-----0-1-|-2-|
A |-4-|---1-----------0-|-------4-2-----2-|-----2-----2-----|---|
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):
G|------6-5---4----3----------3-----|
D|-5--------6--------3----1-2---0---|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
Em (feedback, organ, and fuzz guitar; fade out, in, out, in, out)
