artist First Edition
tabname Just Dropped In
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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 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   pouring 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 break #1:

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
-5-|---2-----------1-|-----------------|-----------------|---
---|-------3---3-----|---1-------------|-----------------|---
---|---------5-------|-------3-1-4---1-|-4---1-4---1-4-5-|-6-
---|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---
                                                          (I ...)

[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 found 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

Guitar 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

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...)

[key change to Em]

Verse 3:

    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

Coda:

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):

------6-5---4----3----------3-----
-5--------6--------3----1-2---0---
----------------------------------
----------------------------------


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


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers