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---
----------------------------------
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Em (feedback, organ, and fuzz guitar; fade out, in, out, in, out)
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers
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