Supergrass - Condition

Original by Kenny Rogers - Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)



[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
                             DmA
       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)