Just Dropped In by First Edition #----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the# #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.# #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# 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 www.TAB6.com