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Transcribed by: asf0@comcast.net Alice Franceschini
Date: February 10, 1998
Album: First Edition Greatest Hits
Written by: Mickey Newbury
Note: n.c. means no chord. This song changes key with each verse.
The First Edition
JUST DROPPED IN TO SEE WHAT CONDITION MY CONDITION WAS IN
n.c. Dm
Yea, yea, Oh yea. What condition my condition was in.
Dm G Dm
I woke up this morning with the sun down shining in
D Dm A
I found my mind in a brown paper bag within
D D7
I tripped on a cloud and fell eight miles high
G G7
I tore my mind on a jagged sky
Dm A G Dm
I just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in
n.c. Dm
Yea, yea, oh yea. What condition my condition was in.
notes used to go to the other key
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D#m G# D#m
I pushed my soul in a deep dark hole and then I followed it in
D# D#m A#
I watched myself crawling out as I was a-crawling in
D# D#m G# G#7
I got so up tight I couldn't unwind I saw so much I broke my mind
D#m A# G# D#m
I just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in
lead
n.c. D#m
Yea, yea, oh yea. What condition my condition was in.
notes used to go to the other key
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Em A
Someone painted out, you can't get through
Em
Big black letters on a caved in sign
E Em B
I had my foot on the gas as I left the road and blew out my mind
Em Em7
Eight miles out on Memphis and I ain't got space
A
Eight miles straight up downtown somewhere
Em B D Em
I just dopped in to see what condition my condition was in
Em B D Em
I just dopped in to see what condition my condition was in
n.c. N.C. Em
Yea, yea, oh yea. What condition my condition was in.
