Just Dropped In Tab

Just Dropped In 
by Kenny Rogers


[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

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