Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 13:25:14 -0400
From: Andrew Rogers 
Subject: f/first_edition/*

                            (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