The Shape I'm Takin' Chords by Red Hot Chili Peppers

[Intro]

[Verse]
Dm C Dm                                                Gm7      
■  ■ ■  You wanna beat it but you're never gonna leave this town
Dm7               Dm           Dm7   Gm7       Bb   
■   In the jungle with a fever comes immediate crown
Dm                              
■  I'm alone with all my friends
                     Gm 
Fireworks in a pussy den
                         Bb 
Shakin' up that new West End
                             Dm   
Don't get too close my style bends
                      Dm  
I'ma do my thing this time
             Gm        
Hudson River serpentine
              Gm       
Everything we overheard
                Dm7                              
Pizza's free on thirtythird and third third third


[Chorus]
Eb    F        Gm     
Don't you love me baby
C             Eb    
The shape I'm takin'
             F      
At the Latin quarter
                Dm     Eb   
Trouble funk is on the floor
      Eb      
Oh my children
F              Gm     
Don't you love me baby
C             Eb    
The shape I'm takin'
              F    
Jungle at the disco
                   Gm           
Jungle's what they came here for
Dm                                                Gm       
■  The beat is tricky but you're never gonna move it around


[Verse]
Gm7 Bb C Dm7
■   ■  ■ ■  
                   Dm                        Gm            Bb
You're dressin' up when you really should be dressin' down ■ 
Dm                             
■  Gettin' on my one last nerve
                           Gm   
Ring my bell on Dead Man's Curve
                   C7    
Pick it up Jamaica Queens
           Dm7               
That super walk is so obscene
                         Dm7 
Gonna do your thing this time
                       Gm7 
East Side River box of wine
                         Gm   
Throw it up it's time to serve
C7              Dm7                   Dm         
Pizza's free on thirtythird and third third third


[Chorus]
Eb    F        Gm     
Don't you love me baby
C             Eb    
The shape I'm takin'
             Eb     
At the Latin quarter
F               Dm     Eb   
Trouble funk is on the floor
      Eb      
Oh my children
      F        Gm     
Don't you love me baby
C             Eb    
The shape I'm takin'
              F    
Jungle at the disco
                        Gm      
Jungle's what they came here for
Cm Bb F Cm
■  ■  ■ ■ 
               Bb                              F        
You wanna beat it but you're never gonna leave this town
Cm                    Bb                   F            
■  You're dressin' up you really should be dressin' down
Db        Eb                 F              
■  In the jungle fever comes immediate crown


[Solo]
Dm Dm7 Dm Dm7 Dm F Bb Dm7
■  ■   ■  ■   ■  ■ ■  ■  
Am7 Gm7 Bb Dm F Bb Dm
■   ■   ■  ■  ■ ■  ■ 


[Chorus]
Eb    F        Gm     
Don't you love me baby
C             Eb    
The shape I'm takin'
             F      
At the Latin quarter
                   Dm  Eb   
Trouble funk is on the floor
      Eb      
Oh my children
          F    Gm     
Don't you love me baby
C             Eb    
The shape I'm takin'
              Eb   
Jungle at the disco
F                       Gm      
Jungle's what they came here for


[End]