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Chords in this song10
capo 1 — sounds a semitone higherIntro
| D | % | % | % |
Verse 1
Fat man lookin’ in a blade of steel
Thin man lookin’ at his last meal
Hollow man lookin’ in a cottonfield
D | G/A D |
For dignity
Verse 2
Wise man lookin’ in a blade of grass
Young man lookin’ in the shadows that pass
Poor man lookin’ through painted glass
D | G/A D |
For dignity
Bridge 1
Somebody got murdered on New Year’s Eve
Somebody said dignity was the first to leave
I went into the city, went into the town
Em7 | Asus4 | % |
Went into the land of the midnight sun
Verse 3
Searchin’ high, searchin’ low
Searchin’ everywhere I know
Askin’ the cops wherever I go
D G/D D | D | % |
Have you seen dignity?
Verse 4
Blind man breakin’ out of a trance
Puts both his hands in the pockets of chance
Hopin’ to find one circumstance
D | G/A D |
Of dignity
Verse 5
I went to the wedding of Mary Lou
She said, “I don’t want nobody see me talkin’ to you”
Said she could get killed if she told me what she knew
D | G/A D |
About dignity
Bridge 2
I went down where the vultures feed
I would’ve gone deeper, but there wasn’t any need
Heard the tongues of angels and the tongues of men
Em7 | Asus4 A | Asus2 A |
Wasn’t any difference to me
Verse 6
Chilly wind sharp as a razor blade
House on fire, debts unpaid
Gonna stand at the window, gonna ask the maid
Have you seen dignity?
Interlude
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Verse 7
Drinkin’ man listens to the voice he hears
In a crowded room full of covered-up mirrors
Lookin’ into the lost forgotten years
D | G/A D |
For dignity
Verse 8
Met Prince Phillip at the home of the blues
Said he’d give me information if his name wasn’t used
He wanted money up front, said he was abused
D | G/A D |
By dignity
Bridge 3
Footprints runnin’ ’cross the silver sand
Steps goin’ down into tattoo land
I met the sons of darkness and the sons of light
Em7 | Asus4 A | Asus4 |
In the bordertowns of despair
Verse 9
Got no place to fade, got no coat
I’m on the rollin’ river in a jerkin’ boat
Tryin’ to read a note somebody wrote
D | G/A D |
About dignity
Interlude
| D | % | % | % |
| G | D | % | G/A D |
Verse 10
Sick man lookin’ for the doctor’s cure
Lookin’ at his hands for the lines that were
And into every masterpiece of literature
D | G D |
For dignity
Verse 11
Englishman stranded in the blackheart wind
Combin’ his hair back, his future looks thin
Bites the bullet and he looks within
D | G/A D |
For dignity
Bridge 4
Someone showed me a picture and I just laughed
Dignity never been photographed
I went into the red, went into the black
Em7 | Asus4 | % |
Into the valley of dry bone dreams
Verse 12
So many roads, so much at stake
So many dead ends, I’m at the edge of the lake
Sometimes I wonder what it’s gonna take
D | G/A D |
To find dignity
Outro
| D | % | % | D D7 |
| G | D | % | G/A D |
| D | % | % | D |
| G | D | % | G/A D |
(fade out)
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