Dignity

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