Dignity

TUNING: D A D F# A D 
 
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Fat man lookin‘ in a blade of steel, thin man lookin‘ at his last meal 
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Hollow man lookin‘ in a cottonfield for dignity 
 
Wise man lookin‘ in a blade of grass, young man lookin‘ in the shadows that pass 
Poor man lookin‘ through painted glass for dignity 
 
CHORUS #1: 
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Somebody got murdered on New Year‘s Eve 
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Somebody said dignity was the first to leave 
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I went into the city, went into the town 
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Went into the land of the midnight sun 
 
Searchin‘ high, searchin‘ low, searchin‘ everywhere I know 
Askin‘ the cops wherever I go, "Have you seen Dignity?" 
 
Blind man breakin‘ out of a trance, puts both his hands in the pocket of chance 
Hopin‘ to find one circumstance of dignity 
 
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 about dignity 
 
CHORUS #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, wasn‘t any difference to me 
 
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?" 
 
Drinkin‘ man listens to the voice he hears 
In a crowded room full of covered up mirrors 
Lookin‘ into the lost forgotten years for dignity 
 
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 by dignity 
 
CHORUS #3: 
Footprints runnin‘ cross the silver sand, steps goin‘ down into tatoo land 
I met the sons of darkness and the sons of light, in the bordertowns of despair 
 
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 about dignity 
 
Sick man lookin‘ for the doctor‘s cure, 
lookin‘ at his hands for the lines that were 
And into every masterpiece of literature for dignity 
 
Englishman stranded in the blackheart wind 
Combin his hair back his future looks thin 
Bites the bullet and he looks within for dignity 
 
CHORUS #4: 
Someone showed me a picture and I just laughed, dignity never been photographed 
I went into the red, went into the black, into the valley of dry bone dreams 
 
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 to find dignity