Dignity chords by Nana Mouskouri

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Intro 1

Verse 1

Fat man lookin' in a blade of steel,

thin man lookin' at his last meal

Hollow man lookin' in a

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Verse 2

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

Verse 3
F 
C 
G 
CHORUS  (F major)  (C major)  (G major) #1:
Somebody got murdered
on New Year's Eve
F 
C 
 (F major) Somebody said dignity was the first  (C major) to leave
F 
C 
I  (F major) went into the city,  (C major) went into the town
Dm 
Went into the land  (D minor) of the midnight sun
G 
 (G major) 

Verse 4

Searchin' high, searchin' low,

searchin' everywhere I know

Askin' the cops wherever I go,

"Have you seen Dignity?"

Verse 5
C 
 (C major) 
Blind man breakin' out of a trance,
puts both his hands in the pocket of
Chance
F 
 (F major) Hopin' to find one cir
C 
 (C major) cumstance of dignity
F 
C 
 (F major)  (C major) 

Verse 6
I went to the wedding of Mary- lou,
she said I don't want nobody see me
Talkin to you
F 
C 
 (F major) Said she could get killed if she told  (C major) me
what she knew about dignity

Verse 7
F 
C 
G 
CHORUS  (F major)  (C major)  (G major) #2:
I went down where the vultures feed
F 
I  (F major) would've gone deeper,
C 
but there  (C major) wasn't any need
F 
C 
 (F major) Heard the tongues of angels  (C major) an d the tongues of men,
Dm 
 (D minor) wasn't any
Difference to me
G 
F 
 (G major)  (F major) 

Verse 8

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 1

Verse 9
C 
Drinkin' man listens to the  (C major) voice he hears
In a crowded room full
of covered up mirrors
F 
 (F major) Lookin' into the lost forgot
C 
 (C major) ten years for dignity
F 
C 
 (F major)  (C major) 

Verse 10
Met Prince Phillip at the home of the blues
Said he'd give me information
if his name wasn't used
F 
He  (F major) wanted money up front,
C 
said  (C major) he was abused by dignity

Verse 11
F 
C 
G 
CHORUS  (F major)  (C major)  (G major) #3:
Footprints runnin' cross the silver sand,
F 
C 
 (F major) steps goin' down into  (C major) ta too
Land
F 
C 
I  (F major) met the sons of darkness  (C major) and the sons of light,
Dm 
in the  (D minor) bordertowns of
Despair
G 
F 
 (G major)  (F major) 

Verse 12

Got no place to fade, got no coat,

I'm on the rollin' river in a jerkin'

Boat

Tryin' to read a note somebody

Interlude 2

wrote about dignity

Verse 13
C 
Sick man lookin' for the  (C major) doctor's cure,
lookin' at his hands for the
Lines that were
F 
 (F major) And into every masterpiece of
C 
 (C major) literature for dignity
F 
C 
 (F major)  (C major) 

Verse 14
Englishman stranded in the
blackheart wind
Combin his hair back his future looks thin
F 
C 
 (F major) Bites the bullet and he  (C major) looks
within for dignity

Verse 15
F 
C 
G 
CHORUS  (F major)  (C major)  (G major) #4:
Someone showed me a picture and I just laughed,
F 
 (F major) dignity never been
C 
Pho (C major) tographed
F 
C 
I  (F major) went into the red,  (C major) went into the black,
Dm 
into the valley  (D minor) of dry bone
G 
Dreams  (G major) 
F 
 (F major) 

Verse 16
C 
 (C major) So many roads, so much at stake,
so many dead ends, I'm at the edge of
The lake
F 
C 
 (F major) Sometimes I wonder  (C major) what it's gonna take to
F 
C 
find  (F major) dig (C major) nity