D                                   G D                                  D7
Fat man lookin' in a blade of steel,    thin man lookin' at his last meal
G			        D                     G  D
Hollow man lookin' in a cotton field for dignity
D                                   G D                                  D7
Wise man lookin' in a blade of grass, young man lookin' in the shadows that pass
G			        D                     G  D
Poor man lookin' through painted glass for dignity

A
Somebody got murdered on New Year's Eve
G                             D
Somebody said dignity was the first to leave
G                     F#m
I went into the city, went into the town
Em					   A    A(2)
Went into the land of the midnight sun


D                                   G D                                  D7
Searchin' high, searchin' low, searchin' everywhere I know
G			        D                     G  D
Askin' the cops wherever I go, "Have you seen Dignity?"
D                                   G D                                  D7
Blind man breakin' out of a trance, puts both his hands in the pocket of chance
D                                        G  D
Hopin' to find one circumstance of dignity
D                                   G D                                  D7
I went to the wedding of Mary-Lou, she said I don't want nobody see me talkin to you
G			              D                               G           D
Said she could get killed if she told me what she knew about dignity

A
I went down where the vultures feed
G                             D
I would've gone deeper, but there wasn't any need
G                     F#m
Heard the tongues of angels and the tongues of men, 
Em				   A    A(2)
Wasn't any difference to me


D                                   G D                                  D7
Chilly wind sharp as a razor blade, house on fire, debts unpaid
G			          D                          G            D
Gonna stand at the window, gonna ask the maid, "Have you seen dignity?"
D                                   G            D                                  D7
Drinkin' man listens to the voice he hears in a crowded room full of covered up mirrors
G			        D                     G  D
Lookin' into the lost forgotten years for dignity

D                                            G              D                                       D7
Met Prince Philip at the home of the blues said he'd give me information if his name wasn't used
G			        D                     G  D
He wanted money up front, said he was abused by dignity

A
Footprints runnin' cross the silver sand, 
G                             D
Steps goin' down into tattoo land
G                     F#m
I met the sons of darkness and the sons of light, 
Em				   A    A(2)
In the bordertowns of despair


D                                   G D                                  D7
Got no place to fade, got no coat, I'm on the rollin' river in a jerkin' boat
G			        D                     G  D
Tryin' to read a note somebody wrote about dignity

D                                   G D                                  D7
Sick man lookin' for the doctor's cure, lookin' at his hands for the lines that were
G			        D                     G  D
And into every masterpiece of literature for dignity

D                                   G D                                  D7
Englishman stranded in the blackheart wind combin' his hair back his future looks thin
G			        D                     G  D
Bites the bullet and he looks within for dignity

A
Someone showed me a picture and I just laughed, 
G                             D
Dignity never been photographed
G                     F#m
I went into the red, went into the black, 
Em					   A    A(2)
Into the valley of dry bone dreams


D                                   G D                                  D7
So many roads, so much at stake, so many dead ends, I'm at the edge of the lake
G			        D                     G  D
Sometimes I wonder what it's gonna take to find dignity