E C#m
Tough Mama,
B
meat shaking on your bones
E C#m B
I'm gonna take you down to the river and get you stoned.
C#m B
Sister's on the highway with that steel driving crew
C#m G#m F#m A
Papa's in the big house her working days are through
D A B
Tough Mama, can I blow a little smoke on you?
E C#m
Dark Beauty,
B
Won't you move it on over and make some room?
E C#m B
It's my duty to bring you down to the field where the flowers bloom.
C#m B
Ashes in the furnace, dust on the rise,
C#m G#m F#m A
You came through it all the way, flyin' through the skies.
D A B
Dark Beauty With that long night's journey in your eyes.
E C#m
Sweet Goddess,
B
born of a blinding light and a changing wind,
E C#m B
Now, don't be modest, you know who you are and where you've been.
C#m B
Jack the Cowboy went up north He's buried in your past.
C#m G#m F#m A
The Lone Wolf went out drinking That was over pretty fast.
D A B
Sweet Goddess Your perfect stranger's comin' in at last.
E C#m
Silver Angel,
B
with the badge of the lonesome road sewed in your sleeve,
E C#m B
I'd be grateful if this golden ring you would receive.
C#m B
Today on the countryside it was a-hotter than a crotch,
C#m G#m F#m A
I stood alone upon the ridge and all I did was watch.
D A B
Sweet Goddess It must be time to carve another notch.
E C#m
I'm crestfallen,
B
the world of illusion is at my door,
E C#m B
I ain't haulin' any of my lambs to the marketplace anymore.
C#m B
The prison walls are crumblin', there is no end in sight,
C#m G#m F#m A
I've gained some recognition but I lost my appetite.
D A B
Dark Beauty Meet me at the border late tonight.
E C#m B E C#m B
C#m B
C#m G#m F#m A
D A A