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