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