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