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Tough Mama,
E
meat shaking on your bones
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I'm gonna take you down to the river and get you stoned.
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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 E
Tough Mama, can I blow a little smoke on you?
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Dark Beauty,
E
Won't you move it on over and make some room?
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It's my duty to bring you down to the field where the flowers bloom.
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Ashes in the furnace, dust on the rise,
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You came through it all the way, flyin' through the skies.
G D E
Dark Beauty With that long night's journey in your eyes.
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Sweet Goddess,
E
born of a blinding light and a changing wind,
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Now, don't be modest, you know who you are and where you've been.
F#m E
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 E
Sweet Goddess Your perfect stranger's comin' in at last.
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Silver Angel,
E
with the badge of the lonesome road sewed in your sleeve,
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I'd be grateful if this golden ring you would receive.
F#m E
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 E
Sweet Goddess It must be time to carve another notch.
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I'm crestfallen,
E
the world of illusion is at my door,
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I ain't haulin' any of my lambs to the marketplace anymore.
F#m E
The prison walls are crumblin', there is no end in sight,
F#m C#m Bm D
I've gained some recognition but I lost my appetite.
G D E
Dark Beauty Meet me at the border late tonight.
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