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