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