Dignity Chords by Deacon Blue
Tempo:
105.15 bpm
Chords used:
C
F
Bb
Am
Fm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Key:
C
F
Bb
Am
Fm
C
F
Bb
[C] .
[F] [A] .
[Fm] [C] .
[F] [C] [F] There's a man I meet, [Am] walks up our street [F] He's a worker [Bb] for the council, [F] [C] has been 20.
years And he takes [F] no lip of nobody, [G] and litter [Am] off.
the gutter [Dm] [Bb] Puts it in a bag, [C] and never thinks to mutter.
[F] And he packs his lunch in a sunless [Am] bag The children call him bully, [F] he [Fm] never lets.
on [C] But I know, cause he [F] once told [C] me, [Fm] he let me.
know a secret [Am] About the money in his kitty, [F] he's [Bb] gonna.
buy a dinghy, [C] gonna call her [F] Dignity.
And .
[Bb] I'll sail her up the west coast, [C] through villages and towns.
[Am] I'll be on my holidays, [Dm] they'll be doing the [C] rounds.
[Bb] They'll ask me how I got her, [C] I'll say, she saved my money.
[Am] They'll say, isn't she pretty, [Bb] that she's called [F] Dignity.
And .
[Gm] [F] [C] [F] I'm telling this story, in a [C] faraway sea [Bb] Sipping down a rackie, [C] and reading [F] Menarche's.
And I'm thinking about home, [C] and all that means.
[Bb] And a place in the winter, [F] [C] for [F] Dignity.
And [Am] [F] .
[C] [Bb] I'll sail her up the west coast, [C] through villages and towns.
[Am] I'll be on my holidays, [Dm] they'll be doing the rounds.
[Bb] They'll ask me how I got her, [C] I'll say, she saved my money.
[Am] They'll say, isn't she pretty, [Bb] that she's called .
[F] Dignity .
[C] [Bb] [F] [C] .
[Bb] [F] [C] .
[Bb] [C] .
[F] [C] .
[Bb] [C] .
[F] I'll sail it up, sail it up, sail it [C] up, sail it up, sail it up, sail it up.
[Bb] Yes, sail it up again, sail it up again, sail [C] it up again, sail it up again.
[F] And I'll sail it up, sail it up, sail it up, [C] sail it up, sail it up, sail it up.
[Bb] Yes, sail it up again, sail it up [C] again, sail it up again, sail it up again.
[F] And I'm thinking about home.
[C] And .
[Bb] [C] .
[F] I'm sailing about sea.
[C] .
[Bb] And [C] .
[F] I'm thinking about war.
[C] .
[Bb] [C] .
[F] I'm thinking how good it would be [Bb] to be here someday.
[F] Trying to shift all dignity, shift all [C] dignity.
[Bb] That's [C] true.
[F]
[F] [A] .
[Fm] [C] .
[F] [C] [F] There's a man I meet, [Am] walks up our street [F] He's a worker [Bb] for the council, [F] [C] has been 20.
years And he takes [F] no lip of nobody, [G] and litter [Am] off.
the gutter [Dm] [Bb] Puts it in a bag, [C] and never thinks to mutter.
[F] And he packs his lunch in a sunless [Am] bag The children call him bully, [F] he [Fm] never lets.
on [C] But I know, cause he [F] once told [C] me, [Fm] he let me.
know a secret [Am] About the money in his kitty, [F] he's [Bb] gonna.
buy a dinghy, [C] gonna call her [F] Dignity.
And .
[Bb] I'll sail her up the west coast, [C] through villages and towns.
[Am] I'll be on my holidays, [Dm] they'll be doing the [C] rounds.
[Bb] They'll ask me how I got her, [C] I'll say, she saved my money.
[Am] They'll say, isn't she pretty, [Bb] that she's called [F] Dignity.
And .
[Gm] [F] [C] [F] I'm telling this story, in a [C] faraway sea [Bb] Sipping down a rackie, [C] and reading [F] Menarche's.
And I'm thinking about home, [C] and all that means.
[Bb] And a place in the winter, [F] [C] for [F] Dignity.
And [Am] [F] .
[C] [Bb] I'll sail her up the west coast, [C] through villages and towns.
[Am] I'll be on my holidays, [Dm] they'll be doing the rounds.
[Bb] They'll ask me how I got her, [C] I'll say, she saved my money.
[Am] They'll say, isn't she pretty, [Bb] that she's called .
[F] Dignity .
[C] [Bb] [F] [C] .
[Bb] [F] [C] .
[Bb] [C] .
[F] [C] .
[Bb] [C] .
[F] I'll sail it up, sail it up, sail it [C] up, sail it up, sail it up, sail it up.
[Bb] Yes, sail it up again, sail it up again, sail [C] it up again, sail it up again.
[F] And I'll sail it up, sail it up, sail it up, [C] sail it up, sail it up, sail it up.
[Bb] Yes, sail it up again, sail it up [C] again, sail it up again, sail it up again.
[F] And I'm thinking about home.
[C] And .
[Bb] [C] .
[F] I'm sailing about sea.
[C] .
[Bb] And [C] .
[F] I'm thinking about war.
[C] .
[Bb] [C] .
[F] I'm thinking how good it would be [Bb] to be here someday.
[F] Trying to shift all dignity, shift all [C] dignity.
[Bb] That's [C] true.
[F]
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