Dignity Chords by Deacon Blue

Tempo:
105.2 bpm
Chords used:

C

F

Bb

Am

Fm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C]
[Fm]
[A] [F] [Bb]
[C] [F] [C] There's a man I [F] meet, walks up our street [Bb] He's a worker for the council, [C] has been 20
years And he takes [Fm] no lip of nobody, [Am] and litter 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 boogie
[F] He never [Fm] lets off, [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] to 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, I'll [C] say, I 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 a story, [C] in a faraway sea [Bb] Sipping down a racky, [C] and reading [F] Menarche's
And I'm thinking about home, [C] and all that that means
[Bb] And a place in the winter, [C] for
[F] Dignity
And
[Am] [F] [C]
[Bb] I'll sail her up the west coast, [C] to villages and towns
[Am] I'll be on my [C] holidays, [Dm] they'll be doing the rounds
[Bb] They'll ask me how I got her, [C] I'll say, I saved my money
[Am] They'll say, isn't she pretty, [Bb] that she's called [F] Dignity
[C] [Bb]
[Am] [Bb] [F]
[C] [Bb]
[C] [F]
[C] [Bb]
[C] [F] And I'd sail her up, sail her up, sail her [C] up, sail her up, sail her up, sail her up
[Bb] Yeah, sail her up again, sail her up again, [C] sail her up again, sail her up again
[F] Sail her up, sail her up, sail her up, [C] sail her up sail her up
[Bb] Yeah, sail her up again, sail her up again, sail her [C] up again, sail her up again
[F] And I'm thinking about old
[C] And [Bb]
[C] [F] I'm thinking about feet
[C] And [Bb]
[C] [Bb] [F] I'm thinking about work
[C] [Bb]
[C] [F] And I'm thinking how good it would be [Bb] to be here someday
[C] Honest, [F] I should call Dignity, I [C] should call [Bb] Dignity
[C] That's true
[F]
Key:  
C
3211
F
134211111
Bb
12341111
Am
2311
Fm
123111111
C
3211
F
134211111
Bb
12341111
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To start learning Deacon Blue - Dignity chords, build your understanding on these basic chords - Bb, F, Bb, C, Bb, C and F in sequence. A strategic approach would be to train at 52 BPM initially, and then accelerate to the song's tempo of 105. Adjust the capo based on your vocal range and chord preference, keeping the song's key of F Major in mind.

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[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ [C] There's a man I [F] meet, walks up our street [Bb] He's a worker for the council, [C] has been 20
years _ And he takes [Fm] no lip of nobody, [Am] and litter 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 boogie
[F] He never [Fm] lets off, [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] to 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, I'll [C] say, I 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 a story, [C] in a faraway sea [Bb] Sipping down a racky, [C] and reading [F] Menarche's
And I'm thinking about home, [C] and all that that means
[Bb] And a place in the winter, [C] for _
_ _ [F] Dignity
And _ _
_ [Am] _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [Bb] I'll sail her up the west coast, [C] to villages and towns
[Am] I'll be on my [C] holidays, [Dm] they'll be doing the rounds
[Bb] They'll ask me how I got her, [C] I'll say, I saved my money
[Am] They'll say, isn't she pretty, [Bb] that she's called _ _ _ _ [F] Dignity
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] And I'd sail her up, sail her up, sail her [C] up, sail her up, sail her up, sail her up
[Bb] Yeah, sail her up again, sail her up again, [C] sail her up again, sail her up again
[F] Sail her up, sail her up, sail her up, [C] sail her up sail her up
[Bb] Yeah, sail her up again, sail her up again, sail her [C] up again, sail her up again
[F] And I'm thinking about old
_ [C] And _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [F] I'm thinking about feet
[C] _ _ And [Bb] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ [F] I'm thinking about work
[C] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [F] And I'm thinking _ how good it would be [Bb] to be here someday
[C] _ Honest, [F] _ I should call Dignity, I [C] should call _ [Bb] Dignity _ _
_ [C] _ That's true
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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This song was composed by Ricky Ross.

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