Dignity Chords by Deacon Blue
Tempo:
105.2 bpm
Chords used:
C
F
Bb
Am
Fm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[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]
[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
F
Bb
Am
Fm
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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] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [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] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _