Dignity Chords by Deacon Blue
Tempo:
105.25 bpm
Chords used:
C
F
Bb
Am
Fm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C]
[Fm]
[A] [F] [Fm]
[C] [F] [C] [Fm] There's a man I need, [F] walks up our [C] street [F] [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 sin in a bag, [C] and never thinks to mutter
[F] And he packs his lunch in a sunless bag, [Am] 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 Big [F] Nerdy
And [Bb] I'll sail her up the west coast, [C] to villages and towns
[Am] I'll be on the 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 shit's called [F] Big Nerdy
And
[Gm] [F] [C]
[F] I'm telling a story, in a [C] fire away seat [Bb] Sipping down a rackie, [C] and reading me [F] darkies
And I'm thinking about home, [C] and all that that means
[Bb] And a place in the winter, [C] for Big [F] Nerdy
And
[Am] [F] [C]
[Bb] I'll sail her up the west coast, [C] to villages and towns
[Am] I'll be on the [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 shit's called Big [F] Nerdy
[C] [Bb]
[Am] [Bb] [F]
[C] [Bb]
[C] [F]
[C] [Bb]
[C] [F] I sailed it up, sailed it up, sailed it [C] up, sailed it up, sailed it up, sailed it up
[Bb] Yeah, sailed it up again, sailed it up again, [C] sailed it up again, sailed it up again
[F] Sailed it up, sailed it up, sailed it up, [C] sailed it up, sailed it up
[Bb] Uh, sailed it up again, sailed it up again, sailed [C] it up again, sailed it up again
[F] And I'm thinking about home
[C] [Bb]
[C] And [F] I'm thinking about [C] faith
And [Bb]
[C] [Bb] [F] I'm thinking about [C] work
[Bb]
[C] And I'm [F] thinking how good it would be to [Bb] be here someday
[F] [C] On [F] a ship called dignity, a ship called [C] dignity
[Bb] That's [F] [C] [F] true
[Fm]
[A] [F] [Fm]
[C] [F] [C] [Fm] There's a man I need, [F] walks up our [C] street [F] [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 sin in a bag, [C] and never thinks to mutter
[F] And he packs his lunch in a sunless bag, [Am] 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 Big [F] Nerdy
And [Bb] I'll sail her up the west coast, [C] to villages and towns
[Am] I'll be on the 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 shit's called [F] Big Nerdy
And
[Gm] [F] [C]
[F] I'm telling a story, in a [C] fire away seat [Bb] Sipping down a rackie, [C] and reading me [F] darkies
And I'm thinking about home, [C] and all that that means
[Bb] And a place in the winter, [C] for Big [F] Nerdy
And
[Am] [F] [C]
[Bb] I'll sail her up the west coast, [C] to villages and towns
[Am] I'll be on the [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 shit's called Big [F] Nerdy
[C] [Bb]
[Am] [Bb] [F]
[C] [Bb]
[C] [F]
[C] [Bb]
[C] [F] I sailed it up, sailed it up, sailed it [C] up, sailed it up, sailed it up, sailed it up
[Bb] Yeah, sailed it up again, sailed it up again, [C] sailed it up again, sailed it up again
[F] Sailed it up, sailed it up, sailed it up, [C] sailed it up, sailed it up
[Bb] Uh, sailed it up again, sailed it up again, sailed [C] it up again, sailed it up again
[F] And I'm thinking about home
[C] [Bb]
[C] And [F] I'm thinking about [C] faith
And [Bb]
[C] [Bb] [F] I'm thinking about [C] work
[Bb]
[C] And I'm [F] thinking how good it would be to [Bb] be here someday
[F] [C] On [F] a ship called dignity, a ship called [C] dignity
[Bb] That's [F] [C] [F] true
Key:
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[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [F] _ [Fm] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ [C] [Fm] There's a man I need, [F] walks up our [C] street [F] [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 sin in a bag, [C] and never thinks to mutter
[F] And he packs his lunch in a sunless bag, [Am] 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 Big [F] Nerdy
And _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] I'll sail her up the west coast, [C] to villages and towns
_ [Am] I'll be on the 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 shit's called [F] Big _ Nerdy
And _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ [F] _ [C] _ _
_ [F] I'm telling a story, in a [C] fire away seat [Bb] Sipping down a rackie, [C] and reading me [F] darkies
And I'm thinking about home, [C] and all that that means
[Bb] And a place in the winter, [C] for Big [F] Nerdy
_ And _ _
_ [Am] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [Bb] I'll sail her up the west coast, [C] to villages and towns
[Am] I'll be on the [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 shit's called Big _ [F] Nerdy
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] I sailed it up, sailed it up, sailed it [C] up, sailed it up, sailed it up, sailed it up
[Bb] Yeah, sailed it up again, sailed it up again, [C] sailed it up again, sailed it up again
_ [F] Sailed it up, sailed it up, sailed it up, [C] sailed it up, sailed it up
[Bb] Uh, sailed it up again, sailed it up again, sailed [C] it up again, sailed it up again
[F] And I'm thinking about home
[C] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ And [F] I'm thinking about _ [C] faith
_ And [Bb] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ [F] I'm thinking about _ [C] work
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ And I'm [F] thinking _ how good it would be to [Bb] be here someday
[F] _ [C] On _ [F] a ship called dignity, a ship called [C] dignity
[Bb] _ _ That's [F] _ [C] _ _ [F] true _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [F] _ [Fm] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ [C] [Fm] There's a man I need, [F] walks up our [C] street [F] [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 sin in a bag, [C] and never thinks to mutter
[F] And he packs his lunch in a sunless bag, [Am] 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 Big [F] Nerdy
And _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] I'll sail her up the west coast, [C] to villages and towns
_ [Am] I'll be on the 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 shit's called [F] Big _ Nerdy
And _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ [F] _ [C] _ _
_ [F] I'm telling a story, in a [C] fire away seat [Bb] Sipping down a rackie, [C] and reading me [F] darkies
And I'm thinking about home, [C] and all that that means
[Bb] And a place in the winter, [C] for Big [F] Nerdy
_ And _ _
_ [Am] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [Bb] I'll sail her up the west coast, [C] to villages and towns
[Am] I'll be on the [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 shit's called Big _ [F] Nerdy
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] I sailed it up, sailed it up, sailed it [C] up, sailed it up, sailed it up, sailed it up
[Bb] Yeah, sailed it up again, sailed it up again, [C] sailed it up again, sailed it up again
_ [F] Sailed it up, sailed it up, sailed it up, [C] sailed it up, sailed it up
[Bb] Uh, sailed it up again, sailed it up again, sailed [C] it up again, sailed it up again
[F] And I'm thinking about home
[C] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ And [F] I'm thinking about _ [C] faith
_ And [Bb] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ [F] I'm thinking about _ [C] work
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ And I'm [F] thinking _ how good it would be to [Bb] be here someday
[F] _ [C] On _ [F] a ship called dignity, a ship called [C] dignity
[Bb] _ _ That's [F] _ [C] _ _ [F] true _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _