{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1787239,"song":"Dignity","artist":"Bob Dylan","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11392983-dignity-chords-by-bob-dylan/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1787239?type=chord","rating":4.82006,"votes":27,"content":"Tempo:     4|4\r\nStyle:     Story-telling Rolling Melodic Blues\r\nTuning:    Standard\r\n\r\nCapo 1\r\n\r\nChords:                         (Morphed Chords)\r\n           EADGBe               EADGBe\r\nD          XX0232      D3add4   XX0032\r\n[ch]G[/ch]          320003      [ch]G6[/ch]       320000\r\n[ch]A[/ch]          X02220      [ch]A11[/ch]      X00020\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]         022000      [ch]Em7[/ch]      020000\r\n\r\n\r\nINTRO:(Bass, Drums & Lead over)\r\n|[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]|[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]|\r\n\r\n\r\nVERSE 1:\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                  \r\nFat man lookin’ in a blade of steel,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nThin man lookin’ at his last meal.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHollow man lookin’ in a cottonfield,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFor dignity.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVERSE 2:\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nWise man lookin’ in a blade of grass,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nYoung man lookin’ in the shadows that pass.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nPoor man lookin’ through painted glass,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFor dignity.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORUS 1:\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nSomebody got murdered on New Year’s Eve,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSomebody said dignity was the first to leave.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI went into the city, went into the town,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWent into the land of the midnight sun.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVERSE 3:\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nSearchin’ high, searchin’ low,[/tab]\r\n\r\nSearchin’ everywhere I know.\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAskin’ the cops wherever I go,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHave you seen dignity?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVERSE 4:\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nBlind man breakin’ out of a trance,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nPuts both his hands in the pockets of chance.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHopin’ to find one circumstance,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOf dignity.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVERSE 5:\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nI went to the wedding of Mary Lou,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe said, “I don’t want nobody see me talkin’ to you”.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSaid she could get killed if she told me what she knew,[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAbout dignity.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORUS 2:\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nI went down where the vultures feed,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI would’ve gone deeper, but there wasn’t any need.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHeard the tongues of angels and the tongues of men,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWasn’t any difference to me.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVERSE 6:\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nChilly wind sharp as a razor blade,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nHouse on fire, debts unpaid.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGonna stand at the window, gonna ask the maid[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHave you seen dignity?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nBRIDGE 1:\r\n|[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]|[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]|\r\n\r\n\r\nVERSE 7:\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nDrinkin’ man listens to the voice he hears,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn a crowded room full of covered-up mirrors.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLookin’ into the lost forgotten years,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFor dignity.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVERSE 8:\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nMet Prince Phillip at the home of the blues,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nSaid he’d give me information if his name wasn’t used.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe wanted money up front, said he was abused.[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBy dignity.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORUS 3\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nFootprints runnin’ ’cross the silver sand,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSteps goin’ down into tattoo land.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI met the sons of darkness and the sons of light,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn the bordertowns of despair.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVERSE 9:\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nGot no place to fade, got no coat,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nI’m on the rollin’ river in a jerkin’ boat.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTryin’ to read a note somebody wrote,[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAbout dignity.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVERSE 10:\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nSick man lookin’ for the doctor’s cure,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nLookin’ at his hands for the lines that were.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd into every masterpiece of literature,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFor dignity.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVERSE 11:\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nEnglishman stranded in the blackheart wind,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nCombin’ his hair back, his future looks thin.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBites the bullet and he looks within,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFor dignity.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORUS 3:\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nSomeone showed me a picture and I just laughed,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDignity never been photographed.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI went into the red, went into the black,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] (Glissando)\r\nInto the valley of dry bone dreams.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVERSE 12:\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo many roads, so much at stake,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo many dead ends, I’m at the edge of the lake.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSometimes I wonder what it’s gonna take,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo find dignity.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nCODA:(Fade)\r\n|[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]|[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]|\r\n\r\n\r\n[End]\r\n\r\n\r\nNOTES:\r\n1.  “… Dignity (this is the original out-take version from Oh Mercy that first appeared on the Touched By \r\nAn Angel TV series soundtrack album (R-0273, see 1998), not the 1994 remix by Brendan O'Brien from \r\nBob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. 3. R-0273 now ceases to become a rarity.)…”  \r\ndisastrous. The group experimented with different keys and tempos, but according to Dylan, everyone was \r\n‘lost Dylan classic’.  This version is a standout from the original version.  Although, the chords \r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] = [ch]G[/ch] - [ch]G6[/ch] - [ch]G[/ch] , [ch]A[/ch] = [ch]A[/ch] - [ch]A11[/ch] - [ch]A[/ch] and [ch]E[/ch] = [ch]E[/ch] - [ch]Em7[/ch] - E.  These 'rolling' chords forms are created by \r\nreleasing the nominated fingers from the original base chords and then alternating back to the [/tab]\r\noriginal chord.  Use your discretion, in their application.  :-R","plain_text":"Tempo:     4|4\nStyle:     Story-telling Rolling Melodic Blues\nTuning:    Standard\n\nCapo 1\n\nChords:                         (Morphed Chords)\n           EADGBe               EADGBe\nD          XX0232      D3add4   XX0032\nG          320003      G6       320000\nA          X02220      A11      X00020\nEm         022000      Em7      020000\n\n\nINTRO:(Bass, Drums & Lead over)\n|D  G D|D  G D|\n\n\nVERSE 1:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVERSE 2:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS 1:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVERSE 3:\n\n\nSearchin’ everywhere I know.\n\n\n\n\nVERSE 4:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVERSE 5:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS 2:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVERSE 6:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBRIDGE 1:\n|D  G D|D  G D|\n\n\nVERSE 7:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVERSE 8:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS 3\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVERSE 9:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVERSE 10:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVERSE 11:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS 3:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVERSE 12:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCODA:(Fade)\n|D  G D|D  G D|\n\n\n[End]\n\n\nNOTES:\n1.  “… Dignity (this is the original out-take version from Oh Mercy that first appeared on the Touched By \nAn Angel TV series soundtrack album (R-0273, see 1998), not the 1994 remix by Brendan O'Brien from \nBob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. 3. R-0273 now ceases to become a rarity.)…”  \ndisastrous. The group experimented with different keys and tempos, but according to Dylan, everyone was \n‘lost Dylan classic’.  This version is a standout from the original version.  Although, the chords \n\noriginal chord.  Use your discretion, in their application.  :-R","chords":["D","G","G6","A","A11","Em","Em7","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"Em7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,0,3,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,3,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}