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Key: D minor•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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When it all comes down
Dm
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There'll be nothing left
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to catch you but ground
C
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D
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It's calling your name and
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F
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filling your head
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Dm
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Gm
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With delusions of glory
Verse 2
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Is that how you're gonna
F
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write your story?
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Dm
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Down in your time as a high-fly
F
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ing flame flame out?
C
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Dm
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Sucking on what's left
F
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of your trust fund?
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Sucking on the end of a shot
Dm
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Dsus4
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gun?
Verse 3
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But there's more here

than meets the eye
Dm
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Bsus4
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The real story is
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D
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under the surface
Bsus4
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Bm
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We're all so in
Am
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love with the artifice
Dm
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We don't dare look too close
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Interlude 1
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Verse 4
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F
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It's a blessing and a curse
C
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D
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Watch out, Eugene,
F
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you don't make things worse
Dm
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C
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F
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Wild dreams come true, what to do then?
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Con fusion and glory
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Verse 5
Dm
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Bm
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2

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D
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A man's got to think it all through
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Got to do what you got to do
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Bm
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It's itching to conquer
D
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and take you
Bm
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Itching to make a mistake out of you
Interlude 2
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Verse 6
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It's a blessing and a curse
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Am
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I wish it didn't hurt so much
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I wish it didn't hurt so much
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I wish it didn't hurt so much
Outro 1
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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • Am

  • C

  • F

  • D

  • G

  • Dm

  • Gm

    3

  • Dsus4

  • Bsus4

    2

  • Bm

    2

Capo: 5

Transpose: 0

0

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The original key of A Blessing and a Curse by Drive-By Truckers is D minor.

The primary chords used in A Blessing and a Curse are Dm, F, Bb, G, C, Gm.

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