Seven Curses chords by Tom Russell
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Intro 1
(A minor) (E minor) (C major) (A minor)
Verse 1
(Bob (A minor) Dylan)
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Verse 2
Old Reilly stole (G major) a stallion (A minor)
But they caught him and
they brought (G major) him back (A minor)
And they laid (C major) him down on (G major)
the jailhouse ground
With an iron (F major) chain around his (A minor) neck.
Verse 3
(A minor)
Old Reilly's (G major) daughter got a message
(A minor) That her father (G major) was goin' to (A minor) hang.
She rode (C major) by night and came by morning (G major)
With gold (F major) and silver in her (A minor) hand.
Verse 4
(A minor)
When the judge he saw
Reilly's (G major) daugh (A minor) ter
His old eyes (G major) deepened in his (A minor) head,
Sayin', (C major) "Gold will never
free (G major) your father,
The price, (F major) my dear, is you in (A minor) stead."
Verse 5
(A minor)
"Oh I'm as good as dead," (G major)
cried Re (A minor) illy,
"It's only you (G major) that he does (A minor) crave
And my skin (C major) will surely crawl (G major) if
he touches you at all. (F major)
Get on your horse and ride away." (A minor)
Verse 6
(A minor)
"Oh father you (G major) will surely die (A minor)
If I don't take (G major) the chance
(A minor) to try (E minor) (A minor)
(C major) And pay the price and (G major) not take your advice.
(F major) For that reason I will have (A minor) to stay."
Interlude 1
(G major)
(A minor) (G major) (A minor) (C major)
(G major) (F major) (A minor) (E minor) (A minor)
Verse 7
The gallows shadows (G major) shook the (A minor) evening,
In the night (G major) a hound (A minor) dog bayed,
In (C major) the night the ground
(G major) s were groanin', (F major)
In the night the price (A minor) was paid.
Verse 8
(A minor)
The next mornin' she (G major) had awoken (A minor)
To know that the judge (G major)
had never spoken. (A minor)
(C major) She saw that hangin'
branch a- bend (G major) in',
(F major) She saw her father's body (A minor) broken.
Verse 9
(A minor)
These be seven curses (G major) on
a judge (A minor) so cruel:
That one doctor (G major) will not save (A minor) him,
That two (C major) healers (G major) will not heal him,
That three (F major) eyes will (A minor) not see him.
Verse 10
That (A minor) four ears (G major) will not hear (A minor) him,
That five walls (G major) will not hide (A minor) him,
(C major) That six diggers will (G major) not bury him
And that (F major) seven deaths shall nev (A minor) er kill him.
Outro 1
(A minor) (G major) (A minor) (G major) (A minor)
(Esus4) (A minor) (E minor) (C major) (G major) (F major) (G major)
(A minor) (G major) (A minor) (G major)
(A minor) (C major) (G major) (F major) (G major)
(A minor)
Seven Curses
Tom Russell
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