Bob Dylan - Seven curses
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Tuning: E A D G B E
Artist: Bob Dylan
Song: Seven Curses
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Key: F
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
FOld Reilly Bbstole Fa stallion F F
FBut they caught him and they Bbbrought Fhim back F
BbAnd they laid him Gdown Fon the Jailhouse ground
CWith an iron chain around his Fneck F
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[Verse 2]
FOld Reilly’s daughter got a message F F
FThat her father was gonna hang F F
BbShe rode by Fnight and came by morning F F
CWith gold and silver in her Fhand F F
[Verse 3]
FWhen the judge he saw Reilly‘s daughter F F
FHis old eyes deepened in his head F F
FSaying, gold Bbwill Fnever free your father F F
FThe Cprice, my dear, is you Finstead F F
[Verse 4]
FOh I’m as good as dead, cried Reilly F F
FIt’s only you that he does crave F F
FAnd my skin will Bbsurely Gcrawl if he Ftouches you at all
G7Get on your horse and Fride away F F
[Verse 5]
FOh father you will surely die F F
FIf I don‘t take the chance to try F F
To Bbpay the Gprice Fand not take your advice F
GFor that reason I will Fhave to stay F F
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[Verse 6]
FThe gallows shadows shook the evening F F
FIn the night a hound dog bayed F F
BbIn the dark the Fgrounds were groaning F F
GIn the dark the price was Fpaid F
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[Verse 7]
FThe next morning she had awoken F F
FShe found that the judge had never spoken F F
BbShe saw that hanging Fbranch a-bending F F
GShe saw Cher father’s body Fbroken F
[Verse 8]
FThese be seven curses on a judge so cruel F F
FThat one doctor will not save him F F
BbThat two eyes Fcannot see him F
CAnd the three healers cannot heal him F F
[Verse 9 / Outro]
FThat four ears will not hear him F F
FThat five walls cannot hide him F F
FThat Bbsix diggers Fcannot bury him F F
FAnd that Gseven deaths shall never kill him F F