{"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":999780,"song":"The Curse","artist":"Josh Ritter","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11625730-the-curse-chords-by-josh-ritter/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/999780?type=chord","rating":4.9471,"votes":166,"content":"[tab]************************************************************\r\nFingerpicking continued throughout\r\n   [ch]C[/ch]\r\ne|-----------------|----------------|\r\nB|------1----1-----|-----1----1-----|\r\nG|------0----0-----|-----0----0-----| 3/4\r\nD|-----------------|----------------| time\r\nA|-3---------------|-3--------------|\r\nE|-----------------|----------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\ne|-----------------|----------------|\r\nB|------1----1-----|-----1----1-----|\r\nG|------2----2-----|-----2----2-----| 3/4\r\nD|-----------------|----------------| time\r\nA|-0---------------|-0--------------|\r\nE|-----------------|----------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\ne|-----------------|----------------|\r\nB|------0----0-----|-----0----0-----|\r\nG|------0----0-----|-----0----0-----| 3/4\r\nD|-----------------|----------------| time\r\nA|-----------------|----------------|\r\nE|-0---------------|-0--------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]Gsus[/ch] [ch]G5[/ch]\r\ne|-----------------|----------------|\r\nB|------0----0-----|-----1----3-----|\r\nG|------0----0-----|-----0----0-----| 3/4\r\nD|-----------------|----------------| time\r\nA|-----------------|----------------|\r\nE|-3---------------|-3--------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] (x2)\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe opens his eyes, falls in love at first sight[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith the girl in the doorway[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhat beautiful lines, how full of life[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAfter thousands of years what a face to wake up to[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe holds back a sigh as she touches his arm[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe dusts off the bed where 'til now he's been sleeping[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nUnder miles of stone, the dried fig of his heart[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nUnder scarab and bone starts back to its beating[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude 1]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShe carries him home in a beautiful boat[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe watches the scene from a porthole in stowage[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd he can hear all she says as she sits by his bed[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd one day his lips answer her in her own language[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe days quickly pass, he loves making her laugh[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe first time he moves it's her hair that he touches[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShe asks \"Are you cursed?\" He says, \"I think that I'm cured\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen he talks of the Nile and the girls in Bulrushes[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude 1]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIn New York he is laid in a glass covered case[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe pretends he is dead, people crowd 'round to see him[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut each night she comes 'round and the two wander down[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe halls of the tomb that she calls a museum[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOften he stops to rest, but then less and less[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen it's her that looks tired, staying up asking questions[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe learns how to read from the papers that she[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIs writing about him and he makes corrections[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt's his face on her book, more and more come to look[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFamilies from Iowa, Upper West Siders[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThen one day it's too much, he decides to get up[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd as chaos ensues he walks outside to find her[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShe's using a cane and her face looks too pale[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut she's happy to see him, as they walk he supports her[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShe asks \"Are you cursed?\" but his answer's obscured[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn a sandstorm of flash bulbs and rowdy reporters[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude 2]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] (x5)\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSuch reanimation, the two tour the nation[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe gets out of limos, he meets other women[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe speaks of her fondly, their nights in the museum[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut she's just one more rag now he's dragging behind him[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShe stops going out, she just lies there in bed[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn hotels in whatever towns they are speaking[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThen her face starts to set and her hands start to fold[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen one day the dried fig of her heart stops its beating[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude 3]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] (x2)\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLong ago on the ship, she asked, \"Why pyramids?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe said, \"Think of thEm as an immense invitation\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                                    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShe asked, \"Are you cursed?\" He said, \"I think that I'm cured\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen he kissed her and hoped that she'd forget that question[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] (x2)\r\n[ch]C[/ch]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nC  Am  Em  G (x2)\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude 1]\nC  Am  Em  G\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude 1]\nC  Am  Em  G\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude 2]\nC  Am  Em  G (x5)\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude 3]\nC  Am  Em  G (x2)\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nC  Am  Em  G (x2)\nC","chords":["C","B","G","D","A","E","Am","Em","Gsus","G5"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}