Chords for Bob Dylan's "Seven Curses"
Tempo:
135.55 bpm
Chords used:
Eb
Ab
Fm
Bb
Abm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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Oh, Riley, [Ab] a [Eb] stormy stallion, But they caught him [Ab] and they brought [Eb] him
laid him [Eb] down in the jailhouse
grounds [Fm] With an iron chain around [Eb] his neck.
When [Ab] Riley's daughter [Eb] got a message That her [Ab] father [Eb] was going to hang,
[Eb] rode by night and came by morning With [Fm] gold and silver [Eb] in her hand.
When the judge [Abm]
[Eb]
Oh, Riley, [Ab] a [Eb] stormy stallion, But they caught him [Ab] and they brought [Eb] him
laid him [Eb] down in the jailhouse
grounds [Fm] With an iron chain around [Eb] his neck.
When [Ab] Riley's daughter [Eb] got a message That her [Ab] father [Eb] was going to hang,
[Eb] rode by night and came by morning With [Fm] gold and silver [Eb] in her hand.
When the judge [Abm]
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Oh, Riley, _ [Ab] a [Eb] stormy stallion, _ _ But they caught him [Ab] and they brought [Eb] him
back, _ _ [Ab] And they laid him [Eb] down in the jailhouse
grounds [Fm] With an iron chain around [Eb] his neck. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ When [Ab] Riley's daughter [Eb] got a message _ That _ her [Ab] father [Eb] was going to hang,
_ _ [Ab] She [Eb] rode by night and came by morning _ With [Fm] _ gold and silver [Eb] in her hand. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ When the judge [Abm]
saw [Eb] Riley's daughter, _ _ His old [Ab] eyes deepened [Eb] in his head, _
_ [Ab] Saying, gold will never [Eb] free your father, _ _ _ [Fm] The price, my dear, is [Eb] you instead. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Oh, I'm as [Ab] good as dead, [Eb] cried Riley, _ _ It's only [Ab] you that he [Eb] does crave, _
_ [Ab] And my skin will surely crawl [Eb] If he touches you at all.
[Fm] Get on your horse and ride [Eb] away. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Oh, father, [Ab] _
you will [Eb] surely die _ _ If I [Ab] don't take the [Eb] chance to try _
_ [Ab] _ And pay the price, [Eb]
and not take your advice, For [Fm] that reason I will _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] [Eb] have to stay. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ The [Ab] gallows' shadows [Eb] shook the evening, _ _ _ In [Ab] the night, [Eb] hound dog bade.
_ [Ab] _ In the night, the [Eb] grounds was groaning, _ _ _ [Fm] In the night, [Eb] the price was paid.
_ The _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ next [Ab] morning she [Eb] had awoken _ To _ find that the judge had never spoken.
_ _ [Ab] She saw that hanging branch [Eb] a-bending, _ _ [Fm] She saw her father's [Eb] body broken. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ These be seven curses [Ab] on the judge [Eb] so cruel _ _ That one [Ab] doctor [Eb] cannot save him,
_ [Ab] That two _ healers [Eb] cannot heal him, _ [Fm] And that three eyes [Eb] cannot see him, _ _ _ _
_ _ _ That [Ab] four ears cannot [Eb] hear him, _ _ _ [Ab] Five walls [Eb] cannot hide him, _ _
[Ab] That six _ diggers [Eb] cannot bury him, _ [Fm] And that seven deaths _ _ _ _ shall [Eb] never kill him.
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Oh, Riley, _ [Ab] a [Eb] stormy stallion, _ _ But they caught him [Ab] and they brought [Eb] him
back, _ _ [Ab] And they laid him [Eb] down in the jailhouse
grounds [Fm] With an iron chain around [Eb] his neck. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ When [Ab] Riley's daughter [Eb] got a message _ That _ her [Ab] father [Eb] was going to hang,
_ _ [Ab] She [Eb] rode by night and came by morning _ With [Fm] _ gold and silver [Eb] in her hand. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ When the judge [Abm]
saw [Eb] Riley's daughter, _ _ His old [Ab] eyes deepened [Eb] in his head, _
_ [Ab] Saying, gold will never [Eb] free your father, _ _ _ [Fm] The price, my dear, is [Eb] you instead. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Oh, I'm as [Ab] good as dead, [Eb] cried Riley, _ _ It's only [Ab] you that he [Eb] does crave, _
_ [Ab] And my skin will surely crawl [Eb] If he touches you at all.
[Fm] Get on your horse and ride [Eb] away. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Oh, father, [Ab] _
you will [Eb] surely die _ _ If I [Ab] don't take the [Eb] chance to try _
_ [Ab] _ And pay the price, [Eb]
and not take your advice, For [Fm] that reason I will _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] [Eb] have to stay. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ The [Ab] gallows' shadows [Eb] shook the evening, _ _ _ In [Ab] the night, [Eb] hound dog bade.
_ [Ab] _ In the night, the [Eb] grounds was groaning, _ _ _ [Fm] In the night, [Eb] the price was paid.
_ The _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ next [Ab] morning she [Eb] had awoken _ To _ find that the judge had never spoken.
_ _ [Ab] She saw that hanging branch [Eb] a-bending, _ _ [Fm] She saw her father's [Eb] body broken. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ These be seven curses [Ab] on the judge [Eb] so cruel _ _ That one [Ab] doctor [Eb] cannot save him,
_ [Ab] That two _ healers [Eb] cannot heal him, _ [Fm] And that three eyes [Eb] cannot see him, _ _ _ _
_ _ _ That [Ab] four ears cannot [Eb] hear him, _ _ _ [Ab] Five walls [Eb] cannot hide him, _ _
[Ab] That six _ diggers [Eb] cannot bury him, _ [Fm] And that seven deaths _ _ _ _ shall [Eb] never kill him.
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