The Curse Chords by Josh Ritter

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_ _ _ _ [F] He opens his eyes, falls [D] in love [Dm] at first sight [Am] with the girl _ _ [C] in the _ _ doorway
[F] What beautiful lines, _ [Dm]
how full of life [Am] after thousands of years
What a [C] face to wake up to, [F] he holds back a sigh as [Dm] she touches his arm
[Am] She dusts off the bed where [C] till now he's been sleeping
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Under miles of stone, the [Dm] dried fig of his heart
[Am] Under _ scarab and bone, starts [C] back to its beating
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_ [F] _ carries him home [Dm] in a beautiful book _
[Am] He watches the sea from [C] a porthole in stowage
He can [F] hear all she says [D] as she sits [Dm] by his bed
And [Am] one day his lips answer her [C] in her own language
The [F] days quickly pass, he [Dm] loves making her laugh _
[Am] The first time he moves, [C] it's her hair that he touches
She [F] asks, are you cursed?
He says, [Dm] I think that I'm cured
[Am] Then he talks of the Nile and [C] the girls in bull _ rushes
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_ In [F] New York he is laid [Dm] in a glass covered case
[Am] He pretends he is dead, [C] people crowd round to see him
[F] But each night she comes round [Dm] and the two wander down
[Am] The halls of the tomb that she [C] calls a museum
[F] Often he stops to rest, [Dm] but then less and less
Then it's [Am] her that looks tired, staying [C] up asking questions
He [F] learns how to read [Dm] from the papers that she is [Am] writing _ about him
[C] And he makes corrections, it's [F] his face on her book
[Dm] Long more come on, _ _ [Am] families from Iowa, [C] Upper West Siders
[F] Then one day it's too much, he [Dm] decides to get up and [Am] his chaos ensues
He [C] walks outside to find her, [F] she's using a cane
And [Dm] her face looks too pale, [Am] but she's happy to see him
[C] As they walk he supports her, [F] she asks, are you cursed?
[Dm] But his answer's obscured [Am] in a sandstorm of flash bulbs
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_ reanimation
[Dm] The tutu of the nation, [Am] he gets out of limits
[C] He meets other women, [F] he speaks of her fondly
They're [Dm] nights in the museum, but [Am] she's just one more rag
Now [C] he's dragging behind them, [F] she stops going down
She [Dm] just lies there in bed, in [Am] hotels and whatever
_ [C] _ Towns they are speaking, [F] then her face starts to set
[Dm] And her hands start to fold, and [Am] one day the dried figure of her [C] heart stops its _ beating _
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_ _ _ [F] Long ago on the ship, she asked [Dm]
why _ _ pyramids
[Am] He said think of the _ mass, an [C] immense _ invitation
[F] She asked, are you cursed?
He said, I [Dm] think that I'm cured
Then [Am] he kissed her in the hope that she'd [C] forget that question _ _ _ _
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