The Curse Chords by Josh Ritter
- Key: F
- BPM: 91
- Capo: no capo
PULSO FUERTE
THE CURSE ACORDES
[Start] [Intro] F Dm Am C F Dm ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Am C F ■ ■ ■ [Verse] Dm He opens his eyes Am Falls in love at first sight C F With the girl in the doorway Dm What beautiful lines Am Heart full of life C F After thousands of years what a face to wake up to Dm He holds back a sigh Am As she touches his arm ■ C F She dusts off the bed where 'til now he's been sleeping Dm Under miles of stone Am The dried fig of his heart C Under scarab and bone F Dm Starts back to its beating ■ Am C F ■ ■ She carries him home Dm In a beautiful boat Am C He watches the sea from a porthole in stowage F He can hear all she says Dm As she sits by his bed Am And one day his lips answered her C In her own language F The days quickly pass Dm He loves making her laugh Am C The first time he moves it's her hair that he touches F She asks Are you cursed Dm He says I think that I'm cured Am C Then he talks of the Nile and the girls in bull rushes [Inst] F Dm Am C F Dm Am C7 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Verse] F In 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 at night she comes round Dm Am And the two wander down the halls of the tomb C That she calls a museum F Often he stops to rest Dm Then less and less Am Then it's her that looks tired C Staying up asking questions F He learns how to read Dm Am From the papers that she is writing about him C Then he makes corrections F It's his face on her book Dm More and more come to look [Chorus] Am C Families from Iowa C Upper WestSiders F Then one day it's too much Dm He decides to get up Am C Then as chaos ensues he walks outside to find her F She is using a cane Dm And 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 C In a sandstorm of flashbulbs C And rowdy reporters [Solo] F Dm Am C7 F Dm Am C7 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ F Dm Am C C7 F ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Dm Am C C7 ■ ■ ■ ■ [Verse] F Such reanimation Dm The two tour the nation Am He gets out of limos C Meets other women F He speaks of her fondly Dm Their nights in the museum Am C But she's just one more rag now he's dragging behind him F She stops going out [Chorus] Dm She just lies there in bed Am C In hotels in whatever towns they are speaking F Then her face starts to set Dm And her hands start to fold Am C Then one day the dry fig of her heart stops its beating [Solo] F Dm Am C F Dm Am C7 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Chorus] F Long ago on the ship Dm Am She asked Why pyramids C He said Think of them as an immense invitation F She asked Are you cursed Dm Am He says I think that I'm cured Am Then he kissed her and hoped C That she'd forget that question [Outro] F Dm Am C F Dm ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Am C F ■ ■ ■