Seven Curses

Intro: F F Bb F F F Verse 1: F Bb F F F Old Reilly stole a stallion F Bb F F But they caught him and they brought him back Bb G F And they laid him down on the Jailhouse ground C F F With an iron chain around his neck Instrumental: F F Verse 2: F F F Old Reilly’s daughter got a message F F F That her father was gonna hang Bb F F F She rode by night and came by morning C F F F With gold and silver in her hand Verse 3: F F F When the judge he saw Reilly‘s daughter F F F His old eyes deepened in his head F Bb F F F Saying, gold will never free your father F C F F F The price, my dear, is you instead Verse 4: F F F Oh I’m as good as dead, cried Reilly F F F It’s only you that he does crave F Bb G F And my skin will surely crawl if he touches you at all G7 F F F Get on your horse and ride away Verse 5: F F F Oh father you will surely die F F F If I don‘t take the chance to try Bb G F F To pay the price and not take your advice G F F F For that reason I will have to stay Instrumental: F F Verse 6: F F F The gallows shadows shook the evening F F F In the night a hound dog bayed Bb F F F In the dark the grounds were groaning G F F In the dark the price was paid Instrumental: F F Verse 7: F F F The next morning she had awoken F F F She found that the judge had never spoken Bb F F F She saw that hanging?? branch abandoned G C F F She saw her fatherâ??s body broken Verse 8: F F F These be seven curses on a judge so cruel F F F That one doctor will not save him Bb F F That two eyes cannot see him C F F And the three healers cannot heal him Verse 9 / Outro: F F F That four ears will not hear him F F F That five walls cannot hide him F Bb F F F That six diggers cannot bury him F G F F And that seven deaths shall never kill him