Curses chords by The Crane Wives

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:
B minorBm F#F# E minorEm
D MajorD F#F# B minorBm F#F#

Verse 1:
     B minorBm     F#F#      E minorEm
There's a fire in my brain and I'm burning up

  D MajorD F#F#  B minorBm F#F#
Oh my, oh my

   B minorBm       F#F#      E minorEm
Keep running for the sink but the well is dry

  D MajorD F#F#  B minorBm F#F#
Oh my, oh my

Pre-Chorus:
   B minorBm      G+G
Every word I say is kindling
    D MajorD            F#F#
But the smoke clears when you're around
     B minorBm        G+G
Won't you stay with me, my darling
    F#F#
When my walls start burning down?

Interlude:
B minorBm F#F# E minorEm
D MajorD F#F# B minorBm F#F#

Verse 2:
   B minorBm     F#F#      E minorEm
This house is my name like an elegy
  D MajorD F#F#  B minorBm F#F#
Oh my, oh my
   B minorBm     F#F#      E minorEm
Echoing where my ghosts all used to be
  D MajorD F#F#  B minorBm F#F#
Oh my, oh my

Pre-Chorus:
       B minorBm       G+G
There's still cobwebs in the corners
    D MajorD         F#F#
And the backyard's full of bones
     B minorBm        G+G
Won't you stay with me, my darling
     F#F#
When this house don't feel like home?
     F#F#
When this house don't feel like home?

Chorus:
  B minorBm      G+G
Oh ashes, ashes, dust to dust
  D MajorD    F#F#  B minorBm     F#F#
The devil's after both of us
B minorBm       G+G
Last my curses out to rest
    D MajorD   F#F#   B minorBm
Make a mercy out of me

Verse 3:
   B minorBm     F#F#      E minorEm
This tired old machine is a-rumbling
  D MajorD F#F#  B minorBm F#F#
Oh my, oh my
    B minorBm     F#F#      E minorEm
Singing songs to the secrets behind my eye
  D MajorD F#F#  B minorBm F#F#
Oh my, oh my

Pre-Chorus:
       B minorBm       G+G
All my aching bones are trembling
    D MajorD         F#F#
And I may yet fall apart
     B minorBm        G+G
Won't you stay with me, me darling
     F#F#
When the war starts in my heart?
     F#F#
When the war starts in my heart?

Chorus:
  B minorBm      G+G
Oh ashes, ashes, dust to dust
  D MajorD    F#F#  B minorBm   F#F#
The devil's after both of us
B minorBm       G+G
Last my curses out to rest
    D MajorD   F#F#   B minorBm
Make a mercy out of me
  B minorBm      G+G
Oh ashes, ashes, dust to dust
D MajorD    F#F#  B minorBm F#F#
Tell me I am good enough
B minorBm       G+G
Last my curses out to rest
    D MajorD   F#F#
Make a mercy out of

Outro:
B minorBm