Curses chords by The Crane Wives

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:
Bm F# Em
D F# Bm F#

Verse 1:
     Bm     F#      Em
There's a fire in my brain and I'm burning up

  D F#  Bm F#
Oh my, oh my

   Bm       F#      Em
Keep running for the sink but the well is dry

  D F#  Bm F#
Oh my, oh my

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

Interlude:
Bm F# Em
D F# Bm F#

Verse 2:
   Bm     F#      Em
This house is my name like an elegy
  D F#  Bm F#
Oh my, oh my
   Bm     F#      Em
Echoing where my ghosts all used to be
  D F#  Bm F#
Oh my, oh my

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

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



Verse 3:
   Bm     F#      Em
This tired old machine is a-rumbling
  D F#  Bm F#
Oh my, oh my
    Bm     F#      Em
Singing songs to the secrets behind my eye
  D F#  Bm F#
Oh my, oh my

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

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

Outro:
Bm