Seven Curses chords by Bob Dylan

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
FF F Bb majorBb FF
F FF


Verse 1:
FF     Bb majorBb  FF     FF F
Old Reilly stole a stallion
FF              Bb majorBb   FF    FF
But they caught him and they brought him back
Bb majorBb        G+G  FF
And they laid him down on the Jailhouse ground
C majorC               FF  FF
With an iron chain around his neck

Instrumental:
FF F


Verse 2:
FF                  FF F
Old Reilly’s daughter got a message
FF               FF F
That her father was gonna hang
Bb majorBb     FF             FF F
She rode by night and came by morning
C majorC              FF  FF F
With gold and silver in her hand


Verse 3:
FF                    FF F
When the judge he saw Reilly‘s daughter
FF                 FF F
His old eyes deepened in his head
FF      Bb majorBb  FF           FF F
Saying, gold will never free your father
FF  C majorC           FF    FF F
The price, my dear, is you instead


Verse 4:
FF                  FF F
Oh I’m as good as dead, cried Reilly
FF                FF F
It’s only you that he does crave
FF        Bb majorBb   G+G      FF
And my skin will surely crawl if he touches you at all
G7G7          FF     FF F
Get on your horse and ride away

Verse 5:
FF               FF F
Oh father you will surely die
FF                 FF F
If I don‘t take the chance to try
  Bb majorBb   G+G   FF            FF
To pay the price and not take your advice
G+G           FF      FF F
For that reason I will have to stay


Instrumental:
FF F


Verse 6:
FF                   FF F
The gallows shadows shook the evening
FF               FF F
In the night a hound dog bayed
Bb majorBb       FF           FF F
In the dark the grounds were groaning
G+G             FF  FF
In the dark the price was paid


Instrumental:
FF F


Verse 7:
FF                FF F
The next morning she had awoken
FF                     FF F
She found that the judge had never spoken
Bb majorBb          FF        FF F
She saw that hanging?? branch abandoned
G+G    C majorC         FF   FF
She saw her fatherâ??s body broken


Verse 8:
FF                     FF F
These be seven curses on a judge so cruel
FF                 FF F
That one doctor will not save him
Bb majorBb      FF       FF
That two eyes cannot see him
C majorC                   FF F
And the three healers cannot heal him


Verse 9 / Outro:
FF                FF F
That four ears will not hear him
FF                FF F
That five walls cannot hide him
FF  Bb majorBb     FF        FF F
That six diggers cannot bury him
FF    G+G                 FF F
And that seven deaths shall never kill him

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