Seven Curses chords by Bob Dylan

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
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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
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That six diggers cannot bury him
F        G                                 F F
And that seven deaths shall never kill him