Curtain chords by Greg Freeman

• Difficulty: Advanced 🤯

Key: B

Intro:


G#m B

E E7 C#m

G#m B

E E7 C#m

E C#m E G#m F#

Verse 1:

C#m  F#                   B
     Your eyes are like a curtain
        E   E7   C#m
And the sun goes through it
      F#          B
And a crystalline expression questions
E    E7      C#m
Some kind of fall from grace
F#               B
Reflecting green shadows
        E     E7      C#m
Through black shutter curls

F#

Verse 2:

C#m F#        B
And cruciform fossils lay
E         E7      C#m
Excavated on your memory
       F#             B
Like a plaster casted lover sees
    E     E7              C#m
The kiss became the only thing
F                B
That ever really mattered
     E    E7  C#m
To a vesuvian world

Chorus:

E    E7               C#m
  My thoughts die out slowly
       B           E
On the blood swept plains where
      F#
I see you every night
E          E7     C#m
And to the lonely hours
          B           E
It's like burning the furniture
            F#              G#m
To keep the house bright at night

Interlude:

G# B

E E7 C#m

G# B

E E7 C#m

E C#m E G#m F#

Verse 3:

C#m  F#                   B
     The night is getting late
            E     E7        C#m
And all the horns have been blown
        F#               B
And the drummer's looking cock-eyed
       E     E7     C#m
On his rusty metal throne
        F#                B
And I'm somewhere in the distance
           E    E7      C#m
And you're somewhere at home

Verse 4:

    C#m         F#      B
And I'm waiting for the money
     E   E7      C#m
So I buy another drink
       F#            B
Like a pile of dirty dishes
          E        E7     C#m
You carry yourself to the sink
    F#                B
The lake is out there freezing
         E   E7 C#m
But it's doubly alone

F#

Bridge:

G#m                      F#m/Bb
If your heart's not in it
                           B
Then your heart's not in it
                        C#m D#7
Then my heart's not in it

G#m                      F#m/Bb
If your heart's not in it
                           B
Then your heart's not in it
                        C#m D#7
Then my heart's not in it

G#m                     D#/Bb
If your heart can't take it
       F#/C# F#/Bb      B
And my heart can't take it
                       C#m
Then my heart can't take it

G#m                     F#/Bb
If your heart can't take it
                         B
And my heart can't take it
                       C#m
Then my heart can't take it

G#m F#/Bb B C#m

Chorus:

E7    D#/G             C#m7
   My thoughts die out slowly
       B B#dim          E   C#7
On the wind swept panes where
          F#         E
I see you every night
           E7     C#m
And to the lonely hours
          B           E7  C#7
It's like burning the furniture
            F#              E7
To keep the house bright at night