Bob Dylan – Seven Curses (Guitar)
Drop D (D-A-D-G-B-E)
• Capo 1
Key
-
Versions
(3)
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
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Written by: Bob Dylan
Recorded June 8, 1963, CBS Studios, New York
Released on: “The Bootleg Series Vol. 01-03:
Rare and Unreleased 1961-1991” (1991)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Drop D + capo 1st
Capo: 1st fret
Play: D
Key: Eb
There are other versions with capo 2nd or 3rd fret.
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[Verse]
Many minor changes here and there, but this is the basic pattern to work from.
(These extra beats aren’t always played) D G G/F# D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + (1 + 2 + ) e|----------------|-------2-------2|--------| B|----------------|----------------|--------| G|-----2----------|-----2-------2--|--------| D|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0-| A|----------------|----------------|--------| D|0---0---5---4---|0---0---0---0---|0---0---| D G G/F# D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + (1 + 2 + ) e|----------------|-------2-------2|--------| B|----------------|----------------|--------| G|-----2----------|-----2-------2--|--------| D|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0-| A|----------------|----------------|--------| D|0---0---5---4---|0---0---0---0---|0---0---| G G/F# Em7(G/F#)D A/E (The second G/F# is only sometimes played, 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + other than that the Em7 is kept) e|----------------|-------2--------|----------------| B|----------------|----------------|----------------| G|-------------0--|-----2-------2--|-----2-------2--| D|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-|--2---2---2---2-| A|----------------|----------------|----------------| D|5---4---2---4---|0---0---0---0---|2---2---2---2---| D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + e|----h2—2h3p2p0-2|----------------|--------| B|----------------|----------------|--------| G|---2------------|-----2-------2--|--------| D|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0-| A|----------------|----------------|--------| D|0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---|0---0---|
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[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
D G G/F# D Old Reilly stole a stallion D G G/F# D But they caught him and they brought him back G G/F# Em7 D And they laid him down in the jailhouse ground A/E D With an iron chain around his neck
[Verse 2]
D G G/F# D When Reilly’s daughter got a message D G G/F# D That her father was gonna hang G G/F# Em7 G/F# D She rode by night and came by morning A/E D With gold and silver in her hand
[Verse 3]
D G G/F# D When the judge saw Reilly‘s daughter D G G/F# D His old eyes deepened in his head G G/F# Em7 G/F# D Saying, gold will never free your father A/E D The price, my dear, is you instead
[Verse 4]
D G G/F# D Oh, I’m as good as dead, cried Reilly D G G/F# D It’s only you that he does crave G G/F# Em7 D And my skin will surely crawl if he touches you at all A/E D Get on your horse and ride away
[Verse 5]
D G G/F# D Oh, father you will surely die D G G/F# D If I don‘t take the chance to try G G/F# Em7 D And pay the price and not take your advice A/E D For that reason I will have to stay
[Verse 6]
D G G/F# D The gallows shadows shook the evening D G G/F# D In the night a hound dog bayed G G/F# Em7 D In the night the grounds was groaning A/E D In the night the price was paid
[Verse 7]
D G G/F# D The next morning she had awoken D G G/F# D To find that the judge had never spoken G G/F# Em7 G/F# D She saw that hanging branch a-bending A/E D She saw her father’s body broken
[Verse 8]
D G G/F# D These be seven curses on a judge so cruel D G G/F# D That one doctor cannot save him G G/F# Em7 G/F# D That two healers cannot heal him A/E D And the three eyes cannot see him
[Verse 9]
D G G/F# D That four ears will not hear him D G G/F# D That five walls cannot hide him G G/F# Em7 G/F# D That six diggers cannot bury him A/E D And that seven deaths shall never kill him