Bob Dylan – Seven Curses (Ukulele)
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: soprano C
Transcribed in friendly D. To match Dylan’s recording use a capo 1st fret
or transpose +1 (and “use flats”). There are other versions around with
different capo positions (2nd or 3rd fret).
CHORDS
g-C-E-A
D 2-2-2-0
Gsus4 0-2-3-3
G 0-2-3-2
Gmaj7 0-2-2-2
Em7 0-2-0-2
A 2-4-0-0---------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
D Gsus4 G D Old Reilly stole a stallion D Gsus4 G D But they caught him and they brought him back G Gmaj7 Em7 D And they laid him down in the jailhouse ground A D With an iron chain around his neck
[Verse 2]
D Gsus4 G D When Reilly’s daughter got a message D Gsus4 G D That her father was gonna hang G Gmaj7 Em7 Gmaj7 D She rode by night and came by morning A D With gold and silver in her hand
[Verse 3]
D Gsus4 G D When the judge saw Reil- ly’s daughter D Gsus4 G D His old eyes deepened in his head G Gmaj7 Em7 Gmaj7 D Saying, gold will never free your father A D The price, my dear, is you instead
[Verse 4]
D Gsus4 G D Oh, I’m as good as dead, cried Reilly D Gsus4 G D It’s only you that he does crave G Gmaj7 Em7 D And my skin will surely crawl if he touches you at all A D Get on your horse and ride away
[Verse 5]
D Gsus4 G D Oh, father you will surely die D Gsus4 G D If I don‘t take the chance to try G Gmaj7 Em7 D And pay the price and not take your advice A D For that reason I will have to stay
[Verse 6]
D Gsus4 G D The gallows shadows shook the evening D Gsus4 G D In the night a hound dog bayed G Gmaj7 Em7 D In the night the grounds was groaning A D In the night the price was paid
[Verse 7]
D Gsus4 G D The next morning she had awoken D Gsus4 G D To find that the judge had never spoken G Gmaj7 Em7 Gmaj7 D She saw that hanging branch a-bending A D She saw her father’s body broken
[Verse 8]
D Gsus4 G D These be seven curses on a judge so cruel D Gsus4 G D That one doctor cannot save him G Gmaj7 Em7 Gmaj7 D That two healers cannot heal him A D And the three eyes cannot see him
[Verse 9]
D Gsus4 G D That four ears will not hear him D Gsus4 G D That five walls cannot hide him G Gmaj7 Em7 Gmaj7 D That six diggers cannot bury him A D And that seven deaths shall never kill him