The Crane Wives – Curses (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
          Am                       C
There's a fire in my brain and I'm burning up

   Em E   Am
Oh my, oh my

     Am                           C
Keep running for the sink but the well is dry

   Em E   Am
Oh my, oh my
[Pre-Chorus]
      Am            C
Every word I say is kindling

        C                        E
But the smoke clears when you're around

          Am               C
Won't you stay with me, my darling

        E
When my walls start burning down?

        Am
(Down, down)
[Verse 2]
     Am                       C
This house is my name like an elegy

   Em E   Am
Oh my, oh my

     Am                     C
Echoing where my ghosts all used to be

   Em E   Am
Oh my, oh my
[Pre-Chorus]
              Am             C
There's still cobwebs in the corners

        C                  E
And the backyard's full of bones

          Am                C
Won't you stay with me, my darling

          Em                    E
When this house don't feel like home?

          E
When this house don't feel like home?
[Chorus]
   Am            C
Oh ashes, ashes, dust to dust

    Em      E     Am
The devil's after both of us

Am            C
Lay my curses out to rest

       Em     E     Am
Make a mercy out of me
[Verse 3]
     Am                     C
This tired old machine is a-rumbling

   Em E   Am
Oh my, oh my

        Am                     C
Singing songs to the secrets behind my eye

   Em E   Am
Oh my, oh my
[Pre-Chorus]
        Am               C
All my aching bones are trembling

                    E
And I may yet fall apart

          Am                C
Won't you stay with me, my darling

          E
When the war starts in my heart?

          E
When the war starts in my heart?
[Chorus]
   Am            C
Oh ashes, ashes, dust to dust

    Em       E    Am
The devil's after both of us

Am            C
Lay my curses out to rest

       Em     E     Am
Make a mercy out of me

   Am            C
Oh ashes, ashes, dust to dust

Em      E    Am
Tell me I am good enough

Am            C
Lay my curses out to rest

       Em     E
Make a mercy out of