The Crane Wives – Curses (Guitar)

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[Intro] Bm F# Em D F# Bm F# [Verse 1]
          Bm         F#           Em
There's a fire in my brain and I'm burning up

   D F#   Bm F#
Oh my, oh my

     Bm              F#          Em
Keep running for the sink but the well is dry

   D F#   Bm F#
Oh my, oh my
[Pre-Chorus]
      Bm            G
Every word I say is kindling

        D                        F#
But the smoke clears when you're around

          Bm                G
Won't you stay with me, my darling

        F#
When my walls start burning down?
(Down, down) [Interlude] Bm F# Em D F# Bm F# [Verse 2]
     Bm            F#          Em
This house says my name like an elegy

   D F#   Bm F#
Oh my, oh my

    Bm           F#        Em
Echoing where my ghosts all used to be

   D F#   Bm F#
Oh my, oh my
[Pre-Chorus]
              Bm             G
There's still cobwebs in the corners

        D                  F#
And the backyard's full of bones

          Bm                G
Won't you stay with me, my darling

          F#
When this house don't feel like home?

          F#
When this house don't feel like home?
[Chorus]
   Bm            G
Oh ashes, ashes, dust to dust

    D       F#    Bm         F#
The devil's after both of us

Bm             G
Lay my curses all to rest

       D     F#     Bm
Make a mercy out of me
[Interlude] Bm F# Em D F# Bm F# [Verse 3]
     Bm          F#        Em
This tired old machine is a-rumbling

   D F#   Bm F#
Oh my, oh my

        Bm           F#       Em
Singing songs to the secrets behind my eye

   D F#   Bm F#
Oh my, oh my
[Pre-Chorus]
              Bm             G
All my aching bones are trembling

        D                  F#
And I may yet fall apart

          Bm                G
Won't you stay with me, my darling

         F#
When the war starts in my heart?

         F#
When the war starts in my heart?
[Chorus]
   Bm            G
Oh ashes, ashes, dust to dust

    D       F#    Bm      F#
The devil's after both of us

Bm             G
Lay my curses all to rest

       D     F#     Bm
Make a mercy out of me

   Bm            G
Oh ashes, ashes, dust to dust

D       F#    Bm   F#
Tell me I am good enough

Bm             G
Lay my curses all to rest

       D     F#
Make a mercy out of
[Outro] F# Bm