The Curse

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[Intro]
C  Am  Em  G (x2)

[Verse 1]
   C                        Am
He opens his eyes, falls in love at 
first sight
         Em          G
With the girl in the doorway
     C                Am
What beautiful lines, how full of 
life
      Em                        G
After thousands of years what a face
 to wake up to
   C                        Am
He holds back a sigh as she touches 
his arm
    Em                           G
She dusts off the bed where 'til now
 he's been sleeping
      C                         Am
Under miles of stone, the dried fig 
of his heart
      Em                     G
Under scarab and bone starts back to
 its beating

[Interlude 1]
C  Am  Em  G

[Verse 2]
    C                     Am
She carries him home in a beautiful 
boat
   Em                       G
He watches the scene from a porthole
 in stowage
           C                       
And he can hear all she says as she
 Am
 sits by his bed
        Em                      G
And one day his lips answer her in 
her own language
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    C                          
The days quickly pass, he loves 
 Am
making her laugh
    Em                          
The first time he moves it's her 
 G
hair that he touches
          C                        
She asks "Are you cursed?" He says,
    Am
 "I think that I'm cured"
        Em                        
Then he talks of the Nile and the 
G
girls in Bulrushes

[Interlude 1]
C  Am  Em  G

[Verse 3]
       C                    Am
In New York he is laid in a glass 
covered case
   Em                          G
He pretends he is dead, people crowd
 'round to see him
         C                         
But each night she comes 'round and
     Am
 the two wander down
    Em                         G
The halls of the tomb that she calls
 a museum
      C                     Am
Often he stops to rest, but then 
less and less
          Em                   
Then it's her that looks tired, 
         G
staying up asking questions
   C                          
He learns how to read from the 
 Am
papers that she
   Em                    G
Is writing about him and he makes 
corrections

[Verse 4]
         C                         
It's his face on her book, more and
 Am
 more come to look
Em                  G
Families from Iowa, Upper West 
Siders
         C                    
Then one day it's too much, he 
 Am
decides to get up
       Em                    G
And as chaos ensues he walks outside
 to find her
      C                    Am
She's using a cane and her face 
looks too pale
          Em                       
But she's happy to see him, as they
 G
 walk he supports her
    C                              
She asks "Are you cursed?" but his 
Am
answer's obscured
     Em                           
In a sandstorm of flash bulbs and 
G
rowdy reporters

[Interlude 2]
C  Am  Em  G (x5)

[Verse 5]
     C                Am
Such reanimation, the two tour the 
nation
   Em                    G
He gets out of limos, he meets other
 women
   C                          
He speaks of her fondly, their 
 Am
nights in the museum
          Em                       
But she's just one more rag now 
  G
he's dragging behind him
    C                         Am
She stops going out, she just lies 
there in bed
   Em                 G
In hotels in whatever towns they are
 speaking
         C                         
Then her face starts to set and her
 Am
 hands start to fold
         Em                       
Then one day the dried fig of her 
G
heart stops its beating

[Interlude 3]
C  Am  Em  G (x2)

[Verse 6]
      C                         
Long ago on the ship, she asked, 
  Am
"Why pyramids?"
          Em                 
He said, "Think of thEm as an 
   G
immense invitation"
    C                          
She asked, "Are you cursed?" He 
          Am
said, "I think that I'm cured"
        Em                       
Then he kissed her and hoped that 
       G
she'd forget that question

[Otro]
C  Am  Em  G (x2)
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