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                        Am
And he can hear all she says as she sits by his bed
        Em                      G
And one day his lips answer her in her own language
    C                           Am
The days quickly pass, he loves making her laugh
    Em                           G
The first time he moves it's her hair that he touches
          C                            Am
She asks "Are you cursed?" He says, "I think that I'm cured"
        Em                        G
Then he talks of the Nile and the 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                              Am
But each night she comes 'round and 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                            G
Then it's her that looks tired, staying up asking questions
   C                           Am
He learns how to read from the papers that she
   Em                    G
Is writing about him and he makes corrections

[Verse 4]
         C                          Am
It's his face on her book, more and more come to look
Em                  G
Families from Iowa, Upper West Siders
         C                     Am
Then one day it's too much, he 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                        G
But she's happy to see him, as they walk he supports her
    C                              Am
She asks "Are you cursed?" but his answer's obscured
     Em                           G
In a sandstorm of flash bulbs and 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                           Am
He speaks of her fondly, their nights in the museum
          Em                         G
But she's just one more rag now 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                          Am
Then her face starts to set and her hands start to fold
         Em                       G
Then one day the dried fig of her heart stops its beating

[Interlude 3]
C  Am  Em  G (x2)

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

[Otro]
C  Am  Em  G (x2)
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