The Curse

  Am                     C
A young boy I was barely out of my 
home
  G                          
I stepped to the world with a 
 F          E
meaning to roam
  Am                        C
I signed with a captain who promised
 me gold
    G                        F    
And adventure to quicken the heart
        E
 of the bold
    Am                      
For fourteen odd years I did 
 E        E7
struggle alone
        Am                        
For the cause I worked my fingers 
E           E7
down to the bone
    Am                         
Saw naught but the scuppers saw 
 E            E7
naught of my pay
         Am           E7         Am
Then was cast off and sent on my way

[Chorus]
  Am                     F        
A curse upon you, sorrow fall 
      E
thick and fast!
     Am                           
Your days have been numbered each 
F         E
hour your last!
        Am                      
May the land, sea or sky turn to 
 E          F
swallow you whole!
           Am      E7           
And forer' ner' forget what you 
Am
stole

[Verse 2]
  Am                         C
I found me some cohorts the bravest 
and true
   G                      F       
No captain was prouder to call 
      E
such men crew
           Am                 
They could rally a cry and the 
 C
battle was won
    G                    F        
I'd face off a cannon if they but 
       E
looked on
    Am                     E   
The mutinous dogs bound my hands 
          E7
while I slept
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              Am                 
Swapped their honor for treasures 
     E            E7
and gold that we kept
         Am                    
Threw me over the side with all 
 E            E7
kindness I'd shown
      Am          E7      Am
Now I vow to sail always alone

[Chorus]
  Am                     F        
A curse upon you, sorrow fall 
      E
thick and fast!
     Am                           
Your days have been numbered each 
F         E
hour your last!
        Am                      
May the land, sea or sky turn to 
 E          F
swallow you whole!
           Am      E7           
And forer' ner' forget what you 
Am
stole

[Verse 3]
  Am                    C
I met a fair maiden one round upon 
shore
  G                         F  
I fell for her smile as I'd ner' 
         E
done before
  Am                          C
I pledged her my world for as long 
as I lived
         G                     F  
I'd have offered her more if I had
         E
 more to give
   Am                         
My pockets she emptied still I 
 E           E7
offered the rest
    Am                             
She obliged and then ripped out the
 E             E7
 heart from my chest
    Am                     E      
She sent me adrift free to float 
          E7
to world's end
       Am        E7       Am
With a bottle as my only friend

[Chorus]
  Am                     F        
A curse upon you, sorrow fall 
      E
thick and fast!
     Am                           
Your days have been numbered each 
F         E
hour your last!
        Am                      
May the land, sea or sky turn to 
 E          F
swallow you whole!
           Am      E7           
And forer' ner' forget what you 
Am
stole

[Verse 4]
    Am                       
Now maybe there's some of you 
 C
wondering hence
        G                   
Not all parts of my life fit 
   F           E
together with sense
    Am                           C
If these are your thoughts allow me 
to explain
       G                        F 
Listen close now for I will not 
      E
say it again
  Am                          E   
I curse you yourself with the 
               E7
doubts that you've shown!
    Am                    E       
For this is my life and I made it 
   E7
my own
       Am                          
Walk a path and you'll have your 
  E          E7
own stories in time
         Am          E7            
Til that day I shall drink just to 
Am
mine

[Chorus]
  Am                     F        
A curse upon you, sorrow fall 
      E
thick and fast!
     Am                           
Your days have been numbered each 
F         E
hour your last!
        Am                      
May the land, sea or sky turn to 
 E          F
swallow you whole!
           Am      E7           
And forer' ner' forget what you 
Am
stole