Seven Curses

Capo: 1st fret D [Verse 1] D G G/F# D Old Reilly stole a stallion D G G/F# D But they caught him and they brought him back G G/F# Em7 D And they laid him down in the jailhouse ground A/E D With an iron chain around his neck [Verse 2] D G G/F# D When Reilly’s daughter got a message D G G/F# D That her father was gonna hang G G/F# Em7 G/F# D She rode by night and came by morning A/E D With gold and silver in her hand [Verse 3] D G G/F# D When the judge saw Reilly‘s daughter D G G/F# D His old eyes deepened in his head G G/F# Em7 G/F# D Saying, gold will never free your father A/E D The price, my dear, is you instead [Verse 4] D G G/F# D Oh, I’m as good as dead, cried Reilly D G G/F# D It’s only you that he does crave G G/F# Em7 D And my skin will surely crawl if he touches you at all A/E D Get on your horse and ride away [Verse 5] D G G/F# D Oh, father you will surely die D G G/F# D If I don‘t take the chance to try G G/F# Em7 D And pay the price and not take your advice A/E D For that reason I will have to stay [Verse 6] D G G/F# D The gallows shadows shook the evening D G G/F# D In the night a hound dog bayed G G/F# Em7 D In the night the grounds was groaning A/E D In the night the price was paid [Verse 7] D G G/F# D The next morning she had awoken D G G/F# D To find that the judge had never spoken G G/F# Em7 G/F# D She saw that hanging branch a-bending A/E D She saw her father’s body broken [Verse 8] D G G/F# D These be seven curses on a judge so cruel D G G/F# D That one doctor cannot save him G G/F# Em7 G/F# D That two healers cannot heal him A/E D And the three eyes cannot see him [Verse 9] D G G/F# D That four ears will not hear him D G G/F# D That five walls cannot hide him G G/F# Em7 G/F# D That six diggers cannot bury him A/E D And that seven deaths shall never kill him