Subject: TAB _My Curse_ by Afhan Whigs
Date: Fri, 03 Jan 1997 13:59:47 -0400
From: ncmlsvolunteer@mindspring.com (Jennifer McCall, Michael Mann)
Organization: NC Museum of Life & Science
Newsgroups: alt.guitar.tab

Song: My Curse
Artist:  Afghan Whigs
Written by: Greg Dulli
From the album: _Gentlemen_ (Elektra/Sub Pop #61501-2)
Guest Vocal by: Marcy Mays
Transcribed by: Michael J. Mann

Chords used in this song:
E]-|1|-|-|-|               E]-|-|-|-|-|              E]-|-|4|-|-|
B]-|-|2|-|-|               B]-|-|-|-|-|              B]1|-|-|-|-|
G]-|-|-|4|-|               G]-|-|-|-|-|              G]-|-|-|-|-|
D]-|-|-|3|-|               D]-|2|-|-|-|              D]-|2|-|-|-|
A]-|1|-|-|-|               A]-|1|-|-|-|              A]-|-|3|-|-|
e]x|x|x|x|x|               e]-|-|-|-|-|              e]x|x|x|x|x|
     Bm                              Em                             C

E]-|-|-|-|4|              E]-|-|4|-|-|              E]-|2|-|-|-|
B]-|-|1|-|-|              B]-|-|3|-|-|              B]-|-|3|-|-|
G]-|-|-|-|-|              G]-|-|-|-|-|              G]-|1|-|-|-|
D]-|-|-|2|-|              D]-|-|-|-|-|              D]-|-|-|-|-|
A]-|-|-|-|3|              A]-|1|-|-|-|              A]x|x|x|x|x|
e]x|x|x|x|x|              e]-|-|2|-|-|              e]x|x|x|x|x|
       D4                            G                                D

Bm     Em     C       D4
            Hurt me baby
Bm     Em     C       D4
         I   flinch so when you
Bm     Em     C       D4
do.      Your kisses  scourge me.
Bm     Em     C       D4
            Hyssop in your per-
Bm     Em     C       D4
fume.   Oh, I do not fear you.
Bm     Em     C       D4
          And slave I only
Bm     Em     C       D4
use      as a word to de-
Bm         Em          C (hold, drums enter)
scribe the special way I feel for you.

Bm     Em     C       D4}
                                   }  Guitar break
Bm     Em     C       D4}

Bm     Em     C       D4
          You look like me.
Bm     Em     C       D4
       And I look like no one
Bm     Em     C       D4
else.    We need no other.
Bm     Em     C
         As long   as we
G               D
have ourselves.
C     D4     C      D4

G              D
  But I wonıt cry about it
C     D4       C      D4
Every time you get obsessed and
C     D4     C (hold)
Every time I came undressed.
Bm     Em     C       D4}
                                   }
Bm     Em     C       D4}
                                   }  Guitar solo
Bm     Em     C       D4}
                                   }
Bm     Em     C       D4}

Bm     Em     C       D4
        All ugly thoughts are
Bm     Em     C       D4
gone.   Iım sure weıll all be
Bm     Em     C       D4
friends. Iıll try to break your
Bm     Em     C       D4
back.  Youıll try to make a-
Bm     Em     C       D4
mends.  Curse softly to me
Bm     Em     C       D4
baby   and smother me in your
Bm     Em     C       D4
love.    Temptation   comes
Bm        Em             C
not from Hell, but from above.  And thereıs

G            Em
blood on my teeth when I
C                 Em
bite my tongue to speak.  Zip me
G              Em
down, kiss me there, I can
C       D4   C     D4
smile now,        you wonıt
C       D4   C     D4
find out        ever!

Bm     Em     C       D4
            Hurt me baby
Bm     Em     C       D4
         I   flinch so when you
Bm     Em     C       D4
do.      Your kisses  scourge
Bm     Em     C       D4
me.         Hyssop in your per-
Bm     Em     C       D4
fume.   Oh, I do not fear you.
Bm     Em     C       D4
     And   slave   I   only
Bm       Em        C       D4
use as a word to describe  the
Bm     Em        C
way I feel when Iım with you.

G              D

C     D4       C      D4

G              D
  if I have to lie about it
C     D4       C      D4
every time I came undressed
G              D

C     D4       C      D4

C     D4       C (Hold - end)

--
Jennifer McCall
Youth Programs Specialist

Michael J. Mann
Youth Projects Educator

North Carolina Museum of Life and Science