Date: Thu, 2 Jan 1997 16:42:55 -0400
From: «Jennifer McCall, Michael Mann»
Subject: TAB: «My Curse» by Afghan Whigs
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 won’t 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. I’m sure we’ll all be
Bm Em C D4
Friends. I’ll try to break your
Bm Em C D4
Back. You’ll 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 there’s
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 won’t
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 I’m 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)
