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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
THE CURSE (Dwight Yoakam)
performed by Dwight Yoakam on A LONG WAY HOME (1998)
transcribed by Mark Albert markalbert@pipeline.com


CHORD CHART
|INTRO |VERSE 1 |VERSE 2 |CHORUS |SOLO |CHORUS |VERSE 3 |CODA |

INTRO:
|E |E |A |A |A |A |

VERSE AND SOLO:
|A |E |A |A |A |E |D |D |
|A |E |D |B |B |A |E |A |A |

CHORUS:
|D |D |D |D |A |A |A |A |
|D |D |D |D |B |B |E |E |


INTRO
  |   |                                              |   |   |   |
  |   |                                              |   |   |   |
|-------|-------------|--------------|-------------|---------------|
|-------|-------------|--------------|-------------|---------------|
|-------|-------------|--------------|-------------|---------------|
|-------|-------------|--------------|-------------|---------------|
|-------|-------------|--------------|-0-----------|-0---0---4---2-|
|-4---2-|-0-----------|-3-(5)--------|---\-------/-|--\/-----------|
                         \/                  T         T
                          B

          ____           ____             ____
  |      |    |  |      |    |    |      |    |    |      |
  |      |    |  |      |    |    |      |    |    |      |
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------2----2---------2----2--|--------2----2--------------------|
|-0--------------0--------------|-0----------------4------2--------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------/----------------|
                                                   S

VERSE
      _      _         _      _         _      _        _
  |  | | |  | |    |  | | |  | |    |  | | |  | |   |  | | |   |
  |  | | |  | |    |  | | |  | |    |  | | |  | |   |  | | |   |
|----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|
|----2-2----2-2--|----------------|----2-2----2-2-|----2-2---------|
|-0------0-------|----2-2----2-2--|-0------0------|-0------4---2---|
|----------------|-0------0-------|---------------|----------------|
1. Don't           you              sleep
2. Don't           you              smile
3. Don't           you              try                        To

      _      _         _      _         _      _        _      _
  |  | | |  | |    |  | | |  | |    |  | | |  | |   |  | | |  | |
  |  | | |  | |    |  | | |  | |    |  | | |  | |   |  | | |  | |
|----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----2-2----2-2-|----2-2----2-2--|
|----2-2----2-2--|----------------|-0------0------|-0------0-------|
|-0------0-------|----2-2----2-2--|---------------|----------------|
|----------------|-0------0-------|---------------|----------------|
  Don't       you have    a        single moment's peace      Just
  Don't       you have   happy     thoughts for a  while      'Til
  have          a single           thought that goes by       With-

      _      _         _      _         _      _        _      _
  |  | | |  | |    |  | | |  | |    |  | | |  | |   |  | | |  | |
  |  | | |  | |    |  | | |  | |    |  | | |  | |   |  | | |  | |
|----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----2-2----2-2-|----------------|
|----2-2----2-2--|----------------|-0------0------|----4-4----4-4--|
|-0------0-------|----2-2----2-2--|---------------|-2------2-------|
|----------------|-0------0-------|---------------|----------------|
 walk through the darkness with    fears that are  deep
 teardrops and    sadness both     go    out  of   style
 out     being    haunted       by memories   like mine

      _      _         _      _         _      _        _      _
  |  | | |  | |    |  | | |  | |    |  | | |  | |   |  | | |  | |
  |  | | |  | |    |  | | |  | |    |  | | |  | |   |  | | |  | |
|----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|
|----4-4----4-4--|----2-2----2-2--|---------------|----2-2----2-2--|
|-2------2-------|-0------0-------|----2-2----2-2-|-0------0-------|
|----------------|----------------|-0------0------|----------------|
              And don't        you even             sleep
              No, don't        you even             smile
              No, don't        you even             try (TO CODA)
 ________________________________   _______________________________
| 1.                               | 2.
          ____    
  |      |    |      |      |        |      |      |      |   
  |      |    |      |      |        |      |      |      |   
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------*-|--------------------------------|
|--------2----2-----------------*-|--------------------------------|
|-0------------------4------2-----|--0------0------2------4--------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|


CHORUS
      _      _                          _      _        
  |  | | |  | |    |   |   |   |    |  | | |  | |   |   |   |   |
  |  | | |  | |    |   |   |   |    |  | | |  | |   |   |   |   |
|----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|
|----2-2----2-2--|----------------|----2-2----2-2-|----------------|
|-0------0-------|-0--------------|-0------0------|-0---0----------|
|----------------|-----0---2---4--|---------------|---------4---2--|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|
    These are the things            I     wish for  you

      _      _         _      _         _      _
  |  | | |  | |    |  | | |  | |    |  | | |  | |   |   |   |   |
  |  | | |  | |    |  | | |  | |    |  | | |  | |   |   |   |   |
|----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|
|----2-2----2-2--|----2-2----2-2--|----2-2----2-2-|----------------|
|-0------0-------|-0------0-------|-0------0------|-0---0---2---4--|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|
  Deep   in my     heart  how I     hope  they come true

      _      _                          _      _        
  |  | | |  | |    |   |   |   |    |  | | |  | |   |   |   |   |
  |  | | |  | |    |   |   |   |    |  | | |  | |   |   |   |   |
|----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|
|----2-2----2-2--|----------------|----2-2----2-2-|----------------|
|-0------0-------|-0--------------|-0------0------|-0--------------|
|----------------|-----0---2---4--|---------------|-----0---0---1--|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|
  And then you'll know        when bad     turns to worse What it's

      _      _         _      _        _      _       \   _
  |  | | |  | |    |  | | |  | |   |  | | |  | |   |  /  | | |
  |  | | |  | |    |  | | |  | |   |  | | |  | |   |  \  | | |
|----------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
|----------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
|----------------|---------------|---------------|-----------1-----|
|----4-4----4-4--|----4-4----4-4-|---------------|-------2-4-------|
|-2------2-------|-2------2------|----2-2----2-2-|-----------------|
|----------------|---------------|-0------0------|-0---------------|
 like     to live under   love's  curse                  (SOLO)__

           _                _                              _
  |   |   | | |    |   |   | | |                     _    | | |
  |   |   | | |    |   |   | | |                    |_|   | | |
|----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|-----------0----|
|-2---2----------|----------------|---------------|-------1-2-1----|
|--\/------------|----------------|---------------|-------2-4------|
|---T-----0-2-4--|----------------|-0-------------|----------------|
|----------------|-0---0---0-2-4--|---------------|----------------|
                    \/
                     T
           _                _          \      ________
  |   |   | | |    |   |   | | |    |  /     |  |  |  |
  |   |   | | |    |   |   | | |    |  \  |\ |  |  |  |
|----------------|----------------|----------5----------|----------|
|-2---2----------|----------------|-------5-(7)-5-(7)-5-|-(7)------|
|-2---2----------|-1---1----------|--------\/-\/-\/-\/-\|/---------|
|--\/-------0-2--|-2---2-----0-2--|-4-------B--R--B--R--|B---------|
|---T-----4-2-4--|--\/-----4-2-4--|-5-------------------|----------|
|---------5------|---T-----5------|---------------------|----------|

   _      _    _     _   __           _      _____      _____
  | |  | | |  | |   | | |  |  |  |   | | |  | | | |    | | | | | |
  | |  | | |  | |   | | |  |  |  |   | | |  | | | |    | | | | | |
|-5---------------|----------------|--------4---7----|-------------|
|--(7)-5-5--------|----------------|-----5----7---7--|-------------|
|----\/---(7)-6-2-|-----2-(1)-2--2-|-4-6---------(8)-|-6-4-----4-4-|
|-----R-----\/----|-4-2--\/-\/-\/--|--\/------------\|/----6-4--\/-|
|------------R----|-------W--W--T--|---S-------------|R----------T-|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-------------|

   _      _              _____     _____   _____  
  | | |  | | |    |  |  | | | |   | | | | | | | |          | | | |
  | | |  | | |    |  |  | | | |   | | | | | | | |          | | | |
|-----7---------|---------------|-----------------|------|---------|
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|------|---------|
|-6-8--------1--|-2--2----------|-----------------|------|---------|
|--\/----2-4----|--\/---------0-|-2-0---0---------|------|---------|
|---S-----------|---T---0-2-4---|-----4---4-2-0---|-0----|-0-0-2-4-|
|---------------|---------------|------------\/-4-|---\--|-/-------|
                                              P         T


(CHORUS followed by VERSE 3)


CODA
 _______________
|3.   _                                                   \
  |  | | |   |                            |  |  |  |   |  /  |  |
  |  | | |   |                            |  |  |  |   |  \  |  |
|--------------|-----------|------------|------------|------------||
|--------------|-----------|------------|------------|-------2--2-||
|--------------|-----------|------------|------------|-------2--2-||
|----2-2-------|-----------|------------|------------|-------2--2-||
|-0------------|-----------|------------|-0--0--4--2-|-0------\/--||
|--------4---2-|-0---------|-3-(5)------|--\/--------|---------T--||
                              \/            T
                               B

                         *  *  *  *  *

TAB NOTES

B = bend to ()
H = hammer on
P = pull off
R = release bend from ()
S = slide
T = tied note
W = whammy bar
                   \
                   /                   _
/|  = eighth rest, \  = quarter rest, |_| = whole rest
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