AFGHAN WHIGS - "My Curse" Tablature

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Date: Thu, 2 Jan 1997 16:42:55 -0400
From: "Jennifer McCall, Michael Mann" <ncmlsvolunteer@mindspring.com>
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)