C
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G|------0----0-----|-----0----0-----| 3/4
D|-----------------|----------------| time
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Am
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Em
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G|------0----0-----|-----0----0-----| 3/4
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G Gsus G5
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G|------0----0-----|-----0----0-----| 3/4
D|-----------------|----------------| time
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E|-3---------------|-3--------------|
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[Intro]
C Am Em G (x2)
[Verse 1]
C Am
He opens his eyes, falls in love at first sight
Em G
With the girl in the doorway
C Am
What beautiful lines, how full of life
Em G
After thousands of years what a face to wake up to
C Am
He holds back a sigh as she touches his arm
Em G
She dusts off the bed where 'til now he's been sleeping
C Am
Under miles of stone, the dried fig of his heart
Em G
Under scarab and bone starts back to its beating
[Interlude 1]
C Am Em G
[Verse 2]
C Am
She carries him home in a beautiful boat
Em G
He watches the scene from a porthole in stowage
C Am
And he can hear all she says as she sits by his bed
Em G
And one day his lips answer her in her own language
C Am
The days quickly pass, he loves making her laugh
Em G
The first time he moves it's her hair that he touches
C Am
She asks "Are you cursed?" He says, "I think that I'm cured"
Em G
Then he talks of the Nile and the girls in Bulrushes
[Interlude 1]
C Am Em G
[Verse 3]
C Am
In New York he is laid in a glass covered case
Em G
He pretends he is dead, people crowd 'round to see him
C Am
But each night she comes 'round and the two wander down
Em G
The halls of the tomb that she calls a museum
C Am
Often he stops to rest, but then less and less
Em G
Then it's her that looks tired, staying up asking questions
C Am
He learns how to read from the papers that she
Em G
Is writing about him and he makes corrections
[Verse 4]
C Am
It's his face on her book, more and more come to look
Em G
Families from Iowa, Upper West Siders
C Am
Then one day it's too much, he decides to get up
Em G
And as chaos ensues he walks outside to find her
C Am
She's using a cane and her face looks too pale
Em G
But she's happy to see him, as they walk he supports her
C Am
She asks "Are you cursed?" but his answer's obscured
Em G
In a sandstorm of flash bulbs and rowdy reporters
[Interlude 2]
C Am Em G (x5)
[Verse 5]
C Am
Such reanimation, the two tour the nation
Em G
He gets out of limos, he meets other women
C Am
He speaks of her fondly, their nights in the museum
Em G
But she's just one more rag now he's dragging behind him
C Am
She stops going out, she just lies there in bed
Em G
In hotels in whatever towns they are speaking
C Am
Then her face starts to set and her hands start to fold
Em G
Then one day the dried fig of her heart stops its beating
[Interlude 3]
C Am Em G (x2)
[Verse 6]
C Am
Long ago on the ship, she asked, "Why pyramids?"
Em G
He said, "Think of thEm as an immense invitation"
C Am
She asked, "Are you cursed?" He said, "I think that I'm cured"
Em G
Then he kissed her and hoped that she'd forget that question
[Otro]
C Am Em G (x2)
C
Compositores: Josh Ritter
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