Ancient Curse by Peter Bjorn and John Writer?s Block, 2007 Tabbed by Thomas Buhler If you find any mistakes, or have any questions about this tab, email me at: t.buhler.007@gmail.com Standard Tuning (EADGBe) All riffs are compatible with bass if you remove the last 2 strings (B and higher E). can also ignore the ?RIFF? marks and play the song with the chords as they are marked. Chords: B ? x24442 (recommend Bm [x24432] for use with this song) A ? x02220 G - 320003 E - 022100 D ? xx0232 RIFF 1: B A G A e|----------------|----------------| B|----------------|----------------| G|----------------|----------------| D|----------------|----------------| A|----------------|----------------| E|-7---7---7-7---5|-3---3---3-3---5| RIFF 2: B E D D e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| A|----------------|-7---7---7-7---7|-5---5---5-5---5|-5---5---5-5---5| E|-7---7---7-7---7|----------------|----------------|----------------| RIFF 3: D A G e|----------------|----------------| B|----------------|----------------| G|----------------|----------------| D|----------------|----------------| A|-5---5---5-5---5|----------------| E|----------------|-5---5---3-3---3| ---------------------------------------------------------------------- RIFF 1 x4 VERSE 1: RIFF 1:[B A G A B A G A We want it bad, so bad it hurts, let?s wait. B A G A] RIFF 2:[B E] You turn me on, but the problems turn me ....... off. RIFF 1:[B A G A B A G A Please pack my bags; I want to close this case for good. B A G A] RIFF 2:[B Let?s make this steady, it?s all been bent out of ........ shape. E D D] You look away now, I want to know why. CHORUS: RIFF 3:[D A G D A G D A G D A Been calling bluffs like this before, it?s so old. G D A G D You just can?t get worse. Ancient curse, A G] What if we could break that? RIFF 1 x3 RIFF 2:[B E] VERSE 2: RIFF 1:[B A G A B A G A We want it bad, so bad it hurts, let?s wait, until the next part. B A G A] RIFF 2:[B E] You turn me on, but the problems turn me ....... off. RIFF 1:[B A G A B A G A It won?t let go, it must been buried for so long, its all so clear now. B A G A RIFF 2:[B Don?t get me wrong now, but we were doomed from the st - art. E D D] It?s getting dark now, should have known why. RIFF 1 x7 RIFF 2:[B]