Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
G+G G6G6 G7G7 G6G6
G+G G6G6 G7G7 G+G
Eurydice:
G+G G6G6
Lover, tell me if you can
G7G7 G6G6
Who's gonna buy the wedding bands?
Bb majorBb G+G
Times being what they are
Bb majorBb C majorC
Hard and getting harder all the time
Orpheus:
G+G G6G6
Lover, when I sing my song
G7G7 G6G6
All the rivers'll sing along
Bb majorBb G+G
And they're gonna break their banks for us
G7G7 G6G6
And with their gold, be generous
G+G G6G6 G7G7 G+G
All a-flashing in the pan, all to fashion for your hand
Bb majorBb C majorC G+G Bb majorBb C majorC
The river's gonna give us the wedding bands
Eurydice:
G+G G6G6
Lover, tell me if you're able
G7G7 G6G6
Who's gonna lay the wedding table?
Bb majorBb G+G
Times being what they are
Bb majorBb C majorC
Dark and getting darker all the time
Orpheus:
G+G G6G6
Lover, when I sing my song
G7G7 G+G
All the trees gonna sing along
Bb majorBb G+G
And they're gonna bend their branches down
G7G7 G6G6
To lay their fruit upon the ground
G+G G6G6
The almond and the apple
G7G7 G+G
And the sugar from the maple
Bb majorBb C majorC
The trees gonna lay the wedding table
Instrumental:
D MajorD Gm6/D
D MajorD FF G+G
Eurydice:
A augmentedA
So when you sing your song
A/BA/B
The one you're working on
A/EA/E
Spring will come again?
Orpheus:
A/D
Yes
Eurydice:
A/D
Why don't you sing it then?
Orpheus:
A augmentedA
It isn't finished
Eurydice:
A/BA/B
Sing it
A/EA/E
You wanna take me home?
Orpheus:
A/D
Yes
Eurydice:
A/D C5C5
Sing the song
Orpheus:
C5C5
La la la la la la la...
C5C5
La la la la la la la...
Company:
C5C5
La la la la la la la...
C5C5
La la la la la la la...
C5C5
La la la la la la la...
Eurydice:
G+G
How'd you do that?
Orpheus:
G/AG/A
I don't know, The song's not finished though
Eurydice:
G/DG/D
Even so, it can do this?
Orpheus:
G/C
I know...
Eurydice:
G/C
You have to finish it!
G+G G6G6
Lover, tell me when we're wed
G7G7 G6G6
Who's gonna make the wedding bed?
Bb majorBb G+G
Times being what they are
Bb majorBb C majorC
Hard and getting harder all the time
Orpheus:
G+G G6G6
Lover, when I sing my song
G7G7 G+G
All the birds gonna sing along
Bb majorBb G+G
And they'll come flying from all around
G7G7 G6G6
To lay their feathers on the ground
G+G G6G6
And we'll lie down in eiderdown
G7G7 G+G
A augmentedA pillow 'neath our heads
Bb majorBb C majorC G+G
The birds gonna make the wedding bed
Eurydice:
Bb majorBb C majorC G+G
And the trees gonna lay the wedding table
Orpheus:
Bb majorBb C majorC G+G
And the rivers gonna give us the wedding bands
Company:
Bb majorBb C majorC G5G5
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