Chords with lyrics
Tuning: G C E A (G C E A)
Difficulty: Novice
Am Em
Heavy and hard is the heart of the king
Am Em
King of iron, king of steel
Am Em
The heart of the king loves everything
Am D Am
Like the hammer loves the nail
C D
But the heart of a man is a simple one
C D
Small and soft, flesh and blood
C D
And all that it loves is a woman
C D
A woman is all that it loves
C D
And Hades is King of the scythe and the sword
C D
He covers the world in the color of rust
C D
He scrapes the sky and scars the earth
C D
And he comes down heavy and hard on us
C D
But even that hardest of hearts unhardened
C D
Suddenly, when he saw her there
C D
Persephone in her mother’s garden
C D
Sun on her shoulders, wind in her hair
C D
The smell of the flowers she held in her hand
C D
And the pollen that fell from her fingertips
C D
And suddenly Hades was only a man
C D
With a taste of nectar upon his lips, singing:
C D Em
La la la la la la la…
C D E
La la la la la la la… oh singing
C D Em
La la la la la la la…
C D
La la la la la la
Am Em
And what has become of the heart of that man,
Am Em
Now that the man is King?
Am Em
What has become of the heart of that man,
Am D Am
Now that he has everything?
C D
The more he has, the more he holds,
C D
The greater the weight of the world on his shoulders
C D
See how he labors beneath that load
C D
Afraid to look up, and afraid to let go
C D
And he keeps his head low, and he keeps his back bending
C D
He grows so afraid that he'll lose what he owns
C D
But what he doesn't know is that what he's defending
C D
Is already gone
C D
Where is the treasure inside your chest?
C D
Where is your pleasure? Where is your youth?
C D
Where is the man with his hat in his hands?
C
Who stands in the garden with nothing to lose, singing:
C D Em
La la la la la la la…
C D E
La la la la la la la… oh singing
C D Em
La la la la la la la…
C D E
La la la la la la
