Way Down Hadestown chords by Anais Mitchell

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 3rd

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: C minorCm

Difficulty: Novice

HERMES
  A minorAm           DmDm
Follow that dollar for a long way down
  A minorAm       E MajorE
Far away from the poorhouse door
  A minorAm          DmDm
Either get to hell or to Hadestown
  A minorAm          E MajorE
Ain't no difference anymore
  A minorAm    DmDm
Way down Hadestown
  A minorAm  E MajorE     A minorAm
Way down under the ground
  A minorAm           DmDm
Hound dog howl and the whistle blow
A minorAm          E MajorE
Train comes a-rollin' clickety-clack
A minorAm           DmDm
Nobody knows where that old train goes
A minorAm        E MajorE
Those who go they don't come back
A minorAm    DmDm
Way down Hadestown
A minorAm    E MajorE     A minorAm
Way down under the ground

PERSEPHONE
A minorAm        DmDm
Winter's nigh and summer's o'er
A minorAm          E MajorE
I hear that high and lonesome sound
A minorAm       DmDm
Of my husband coming for
A minorAm         E MajorE
To bring me home to Hadestown
A minorAm    DmDm
Way down Hadestown
A minorAm    E MajorE     A minorAm
Way down under the ground

EURYDICE
A minorAm          DmDm
Everybody dresses in clothes so fine
A minorAm           E MajorE
Everybody?s pockets are weighted down
A minorAm         DmDm
Everybody sipping ambrosia wine
   A minorAm      E MajorE
In a goldmine in Hadestown
A minorAm    DmDm
Way down Hadestown
A minorAm    E MajorE     A minorAm
Way down under the ground

ORPHEUS
A minorAm        DmDm
Everybody hungry, everybody tired
A minorAm            E MajorE
Everybody slaves by the sweat of his brow
A minorAm             DmDm
The wage is nothing and the work is hard
A minorAm         E MajorE
It's a graveyard in Hadestown
A minorAm    DmDm
Way down Hadestown
A minorAm    E MajorE     A minorAm
Way down under the ground

FATES
A minorAm            DmDm
Every little penny in the wishing well
A minorAm             E MajorE
Every little nickel on the drum
A minorAm       DmDm
All them shiny little heads and tails
A minorAm              E MajorE
Where do you think they come from?
        A minorAm    DmDm
They come from way down Hadestown
  A minorAm  E MajorE     A minorAm
Way down under the ground

ORPHEUS & HERMES
A minorAm        DmDm
Mister Hades is a mean old boss
    A minorAm          E MajorE
With a silver whistle and a golden scale
  A minorAm
An eye for an eye!
    DmDm
And he weighs the cost
  A minorAm
A augmentedA lie for a lie!
     E MajorE
And your soul for sale
Sold!
 A minorAm        DmDm
To the king on the chromium throne
Thrown!
  A minorAm        E MajorE
To the bottom of a sing-sing cell
   A minorAm               DmDm
Where the little wheel squeal and the big wheel groan
    A minorAm            E MajorE
And you better forget about your wishing well
A minorAm    DmDm
Way down Hadestown
A minorAm    E MajorE     A minorAm
Way down under the ground

EURYDICE
A minorAm       DmDm
Mr. Hades is a mighty king
  A minorAm        E MajorE
Must be making some mighty big deals
  A minorAm        DmDm
Seems like he owns everything
  A minorAm              E MajorE
Kind of makes you wonder how it feels
  A minorAm    DmDm
Way down Hadestown
A minorAm    E MajorE     A minorAm
Way down under the ground
  A minorAm    DmDm
Way down Hadestown
A minorAm    E MajorE     A minorAm
Way down under the ground
A minorAm    E MajorE     A minorAm
Way down under the ground
A minorAm    E MajorE     A minorAm
Way down under the ground