Misc Musicals – Hadestown - Chant Ii Reprise (Guitar)

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[Hermes] N.C. Now everybody knows that walls have ears [Orpheus] N.C. Is it true? [Company] N.C. Is it true? [Hades] N.C. What's that noise? [Hermes] N.C. And the walls had heard what the boy was saying [Orpheus] N.C. Is it true? [Company] N.C. Is it true? [Hades] N.C. It's the boy! [Hermes] N.C. A million tons of stone and steel... [Orpheus] N.C. Is it true? [Company] N.C. Is it true? [Hermes] N.C. Echoed his refrain [Company]
C#m
Low, keep your head, keep your head low

C#m
Oh, you gotta keep your head low

C#m
If you wanna keep your head

C#m
Oh, you gotta keep your head low

C#m
Keep your head, keep your head low

C#m
Oh, you gotta keep your head low

C#m
If you wanna keep your head

C#m
Oh, you gotta-

          A                  G#m/B
Why do we turn away when our brother is bleeding?

E   F#
Oh, keep your head-

               A                  G#m/B
Why do we build the wall and then call it freedom?

E   F#
Oh, keep your head-

A
If we're free

            G#m/B
Tell me why

        A
I can't look in my brother's eye?

G#7
 Keep your head-
[Hades]
C#m
Young man

C#m
Got to hand it to you

A                     G#m
Guess you don't scare easy, do ya?

C#m              B
Are you brave or stupid, son?

A              G#m
Doesn't matter which one

C#m                                     A                   G#m
 'Cause it seems your song made quite a strong impression on my wife

C#m                                      A                         G#m
 But it takes more than singin' songs to keep a woman in your arms
[Hades]
C#m
Take it from a man no longer young

A                     G#m
If you want to hold a woman, son

C#m
Hang a chain around her throat

A              G#m
Made of many carat gold

C#m
Shackle her from wrist to wrist

     A                   G#m
With sterling silver bracelets

C#m
Fill her pockets full of stones

A              G#m
Precious ones, diamonds

C#m
Bind her with a golden band

A               G#m
Take it from an old man
[Company]
C#m
Ooohhh
[Orpheus] If I raise my voice- [Workers]
C#m
If I raise my voice

C#m
If I raise my voice

C#m
If I raise my-
[Fates and Company]
C#m            B/C#
Keep your head low
[Eurydice]
B/C#
If I raise my head-
[Workers]
B/C#
If I raise my head

B/C#
If I raise my head

B/C#
If I raise my-
[Fates and Company]
B/C#           F#/C#
Keep your head low
[Eurydice]
F#/C#
Could I change my fate?
[Fates and Company]
F#/C#
Could I change-

F#/C#
Could I change-

F#/C#
Could I change my fate?

                             A
Oh, you gotta keep your head low
[Orpheus]
A
If I raise my voice could I-
[Company]
A
Keep your head low!
[Orpheus and Eurydice]
A
Could I change the way it is?
[Company]
          A                    G#m/B
Why do we turn away instead of standing with him?

E   F#
Oh, keep your head-

               A                G#m/B
Why are we digging our own graves for a living?

E   F#
Oh, keep your head- If we're free

A            G#m/B
 Tell me why

         E
We can't even stand upright?

F#
 If we're free

A
 Tell me when

G#m/B        A
 We can stand with our fellow man

G#7
 Keep your head-
[Hades]
C#m
Young man, I was young once too

A                  G#m
Sang a song of love like you

C#m
Son, I too, was left behind

A                 G#m
Turned on one too many times

C#m
Now I sing a different song

A           G#m
One I can depend upon

  C#m
A simple tune, a steady beat

A              G#m
The music of machinery

C#m
You hear that heavy metal sound?

A                 G#m
The symphony of Hadestown

C#m
And in this symphony of mine

A              G#m
Of power cords and power lines

C#m
Young man, you can strum your lyre

A                      G#m
I have strung the world in wire

C#m
Young man, you can sing your ditty

A
I conduct the electric city!
[Hades]
C#m
I'll tell you what, young man

A                       G#m
Since my wife is such a fan

C#m
And since I'm going to count to three

A                       G#m
And put you out of your misery

C#m
One!-- give me one more song

A                     G#m
One more song before I send you

C#m
Two!-- to the great beyond

      A               G#m
Where nobody can hear you singing

C#m
Three!-- sing a song for me

A              G#m
Make me laugh, make me weep

C#m                B           A
Make the king feel young again

G#m             C#m
Sing for an old man!