Misc Musicals – Hadestown - Chant Ii Reprise (Guitar Live)
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Live Off-Broadway Cast Album version.
The off-Broadway version has different lyrics and structure from the Broadway version.
This version has an extra verse from Persephone and doesn't include most of the verses from the Company.
[Hermes]
N.C.
Now everybody knows the walls have ears
[Orpheus]
N.C.
Is it true?
[Company]
N.C.
Is it true?
[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?
[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.
[Instrumental]
C#m A G#m x2
[Hades]
C#m When I was a young man like you A G#m Son, I held a woman too C#m Held her in my naked hands A G#m When I was a young man C#m Now you know how it feels A G#m Women are as slick as eels C#m Woman, quicker than the asp A G#m Always slipping from your grasp
[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 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, he said he’d shelter us C#m He said he’d harbor me C#m He said we'd build them up C#m And then the walls would set us free C#m I’m gonna count to three C#m And then I’ll raise my head singing, C#m One, two, is it true? A G#m C#m Is it true, what he said?
[Persephone]
C#m When I was a young girl like you A G#m Sister, I was hungry too C#m Hungry for the underworld A G#m When I was a young girl C#m Now you know how it tastes A G#m The fruit of Mr. Hades’ ways C#m Sister, it’s a bitter wine- A G#m Spit it out while you still have time
[Persephone]
C#m Take it from a woman of my age A G#m Love is not a gilded cage C#m All the wealth within these walls A G#m Will never buy the thing called love C#m Love was when he came to me A C#m Begging on his bended knees C#m To please have pity on his heart A C#m And let him lay me in the dirt...
[Persephone]
A G#m I felt his arms around me then A G#m We didn’t need a wedding bed A G#m Dark seeds scattered on the ground A B The wild birds were flying around
[Persephone]
A G#m That’s when I became his wife A G#m But that was in another life A B That was in another world B G#m When I was a young girl!
[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, he said he’d shelter us C#m He said he’d harbor me C#m He said we'd build them up C#m And then the walls would set us free C#m I’m gonna count to three C#m And then I’ll raise my head singing, C#m One, two, is it true? A G#m C#m Is it true, what he said?
[Hades]
C#m Young man, I was young once too A G#m I once sang the young man’s blues C#m Women come and women go A C#m Get you high and get you low C#m One day she’s hot, the next she’s cold A G#m Women are so seasonal C#m Women leave again and again A G#m Take it from an old man
[Hades]
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!