Misc Musicals – Hadestown - Epic Iii (Guitar)

Bb
King of shadows

C
King of shades

Bb                    C
Hades was king of the Underworld

Bb                         C
But he fell in love with a beautiful lady

    Bb
Who walked up above

       C                    Bb
In her mother's green field

Bb                   C          Bb
He fell in love with Persephone

Bb                C                               Bb
Who was gathering flowers in the light of the sun

Bb         C
And I know how it was because

       Bb
He was like me

  C
A man in love with a woman

        Bb       C        Dm
Singing la la la la la la la

Bb       C        D
La la la la la la la

Bb       C        Dm
La la la la la la la

Bb       C        Bb
La la la la la la

Bb                      C
And you didn't know how

C                       Bb
And you didn't know why

Bb                              C             Bb
But you knew that you wanted to take her home

Bb                C                      Bb
You saw her alone there, against the sky

Bb                          C
It was like she was someone

C                  Bb
You'd always known

Bb                       C                               Bb
It was like you were holding the world when you held her

Bb                       C                           Bb
Like yours were the arms that the whole world was in

Bb                              C                 Bb
And there were no words for the way that you felt

Bb                       C
So you opened your mouth

C
And you started to sing:

Bb       C        Dm
La la la la la la la

Bb       C        D
La la la la la la la

Bb       C        Dm
La la la la la la la

Bb       C
La la la la la la

Bb       C        Dm
La la la la la la la

Bb       C        D
La la la la la la la

Bb       C        Dm
La la la la la la la

Bb       C
La la la la la la

F
La la

C
La la

Dm
La la la la la

Bb
La la

C
La la

D              C
La la la la la la

Dm             Bb
La la la la la la

F              Bb
La la la la la la

F
La

C
La la la la la la

Bb
La la la la la la la

Gm
La

Gm                         F                 Gm
And what has become of the heart of that man

Gm                  F     Gm
Now that the man is king?

Gm                     F                 Gm
What has become of the heart of that man

Gm          F   C
Now that he has

C
Everything?

Bb               C
The more he has,

C           Bb
The more he holds

                C                          Bb
The greater the weight of the world on his shoulders

           C                        Bb
See how he labors beneath that load

Bb             C
Afraid to look up, and afraid to let go

      Bb                     C                      Bb
So he keeps his head low, he keeps his back bending

Bb                        C                       Bb
He's grown so afraid that he'll lose what he owns

Bb                               C
But what he doesn't know is that what he's defending

Bb                      C
Where is the treasure inside of your chest?

Bb                      C
Where is your pleasure? Where is your youth?

Bb               C
Where is the man with his arms outstretched?

Bb
To the woman he loves

C
With nothing to lose

        Bb       C        Dm
Singing la la la la la la la…

D5
La la la la la la la…

Bb       C        Dm
La la la la la la la…

Bb       C
La la la la la la…