Misc Musicals – Hadestown - Epic Iii (Guitar Live)

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[Verse 1]
G#m                   F#
Heavy and hard is the heart of a king

G#m                   F#
King of iron, king of steel

G#m                   F#
The heart of the king loves everything

G#m             F#        C#
like the hammer loves the nail

B                          C#
but the heart of a man is a simple one

B              C#
small and soft, flesh and blood

B                         C#
and all that it loves is a woman

B         C#
a woman is all that it loves

B                       C#
And Hades is king of the scythe and the sword

B                         C#
he covers the world in the colour of rust

B                     C#
he scrapes the sky and scars the earth

B                          C#
and he comes down heavy and hard on us

B                       C#
But even that hardest of hearts unhardened

B               C#
suddenly when he saw her there

B                C#
Persephone in her mother's garden

B                    C#
sun on her shoulders, wind in her hair

B                           C#
the smell of the flowers she held in her hand

B                              C#
and the pollen that fell from her fingertips

B                     C#
And suddenly Hades was only a man

B                       C#
with a taste of nectar upon his lips, singing
[Chorus]
B       C#       G#m
La la la la la la la

B       C#       D#
La la la la la la la

B       C#       G#m  
La la la la la la la  

B       C#            
La la la la la la    

B       C#       G#m  
la la la la la la la  

B       C#       D#    
la la la la la la la   

D#                     
Oh, singing            

B       C#       G#m  
La la la la la la la  

B       C#            
La la la la la la    

B       C#       G#m  
la la la la la la la  

B       C#       D#    
la la la la la la la   

D#                     
Oh, singing   

B       C#       G#m
la la la la la la la

B       C#    
la la la la la la
[Verse 2]
G#m                    F#
What has become of the heart of that man,

G#m                 F#
Now that the man is king

G#m                    F#
What has become of the heart of that man,

G#m         F#         C#
Now that he has everything

B               C#
The more he has, the more he holds,

B                             C#
The greater the weight of the world on his shoulders

B                    C#
See how he labors beneath that load

B                       C#
Afraid to look up, and afraid to let go

B                                 C#
And he keeps his head low, and he keeps his back bending

B                             C#
He grows so afraid that he'll lose what he owns

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

B          C#
Is already gone

B                        C#
Where is the treasure inside your chest?

B                       C#
Where is your pleasure? Where is your youth?

B                         C#
Where is the man with his hat in his hands?

B                             C#
Who stands in the garden with nothing to lose, singing:
[Chorus]
B       C#       G#m
La la la la la la la

B       C#       D#
La la la la la la la

B       C#       G#m
La la la la la la la

B       C#        
La la la la la la