Misc Musicals – Hadestown - Hey Little Songbird (Ukulele)
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Versions
(2)
Guitar
Ukulele
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Chords
***BROADWAY VERSION***
[HADES]
Cm Ab Gm Cm Hey little songbird give me a song Cm Ab Bb G I’m a busy man and I can’t stay long Cm Ab Eb Dm11 I got clients to call I got orders to fill Cm Ab Eb G I got walls to build I got riots to quell Cm Ab G And they’re giving me hell back in Hades Cm Ab Gm Cm Hey little songbird cat got your tongue Cm Ab Bb G Always a pity for one so pretty and young Cm Ab Gm Dm11 When poverty comes to clip your wings Cm Ab G And knock the wind right out of your lungs Cm Ab G Hey nobody sings on empty
[EURYDICE]
Eb Bb Eb Strange is the call of this strange man C# Cm I want to fly down and feed at his hand Eb Bb G I want a nice soft place to land Eb G Cm I wanna lie down forever
[HADES]
Cm Ab Gm Cm Hey little songbird you got something fine Cm Ab Bb G You’d shine like a diamond down in the mine Cm Ab Gm Dm11 And the choice is yours if you’re willing to choose Cm Ab Eb G Seeing as you’ve got nothing to lose Cm Ab G And I could use a canary
[EURYDICE]
Eb Bb Eb Suddenly nothing is as it was Eb Cm C# Cm Where are you now Orpheus Eb Bb G Wasn’t it gonna be two of us Eb G Cm Weren’t we birds of a feather
[HADES]
Cm Ab Gm Cm Hey little songbird let me guess Cm Ab Bb G He’s some kind of poet and he’s penniless Cm Ab Eb Dm11 Give him your hand he’ll give you his hand-to-mouth Cm Ab Eb G He’ll write you a poem when the power’s out Cm Ab G Hey why not fly south for the winter Cm Ab Gm Cm Hey little songbird look all around you Cm Ab Bb G See how the vipers and vultures surround you Cm Ab Eb Dm11 They’ll take you down they’ll pick you clean Cm Ab Eb G If you stick around such a desperate scene Cm Ab G See people get mean when the chips are down