Misc Musicals – Hadestown - His Kiss The Riot (Guitar)

Cm/G
The devil take this Orpheus

Cm/G
And his belladonna kiss

Cm/G
Beautiful, poisonous, lovely, deadly

Cm/G
Dangerous this jack of hearts

Cm/G
With his kiss, the riot starts

Cm
All my children came here poor

Bb
Clamoring for bed and board

F/A
Now, what do they clamor for?

Ab
Freedom

G
Freedom

Cm
Have I made myself their lord

Bb6
Just to fall upon the sword

F/A
Of some pauper's minor chord?

Ab       G
Who will lead them?

Cm  Cm/B Cm/Bb Cm/A Fm/Ab     G7
Who lays all   our  best-laid plans?

Cm  Cm/D  Cm/Eb F   Ab7/Gb  G7
Who makes work  for idle hands?

Cm
Only one thing to be done

Cm7                               Cm6
Let them go but let there be some term to be agreed upon

  Fm/C G7/C
Some   condition

Cm                      Cm7
Orpheus the undersigned shall not turn to look behind

      Cm6              Ab              G
She's out of sight and he's out of his mind

Cm    Cm/B      Cm/Bb   Cm/A  Daug7/Ab         G7
Every coward seems courageous in the safety of a crowd

Cm            Cm/Bb                 Daug7/Ab       G
Bravery can be contagious when the band is playing loud

Cm                Bb/D
Nothing makes a man so bold

     Ab                  G
As a woman's smile and a hand to hold

    Cm               Cm/Bb
But all alone his blood runs thin