Misc Musicals – Hadestown - Livin It Up On Top (Guitar)

Cm                                   Bb/D
And on the road to hell, there was a lot of waiting

Eb/Bb      F/C
Mmm... Waitin'

Cm                     Bb/D
Everybody waiting on a train

Eb/Bb      F/C
Mmm... Waitin' on a lady with a

Cm                    Bb/D
Waiting on a train to bring that lady

Eb/Bb  F/C
Mmm... Lady

         Cm                  Bb/D
With the suitcase back again

Eb/Bb       F/C
She's never early, always late

    Cm       Bb/D
Waitin', waitin'

      Eb                  F
These days she never stays for long

    Cm                  Eb/D           Eb
But good things come to those who wait

F
Here she comes!

               D               C
Well it's like he said, I'm an outdoor girl

D                     C
And you're late again

D                            C
Married to the king of the underworld

       D                         C
She forgot a little thing called spring

D                     C
Are you wondering where I've been?

D
Yeah! Where you been?

C
I'm wondering

D                     C
Been to hell, and back again

    D                   C
But like my mama always said:

        D                             C
Brother when you're down, you're down

D
When you're up, you're up

   D                    C                 D
If you ain't six feet underground, you're living it up on top

C         Bb
Let's not talk about hard times

Am       Bb
Pour the wine, it's summertime!

Am              D
'Cause right now we're livin' it

C
How are we livin' it?

D
Livin' it, livin' it up

C                 D
Oh brother, right here we're livin' it

      C
Where are we livin' it?

D                   C
Livin' it up on top

D                        C
Who makes the summer sun shine bright?

             D            C
That's right, Persephone!

D                              C
Who makes the fruit of the vine get ripe

D
Persephone!

D         C
That's me

D                          C                D
Who makes the flowers bloom again, in spite of a man?

        C
You do!

D                   C
Who's doing the best she can?

   D                   C
Persephone, that's who

    D               C                            D          C
Now some might say, the weather ain't the way it used to be

    D                   C               D             C
But let me tell you something that my mama said to me

    Bb                   Am        Bb                  Am
You take what you can get, and you make the most of it

            D
So right now we're livin' it

C
How are we livin' it?

D
Livin' it, livin' it up

C                 D
Oh brother, right here we're livin' it

     C
Where are we livin' it?

D
Livin' it up on top

C      Eb                Eb/F
It was summertime on the road to hell

Gb
Mmm...

            Eb                  Db/F
There was a girl who had always run away

Gb
Mmm...

Ab        Eb            Db/F
You might say it was in spite of herself

Gb        Ab
Mmm, Mmm, Mmm...

          Eb                    Db/F
That this young girl decided to stay

Gb          Ab
There was a poor boy with a lyre

Eb        Db/F
 Who says times are hard?

    Gb                      Ab
The flowers bloomed and the fruit got ripe

Eb                Db/F
And brother for a moment there

Gb                    Ab
Anybody want a drink?

    Eb                       Db/F Gb Ab
The world came back to life!

G7 A7           D             C
      Up on top, we ain't got much But we're

D            C
Livin' it up

     D                       C
Just enough to fill our cups

D                   C
Livin' it up on top

            D
Brother pass that bottle around

C
'Cause we're

D                       C
Livin' it, livin' it up

D                       C
Let the poet bless this round

       A            G               A       G
To the patroness of all of this, Persephone

        A                G          A                    G
Who has finally returned to us with wine enough to share

       F                Em           F
Asking nothing in return except that we should live

    Em                  F                  Em
And learn to live as brothers in this life

       F                 Em
And to trust she will provide

       F                    Em           F                Em
And if no one takes too much, there will always be enough

         F                    Em
She will always fill our cups

Em
I will

            F                 G
And we will always raise them up

G
How are we livin' it?

A
Livin' it up

G                 A
Oh brother, right here we're livin' it

     G
Where are we livin' it?

A                      G
Listen here, I'll tell you where.

                  A
We're livin' it up on top

G
Up on top!

A                         G
Livin' it up and we ain't gonna stop

A
Livin' it, livin' it

G
Livin' it, livin' it

   A
How are we livin' it?

     G
Where are we livin' it?

A
Livin' it, livin' it

G
Livin' it, livin' it

F            G  A
Livin' it up on top!