Misc Musicals – Hadestown - Livin It Up On Top (Guitar Live)
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[Intro]
D C D C Dm C D5
[Ballad]
C5 Well it’s like he said, I’m an outdoor girl D5 C5 Livin' it, livin' it up D5 C5 Married to the king of the Underworld D Livin' it up on top C5 Trying to enjoy myself D C5 Livin' it, livin' it up D C5 Six months out of every twelve D Livin' it up on top C When the sun is high, brother, so am I Dm C5 Drinking dandelion wine D C Brother, I’m as free as a honeybee Dm D In a summertime frame of mind A# C5 And when my man comes around A# A5 Am Oh, I know he’s gonna bring me down Dm But for now I’m livin' it C How are you livin' it? D C Livin' it, livin' it up D Brother, right here I’m livin' it C Where are you livin' it? C D5 Livin' it up on top! A5 G Now why would a man of his own free will-- A5 He’s talking about your man! Am A5 -- go to work all day in the mine, in the mill? Am A5 You think I give a damn? Am D Why would he trade the sunshine-- A5 Tell him how it is, brother! G -- for a couple of nickels and dimes? Am A5 G5 Oh, up on top a man can breathe when he’s- A5 G5 Livin' it, livin' it up A5 G Picking fruit in the orchard trees A D Livin' it up on top A Am G No one here’s a millionaire, but we’re- A Livin' it, livin' it up G What we have, we have to share! A Livin' it up on top Am G Come on! Say, brother, give me a lyre and a campfire A And an open field at night G Give me the sky that you can’t buy A Or sell at any price D F Em And I’ll give you a song for free F Em ‘Cause that’s how life oughta be! A So that’s how I’m livin' it! G How are you livin' it? A Livin' it, livin' it up
Oh, brother, right here we’re livin' it
G Where are you livin' it? A D Livin' it up on top
A5 A
D A
D C And that is how the summer went D Oh, I’m just getting started! C Oh, the flowers bloomed and the fruit got ripe D G Who says times are hard? D C And the lovers took each other by the hand D Anybody want a drink?
And danced underneath the sky
G D Up on top we ain’t got much
But we’re-
Livin' it, livin' it up
G Just enough to fill our cups D Livin' it up on top G Brother, pass that bottle around, cause we’re- D G Livin' it, livin' it up D G D G Let the poet bless this round! A G A To the patroness of all of this: Persephone! G Here, here! A G To the sunshine and the fruit of the vine A G She gives us every year F Em E F Asking nothing in return, except that we should live Em F Em E And learn to live as brothers in this life F Em And to trust she will provide F E F Em If no one takes too much, there will always be enough F Em She will always fill our cups F G And we will always raise them up!
N.C.
Let the world we dream about be the one we live in now!
‘Cause right now we’re livin' it-
G How are you livin' it? A D Livin' it, livin' it up A Brother, right here we're livin’ it G Where are you livin' it? A D Listen here, I’ll tell you where we’re livin' it! A5 A Up on top! D G Up on top! A D Livin' it up and we ain’t gonna stop! A Livin' it, livin' it G Livin' it, livin' it D5 A Livin' it up on top!