Misc Musicals – Hadestown - Road To Hell Reprise (Guitar)

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[Hermes] N.C. A'ight N.C. It’s an old song N.C. It's an old tale from way back when N.C. It's an old song N.C. And that is how it ends N.C. That’s how it goes [Hermes] N.C. Don't ask why, brother, don't ask how N.C. He could have come so close N.C. The song was written long ago N.C. And that is how it goes [Hermes] N.C. It's a sad song N.C. It's a sad tale N.C. It's a tragedy N.C. It's a sad song
N.C.                  Bb Bb/C Bb/F Bb/Eb
But we sing it anyway
[Hermes]
       Bb
'Cause here’s the thing

Bb/C
 To know how it ends

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And still begin to sing it again

Bb                   Cm
 As if it might turn out this time

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 I learned that from a friend of mine

     Bb
See, Orpheus was a poor boy
[Eurydice]
Bb/C
Anybody got a match?
[Hermes]
    Bb/D
But he had a gift to give
[Eurydice]
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Gimme that
[Hermes]
         Bb                                  Bb/C
He could make you see how the world could be

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In spite of the way that it is

        Bb      Bb/C
Can you see it?

        Bb/D     Bb/Eb
Can you hear it?

        Bb             Bb/C
Can you feel it like a train?

      Bb/D
Is it coming?

      Bb/Eb
Is it coming this way?
[Hermes]
     Bb                                  Bb/C
On a sunny day, there was a railroad car

        Bb/D                    Bb/Eb
And a lady steppin’ off a train

   Bb                              Bb/C
Everybody looked and everybody saw

     Bb/D                  Bb/Eb
That spring had come again

       Bb
With a love song
[Persephone]
Bb
With a love song
[Company]
Bb/C
With a love song
[Hermes]
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With a tale of a love from long ago
[Hermes]
       Bb
It's a sad song
[Company]
Bb
It’s a sad song
[Persephone]
Bb/C
It's a sad song
[Hermes]
    Bb/D                    Bb/Eb
But we keep singin' even so

        Bb
It's an old song
[Eurydice]
Bb
It’s an old song
[Company]
Bb/C
It's an old song
[Hermes]
        Bb/D                        Bb/Eb
It's an old tale from way back when

Bb                        Bb/C
 And we're gonna sing it again and again

Bb/D              Bb/Eb
We're gonna sing, we're gonna sing
[All]
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It's a love song (It's a love song)

       Bb                           Bb/Eb
It's a tale of a love from long ago

       Bb/F             Bb/G
It's a sad song (It's a sad song)

Bb                      Bb/Eb
We keep singing even so

        Bb                Bb/C
It's an old song (It's an old song)

        Bb/D                        Bb/Eb
It's an old tale from way back when

Bb                        Bb/C           Bb/D
 And we're gonna sing it again and again
[Hermes]
Bb/Eb                Bb
We're gonna sing it again