Misc Musicals – Hadestown - Way Down Hadestown (Guitar)

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HERMES
Bm
On the road to hell there was a railroad track
PERSEPHONE
Bm
Oh come on
HERMES
Bm
And a train coming out from way down below
PERSEPHONE
Bm
That was not six months!
FATES
Bm
Better go an get your suitcase packed

Em        F#7      Bm
Guess its time to go
HERMES
Bm
She's gonna ride that train
COMPANY
Em
Ride that train
HERMES
Bm
She's gonna ride that train
COMPANY
F#
Ride that train
HERMES
Bm
She's gonna ride that train to the end of the line

Bm
'Cause the king of the mine is coming to call

Bm
Did you ever wonder what it's like on the under side
COMPANY
Bm
Way down under
HERMES
Em
On the yonder side
COMPANY
Em
Way down yonder
HERMES
        Bm    F#          Bm      F#7
On the other side of his wall

   Bm                     Em
Follow that dollar for a long way down

   Bm             F#7
Far away from the poorhouse door

   Bm                    Em
Either get to hell or to Hadestown

   Bm                F#  F#7
Ain't no difference anymore

Bm       Em
Way down Hadestown

Bm       F#        Bm
Way down under the ground

   Bm                     Em
Hound dog howl and the whistle blow

Bm                    F#7
Train comes a-rollin' clickety-clack

Bm                      Em
Nobody knows where that old train goes

Bm                F#7
Those who go they don't come back they goin'
COMPANY
Bm       Em
Way down Hadestown

Bm       F#        Bm
Way down under the ground
Cm Fm Cm G (x3) PERSEPHONE
Cm                Fm
Winter's nigh and summer's o'er

Cm                   G
I hear that high and lonesome sound

Cm            Fm
Of my husband coming for

Cm                  G
To bring me home to Hadestown
COMPANY
Cm       Fm
Way down Hadestown

Cm       G         Cm
Way down under the ground
PERSEPHONE
Cm                  Fm
Down there, it's a bunch of stiffs

Cm              G
Brother I'll be bored to death

Cm              Fm
Gonna have to import some stuff

Cm          G
Just to entertain myself

Cm               Fm
Give me morphine in a tin

Cm                     G
Give me a crate of the fruit of the vine

Cm            Fm                             G
Takes alot of medicine to make it through the winter time
COMPANY
 Cm         Fm
Way down Hadestown

 Cm        G       Cm
Way down under the ground
FATES
Cm                        Fm
Every little penny in the wishing well

Cm                          G
Every little nickel on the drum

Cm             Fm
All them shiny little heads and tails

Cm                           G
Where do you think they come from?
N.C. They come from COMPANY
 Cm         Fm
Way down Hadestown

 Cm        G       Cm
Way down under the ground
HERMES
Cm                Fm
Everybody hungry, everybody tired

Cm                       G
Everybody slaves by the sweat of his brow

Cm                          Fm
The wage is nothing and the work is hard

Cm                  G
It's a graveyard in Hadestown
COMPANY
Cm       Fm
Way down Hadestown

Cm       G        Cm
Way down under the ground
Cm Fm Cm G (x3) HERMES
Cm                Fm
Mister Hades is a mean old boss
PERSEPHONE
        Cm                   G
With a silver whistle and a golden scale
COMPANY
Cm
An eye for an eye!
HERMES
Fm
And he weighs the cost
COMPANY
Cm
A lie for a lie!
HERMES
G
And your soul for sale
COMPANY
Cm
Sold!
PERSEPHONE
                   Fm
To the king on the chromium throne
COMPANY
Cm
Thrown!
PERSEPHONE
                   G
To the bottom of a sing-sing cell
HERMES
          Cm                          Fm
Where the little wheel squeal and the big wheel groans
PERSEPHONE
        Cm                       G
And you better forget about your wishing well
COMPANY
Cm       Fm
Way down Hadestown

Cm       G        Cm
Way down under the ground
HERMES
Cm
On the road to hell there was a railroad cart

Cm
And the cart doors opened and a man stepped out

Cm
Everybody looked and everybody saw

Cm
It was the same man they'ed been singing about
PERSEPHONE
Cm
You're early
HADES
Cm
I missed you
FATES
Cm             Fm
Mr. Hades is a mighty king

   Cm                G
Must be making some mighty big deals

   Cm                Fm
Seems like he owns everything
EURYDICE
  Cm                           G
Kind of makes you wonder how it feels

HERMES
N.C.
All aboard...
N.C.
A-one, A-two

N.C.
A-one, two, three, four
COMPANY
  Cm       Fm
Way down Hadestown

Cm       G        Cm
Way down under the ground

   Cm       Fm
Way down Hadestown

Cm       G        Cm
Way down under the ground

Cm       G        Cm
Way down under the ground

Cm       G        Cm
Way down under the ground