Misc Musicals – Hadestown - Wedding Song (Guitar)

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Original Broadway Cast Album version. In the original key with no capo. [Intro] G G6 G7 G6 G G6 G7 G [Eurydice]
G              G6
Lover, tell me if you can

G7                  G6
Who's gonna buy the wedding bands?

Bb                    G
Times being what they are

Bb               C
Hard and getting harder all the time
[Orpheus]
G             G6
Lover, when I sing my song

G7                G6
All the rivers'll sing along

    Bb                            G
And they're gonna break their banks for us

    G7                  G6
And with their gold, be generous

G                G6        G7             G
All a-flashing in the pan, all to fashion for your hand

       Bb         C                         G Bb C
The river's gonna give us the wedding bands
[Eurydice]
G              G6
Lover, tell me if you're able

G7                  G6
Who's gonna lay the wedding table?

Bb                    G
Times being what they are

    Bb           C
Dark and getting darker all the time
[Orpheus]
G             G6
Lover, when I sing my song

G7                  G
All the trees gonna sing along

    Bb                           G
And they're gonna bend their branches down

   G7                  G6
To lay their fruit upon the ground

    G                G6
The almond and the apple

        G7                G
And the sugar from the maple

        Bb         C
The trees gonna lay the wedding table
[Instrumental] D Gm6/D D F G [Eurydice]
A
So when you sing your song

A/B
The one you're working on

A/E
Spring will come again?
[Orpheus]
A/D
Yes
[Eurydice]
A/D
Why don't you sing it then?
[Orpheus]
A
It isn't finished
[Eurydice]
A/B
Sing it

A/E
You wanna take me home?
[Orpheus]
A/D
Yes
[Eurydice]
A/D           C5
Sing the song
[Orpheus]
C5
La la la la la la la...

C5
La la la la la la la...
[Company]
C5
La la la la la la la...

C5
La la la la la la la...

C5
La la la la la la la...
[Eurydice]
G
How'd you do that?
[Orpheus]
              G/A
I don't know, The song's not finished though
[Eurydice]
G/D
Even so, it can do this?
[Orpheus]
  G/C
I know...
[Eurydice]
G/C
You have to finish it!

G              G6
Lover, tell me when we're wed

G7                      G6
Who's gonna make the wedding bed?

Bb                    G
Times being what they are

    Bb               C
Hard and getting harder all the time
[Orpheus]
G             G6
Lover, when I sing my song

G7                  G
All the birds gonna sing along

    Bb                       G
And they'll come flying from all around

   G7                   G6
To lay their feathers on the ground

    G                G6
And we'll lie down in eiderdown

G7                 G
A pillow 'neath our heads

    Bb              C                G
The birds gonna make the wedding bed
[Eurydice]
             Bb        C                  G
And the trees gonna lay the wedding table
[Orpheus]
          Bb              C                   G
And the rivers gonna give us the wedding bands
[Company]
Bb C G5
Ooooooh