Key: G minor
Verse 1
Gm
Dm
D
Gm
Bb
Dm
Gm
(From
Bb
Hadestown)
Verse 2
Am
C
Hades, my light
If you had heard how he sang tonight
C
Gm
You'd pity poor Orpheus!
Verse 3
Gm
Dm
D
All of his sorrow won't fit in his chest
Gm
Bb
It just burns like a fire in the pit of his chest
Dm
Gm
And his heart is a bird
Dm
Bb
Dm
Gm
How long, how long, how long?
Verse 4
long? just as long as
Nothing comes of the songs
C
Bb
people sing
C
Eb
Gm
However sorry they are
Verse 5
Gm
D
Give them a piece and they'll take it all
Bb
Dm
Am
tear down the wall
Bb
Am
kingdom will fall
Bb
Dm
The kingdom will fall for a song
Verse 6
It is only for love that he sings!
C
Gm
He sings for the love of a girl
Verse 7
Gm
HADES
Dm
D
You and your pity don't fit in my bed
Gm
Bb
You just burn like a fire in the pit of my bed
D
Gm
Bb
And I turn like a bird on a spit in my bed
Dm
Bb
Dm
Gm
How long, how long, how long?
Verse 8
Bb
C
long? just as long as I am your wife
C
Gm
And the sun just goes on rising
Verse 9
Gm
BOTH
Dm
D
And how does the sun even fit in the sky?
Gm
Bb
It just burns like a fire in the pit of the sky
D
Gm
Bb
And the earth is a bird on a spit in the sky
Dm
Bb
Dm
How long, how long, how long?
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsGm Dm D Bb Am...
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