hades and persephone chords by Anaïs Mitchell
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Verse 1
(E minor) (B minor) (B major) (E minor) (From (G major) (B minor) (E minor)
(G major) Hadestown)
Verse 2
PERSEPHONE Hades, my husband, (G major)
Hades, my (F sharp minor) light (A major)
Hades, my (E minor) darkness
If you had heard how he sang tonight
(A major) You'd pity poor Orpheus! (E minor)
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Verse 3
(E minor) All of his sorrow won't (B minor) fit (B major) in his chest
It just (E minor) burns like a fire in the (G major) pit of his chest
(B minor) And his (E minor) heart is a bird
on a (G major) spit in his chest
(B minor) How (G major) long, (B minor) how long, how (E minor) long?
Verse 4
HADES How (G major)
long? just as long as
Hades is king (A major)
Nothing comes of wishing on (E minor) stars
Nothing comes of the songs
people sing (A major) (G major)
(A major) However sorry (C major) they (E minor) are
Verse 5
(E minor) Give them a piece and they'll (B major) take it all
Show (E minor) them the crack and they'll
(G major) tear down (B minor) the wall (F sharp minor)
(E minor) Lend them an ear and the
(G major) kingdom will fall (F sharp minor)
The (G major) kingdom (B minor) will fall for a song
Verse 6
(E minor) PERSEPHONE
(G major) What does he care for
the logic (A major) of kings?
The laws of your under (E minor) world?
It is only for love that he sings!
(A major) He sings for the love of a girl (E minor)
Verse 7
HADES (E minor)
You and your pity don't (B minor) fit (B major) in my bed
You just burn (E minor) like a fire in the (G major) pit of my bed
(B major) And I (E minor) turn like a bird on a (G major) spit in my bed
(B minor) How (G major) long, (B minor) how long, how (E minor) long?
Verse 8
PERSEPHONE How (B minor)
long? (G major) just as long as I am (A major) your wife
It's true the earth must (E minor) die
But then the earth comes back to life (F sharp minor)
(A major) And the sun just goes on (E minor) rising
Verse 9
(E minor) BOTH
And how does the sun even (B minor) fit (B major) in the sky?
It just (E minor) burns like a fire in the (G major) pit of the sky
(B major) And (E minor) the earth is a bird on a (G major) spit in the sky
(B minor) How (G major) long, (B minor) how long, how long?
hades and persephone
Anaïs Mitchell
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