Way Down Hadestown II [Live] chords by Anaïs Mitchell
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Intro 1
(A minor) (D minor) (E major)
(A minor)
Verse 1
(A minor) Follow that
dollar for (D minor) a long way down
Far (A minor) away from the (E major) poorhouse door
You (A minor) either get to hell or
to (D minor) (A minor) Hadestown
Ain't no difference anymore (E major)
(A minor) Way down (D minor) Hadestown
Way down (A minor) (E major) under (A minor) the ground
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Verse 2
(A minor) Hound dog (D minor) howl and the whistle blow
Train (A minor) come a-rollin, clickety-clack
(E major) Everybody Everybody (A minor) Everybody
tryin' to get a (D minor) ticket to go but (A minor)
Those who go they (E major) don't come back
They goin' (A minor) way down (D minor)
(A minor) Hadestown
Way down (E major) under the ground (A minor)
Interlude 1
Ha!
(D minor) (A minor) (E major) (A minor)
(D minor) (A minor) (E major)
(A minor) (D minor) (A minor) (E major)
(A minor)
Verse 3
(A minor) Winter's nigh and (D minor) summer's o'er
(A minor) Hear that high and lonesome (E major) sound
(A minor) Of my husband coming (D minor) for
To (A minor) bring me home to (E major) Hadestown (A minor)
Way down (D minor) (A minor) Hadestown
Interlude 2
Way down under the ground
(A minor) (D minor)
(A minor) (E major)
Verse 4
Down (A minor) there, it's a bunch of stiffs
(D minor) Brother, I'll be bored to death
Gon (A minor) na (E major) have to (A minor) import some (D minor) stuff
Just (A minor) to entertain (E major) my self (A minor)
Give me morphine in (E major) a tin
Give me (A minor) a (E major) crate of the
(A minor) fruit of the (D minor) vine
Takes (A minor) a lot of medicine
To (E major) make it through the wintertime
(A minor) Way down (D minor) (A minor) Hadestown
Way down (E major) under the ground
Interlude 3
(A minor) (D minor)
(A minor) (E major)
(A minor) (D minor) (A minor)
(E major) (A minor) (D minor) (A minor) (E major)
(A minor)
Verse 5
(A minor) Every little penny in the (D minor) wishing well
(A minor) Every little nickel on the
(E major) drum (on the (A minor) drum)
All them shiny little (D minor) heads and tails
(A minor) Where do you think they
come from? (E major)
They come from
(A minor) Way down Hadestown
Way down under the ground
Verse 6
Everybody hungry (A minor)
Everybody tired
Everybody slaves by the
sweat of his brow
The wage is nothing and the work is hard
It's a graveyard in Hadestown
Way down Hadestown
Way down under the ground
Verse 7
Mr. Hades is a (A minor) mean old boss
With a silver whistle (E major) and a golden scale
An (A minor) eye for an eye!
And he (D minor) weighs the cost (A minor)
A lie for a lie!
(E major) And your soul for sale
Sold! (A minor)
Verse 8
To the king on the (D minor) chromium throne
(A minor) Thrown!
To the bottom of (E major) a Sing Sing cell
Where the (A minor) little wheel squeals
and the (D minor) big (A minor) wheel groans
And you better forget about
(E major) your wishing well
(A minor) Way down Hadestown
Way down (D minor) under the ground
(A minor) On the Road
Verse 9
to Hell,
there was a railroad car (mm)
And the car door opened and a
man stepped out (mm)
Everybody looked and everybody saw
It was the same man they'd been
singing about
You're early
I missed you
Verse 10
Mr. Hades is (D minor) a mighty king
(A minor) Must be making some (E major) mighty big deals
(A minor) Seems like he own (D minor) s everything
(A minor) Kind of makes you wonder
how it (E major) feels
Verse 11
All aboard A-one, A-two (E major)
A-one, two, two, two,
two, three, four
(D minor) (A minor)
Verse 12
Way down (D minor) (A minor) Hadestown
Way down (E major) under the ground (A minor)
Way (D minor) down (A minor) Hadestown
Way down (E major) under the ground (A minor)
Way down (E major) under the ground (A minor)
Way down (E major) under the ground (A minor)
Outro 1
Way Down Hadestown II [Live]
Anaïs Mitchell
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