Way Down Hadestown II [Live] chords by Anaïs Mitchell
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Follow that
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dollar for a long way down
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Far away from the poorhouse door
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You either get to hell or
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to Hadestown
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Ain't no difference anymore
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Way down Hadestown
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Way down under the ground
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Verse 2
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Hound dog howl and the whistle blow
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Train come a-rollin, clickety-clack
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Everybody Everybody Everybody
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tryin' to get a ticket to go but
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Those who go they don't come back
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They goin' way down
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Hadestown
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Way down under the ground
Interlude 1
Ha!
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Verse 3
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Winter's nigh and summer's o'er
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Hear that high and lonesome sound
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Of my husband coming for
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To bring me home to Hadestown
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Way down Hadestown
Interlude 2
Way down under the ground
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Verse 4
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Down there, it's a bunch of stiffs
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Brother, I'll be bored to death
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Gonna have to import some stuff
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Just to entertain my self
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Give me morphine in a tin
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Give me a crate of the
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fruit of the vine
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Takes a lot of medicine
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To make it through the wintertime
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Way down Hadestown
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Way down under the ground
Interlude 3
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Verse 5
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Every little penny in the wishing well
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Every little nickel on the
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drum (on the drum)
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All them shiny little heads and tails
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Where do you think they
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come from?
They come from
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Way down Hadestown
Way down under the ground
Verse 6
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Everybody hungry
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
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Mr. Hades is a mean old boss
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With a silver whistle and a golden scale
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An eye for an eye!
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And he weighs the cost
A lie for a lie!
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And your soul for sale
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Sold!
Verse 8
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To the king on the chromium throne
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Thrown!
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To the bottom of a Sing Sing cell
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Where the little wheel squeals
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and the big wheel groans
And you better forget about
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your wishing well
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Way down Hadestown
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Way down under the ground
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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
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Mr. Hades is a mighty king
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Must be making some mighty big deals
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Seems like he owns everything
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Kind of makes you wonder
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how it feels
Verse 11
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All aboard A-one, A-two
A-one, two, two, two,
two, three, four
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Verse 12
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Way down Hadestown
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Way down under the ground
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Way down Hadestown
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Way down under the ground
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Way down under the ground
Outro 1
Way Down Hadestown II [Live]
Anaïs Mitchell
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