Way Down Hadestown chords by
Original Broadway Cast Of Hadestown
Anaïs Mitchell 
Key: B minor
Verse 1
Bm
Bm
Bm
On the Road to Hell there was a railroad track
(Hmm) Oh, come on!
There was a train comin' up
from way down below
(Hmm) That was not six months!
Em
F#
Bm
guess it's time to go
A
Bm
(Ride that train)
She's gonna ride that train
A
Bm
(She'll ride that train)
Verse 2
'til the end of the line (Hmm)
'Cause the King of the Mine
is coming to call (Hmm)
on the underside? (Way down under)
Bm
F#
Bm
F#
On the other side of his wall
Chorus 1
Bm
Em
Follow that dollar for a long way down
Bm
F#
Far away from the poorhouse door
Bm
Em
You either get to hell or to Hadestown
Bm
F#
Ain't no difference anymore
Bm
Em
Way down Hadestown
Bm
F#
Bm
Way down under the ground
Chorus 2
Bm
Em
Hound dog howl and the whistle blow
Bm
F#
Train come a-rollin, clickety-clack
Bm
Em
Everybody tryin' to get a ticket to go but
Bm
F#
Those who go they don't come back
They goin'
Bm
Em
Way down Hadestown
Bm
F#
Bm
Way down under the ground, ha!
Solo 1
Cm
Fm
Cm
G
Cm
Fm
Cm
G
Cm
Fm
Cm
G
Cm
Chorus 3
Cm
Fm
Winter's nigh and summer's o'er
Cm
G
Hear that high and lonesome sound
Cm
Fm
Of my husband coming for
Cm
G
To bring me home to Hadestown
Cm
Fm
Way down Hadestown
Cm
G
Cm
Way down under the ground
Chorus 4
Cm
Fm
Down there, it's a bunch of stiffs
Cm
G
Brother, I'll be bored to death
Cm
Fm
Gonna have to import some stuff
Cm
G
Just to entertain myself
Cm
Fm
Give me morphine in a tin
Cm
G
Give me a crate of the fruit of the vine
Cm
Fm
Takes a lot of medicine
Cm
G
To make it through the wintertime
Cm
Fm
Way down Hadestown
Cm
G
Cm
Way down under the ground
Chorus 5
Cm
Fm
Every little penny in the wishing well
Cm
G
Every little nickel on the drum (on the drum)
Cm
Fm
All them shiny little heads and tails
Cm
G
Where do you think they come from?
They come from
Cm
Fm
Way down Hadestown
Cm
G
Cm
Way down under the ground
Chorus 6
Cm
G
Everybody slaves by the sweat of his brow
Cm
Fm
The wage is nothing and the work is hard
Cm
G
It's a graveyard in Hadestown
Cm
Fm
Way down Hadestown
Cm
G
Cm
Way down under the ground
Solo 2
Cm
Fm
Cm
G
Cm
Fm
Cm
G
Cm
Fm
Cm
G
Cm
Chorus 7
Cm
Fm
Mr. Hades is a mean old boss
Cm
G
With a silver whistle and a golden scale
Cm
Fm
(Sold!) To the king on the chromium throne
Cm
G
(Thrown!) To the bottom of a Sing Sing cell
Cm
G
And you better forget about your wishing well
Cm
Fm
Way down Hadestown
Cm
G
Cm
Way down under the ground
Cm
Cm
Verse 3
there was a railroad car (Hmm)
And the car door opened
and a man stepped out (Hmm)
It was the same man
they'd been singing about
You're early
I missed you
Cm
Chorus 8
Cm
Fm
Mr. Hades is a mighty king
Cm
G
Must be making some mighty big deals
Cm
Fm
Seems like he owns everything
Cm
G
Kind of makes you wonder how it feels
All aboard! A-one, A-two
A-one, two, three, four
Cm
Fm
Way down Hadestown
Cm
G
Cm
Way down under the ground
Cm
G
Cm
Way down under the ground
G
Cm
Way down under the ground
G
Cm
Way down under the ground
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