Way Down Hadestown original guitar 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#7
Bm
guess it's time to go
A/B
Bm
(Ride that train)
She's gonna ride that train
A/B
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#7
Bm
F#7
On the other side of his wall
Chorus 1
Bm
Em
Follow that dollar for a long way down
Bm
F#7
Far away from the poorhouse door
Bm
Em
You either get to hell or to Hadestown
Bm
F#7
Ain't no difference anymore
Bm
Em
Way down Hadestown
Bm
F#7
Bm
Way down under the ground
Chorus 2
Bm
Em
Hound dog howl and the whistle blow
Bm
F#7
Train come a-rollin, clickety-clack
Bm
Em
Everybody tryin' to get a ticket to go but
Bm
F#7
Those who go they don't come back
They goin'
Bm
Em
Way down Hadestown
Bm
F#7
Bm
Way down under the ground, ha!
Solo 1
Cm
Fm
Cm
G7
Cm
Fm
Cm
G7
Cm
Fm
Cm
G7
Cm
Chorus 3
Cm
Fm
Winter's nigh and summer's o'er
Cm
G7
Hear that high and lonesome sound
Cm
Fm
Of my husband coming for
Cm
G7
To bring me home to Hadestown
Cm
Fm
Way down Hadestown
Cm
G7
Cm
Way down under the ground
Chorus 4
Cm
Fm
Down there, it's a bunch of stiffs
Cm
G7
Brother, I'll be bored to death
Cm
Fm
Gonna have to import some stuff
Cm
G7
Just to entertain myself
Cm
Fm
Give me morphine in a tin
Cm
G7
Give me a crate of the fruit of the vine
Cm
Fm
Takes a lot of medicine
Cm
G7
To make it through the wintertime
Cm
Fm
Way down Hadestown
Cm
G7
Cm
Way down under the ground
Chorus 5
Cm
Fm
Every little penny in the wishing well
Cm
G7
Every little nickel on the drum (on the drum)
Cm
Fm
All them shiny little heads and tails
Cm
G7
Where do you think they come from?
They come from
Cm
Fm
Way down Hadestown
Cm
G7
Cm
Way down under the ground
Chorus 6
Cm
G7
Everybody slaves by the sweat of his brow
Cm
Fm
The wage is nothing and the work is hard
Cm
G7
It's a graveyard in Hadestown
Cm
Fm
Way down Hadestown
Cm
G7
Cm
Way down under the ground
Solo 2
Cm
Fm
Cm
G7
Cm
Fm
Cm
G7
Cm
Fm
Cm
G7
Cm
Chorus 7
Cm
Fm
Mr. Hades is a mean old boss
Cm
G7
With a silver whistle and a golden scale
Cm
Fm
(Sold!) To the king on the chromium throne
Cm
G7
(Thrown!) To the bottom of a Sing Sing cell
Cm
G7
And you better forget about your wishing well
Cm
Fm
Way down Hadestown
Cm
G7
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
G7
Must be making some mighty big deals
Cm
Fm
Seems like he owns everything
Cm
G7
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
G7
Cm
Way down under the ground
Cm
G7
Cm
Way down under the ground
G7
Cm
Way down under the ground
G7
Cm
Way down under the ground
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