Hadestown Epic I - Musicals | Guitar Chords | VChords

[Verse 1]
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Gm
   Where'd you get that melody?
F
 I don't know, it came to me
Gm
   As if I'd known it all along
F/A
You have
C              Gm
It's an old song
                    F
A song of love from long ago
         Gm                       F
Long time   since I heard it though
                         C
You've heard that melody before?
Sure
Tell me more
Gm                    F
   Remember the tale I told you once about the Gods?
      Gm
Which ones?
Hades and Persephone
F/A                C
    Remember how it used to be
Gm
Their love that made the world go 'round?
F
 Yeah, I remember now
Gm    F
   But that was long ago
C
  Tell it again though

[Verse 2]
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A#sus2
     King of shadows
C
  King of shades
A#sus2                C
Hades was king of the Underworld
A#sus2                  C
     But he fell in love  with a beautiful lady
A#sus2                  C
     Who walked up above  in her mother's green field
A#sus2              C
     He fell in love  with Persephone
A#sus2                    C
     Who was gathering flowers in the light of the sun
A#sus2                   C
     And he took her home  to become his queen
A#sus2               C
     Where the sun never shone
On anyone
Go on...

[Verse 3]
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    A#sus2                 C
The lady loved him and the kingdom they shared
A#sus2                     C
     But without her above,  not one flower would grow
A#sus2                   C
     So King Hades agreed  that for half of each year
A#sus2                            C
     She would stay with him there  in his world down below
A#sus2                  C
     But the other half,  she could walk in the sun
A#sus2                     C
     And the sun, in turn, burned twice as bright
A#sus2                         C
     Which is where the seasons  come from
    A#sus2           C
And with them, the cycle
       A#sus2       C
Of the seed and the sickle
        A#sus2       C
And the lives of the people
And the birds in their flight
Singing...

[Outro]
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A#sus2 C Dm
            Down below and up above
A#sus2 C D
         In harmony and rhythm
A#sus2 C Dm
         The Gods sang his song of love
A#sus2 C
        And the world sang it with them
But that was long ago
Before we were on this road