Epic Iii - Hadestown Ukulele chords by Anais Mitchell

Tuning: G C E A (G C E A)

Difficulty: Novice

Am          Em
Heavy and hard is the heart of the king
Am      Em
King of iron, king of steel
Am          Em
The heart of the king loves everything
     Am   D     Am
Like the hammer loves the nail

C           D
But the heart of a man is a simple one
C       D
Small and soft, flesh and blood
  C        D
And all that it loves is a woman
C     D
A woman is all that it loves

  C          D
And Hades is King of the scythe and the sword
C             D
He covers the world in the color of rust
C         D
He scrapes the sky and scars the earth
C                D
And he comes down heavy and hard on us

C            D
But even that hardest of hearts unhardened
C         D
Suddenly, when he saw her there
C         D
Persephone in her mother’s garden
C           D
Sun on her shoulders, wind in her hair

C              D
The smell of the flowers she held in her hand
C                 D
And the pollen that fell from her fingertips
C           D
And suddenly Hades was only a man
C            D
With a taste of nectar upon his lips, singing:
C     D    Em
La la la la la la la…
C     D    E
La la la la la la la… oh singing
C    D    Em
La la la la la la la…
C    D
La la la la la la

Am             Em
And what has become of the heart of that man,
Am          Em
Now that the man is King?
Am           Em
What has become of the heart of that man,
Am     D    Am
Now that he has everything?

C        D
The more he has, the more he holds,
C               D
The greater the weight of the world on his shoulders
C          D
See how he labors beneath that load
C            D
Afraid to look up, and afraid to let go
C                 D
And he keeps his head low, and he keeps his back bending
C               D
He grows so afraid that he'll lose what he owns
C                D
But what he doesn't know is that what he's defending
C     D
Is already gone

C            D
Where is the treasure inside your chest?
C            D
Where is your pleasure? Where is your youth?
C             D
Where is the man with his hat in his hands?
  C
Who stands in the garden with nothing to lose, singing:

C    D    Em
La la la la la la la…
C    D    E
La la la la la la la… oh singing
C    D    Em
La la la la la la la…
C    D     E
La la la la la la