Way Down Hadestown chords by Anais Mitchell

• Capo on 3rd

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: Cm

Difficulty: Novice

HERMES
  Am           Dm
Follow that dollar for a long way down
  Am       E
Far away from the poorhouse door
  Am          Dm
Either get to hell or to Hadestown
  Am          E
Ain't no difference anymore
  Am    Dm
Way down Hadestown
  Am  E     Am
Way down under the ground
  Am           Dm
Hound dog howl and the whistle blow
Am          E
Train comes a-rollin' clickety-clack
Am           Dm
Nobody knows where that old train goes
Am        E
Those who go they don't come back
Am    Dm
Way down Hadestown
Am    E     Am
Way down under the ground

PERSEPHONE
Am        Dm
Winter's nigh and summer's o'er
Am          E
I hear that high and lonesome sound
Am       Dm
Of my husband coming for
Am         E
To bring me home to Hadestown
Am    Dm
Way down Hadestown
Am    E     Am
Way down under the ground

EURYDICE
Am          Dm
Everybody dresses in clothes so fine
Am           E
Everybody?s pockets are weighted down
Am         Dm
Everybody sipping ambrosia wine
   Am      E
In a goldmine in Hadestown
Am    Dm
Way down Hadestown
Am    E     Am
Way down under the ground

ORPHEUS
Am        Dm
Everybody hungry, everybody tired
Am            E
Everybody slaves by the sweat of his brow
Am             Dm
The wage is nothing and the work is hard
Am         E
It's a graveyard in Hadestown
Am    Dm
Way down Hadestown
Am    E     Am
Way down under the ground

FATES
Am            Dm
Every little penny in the wishing well
Am             E
Every little nickel on the drum
Am       Dm
All them shiny little heads and tails
Am              E
Where do you think they come from?
        Am    Dm
They come from way down Hadestown
  Am  E     Am
Way down under the ground

ORPHEUS & HERMES
Am        Dm
Mister Hades is a mean old boss
    Am          E
With a silver whistle and a golden scale
  Am
An eye for an eye!
    Dm
And he weighs the cost
  Am
A lie for a lie!
     E
And your soul for sale
Sold!
 Am        Dm
To the king on the chromium throne
Thrown!
  Am        E
To the bottom of a sing-sing cell
   Am               Dm
Where the little wheel squeal and the big wheel groan
    Am            E
And you better forget about your wishing well
Am    Dm
Way down Hadestown
Am    E     Am
Way down under the ground

EURYDICE
Am       Dm
Mr. Hades is a mighty king
  Am        E
Must be making some mighty big deals
  Am        Dm
Seems like he owns everything
  Am              E
Kind of makes you wonder how it feels
  Am    Dm
Way down Hadestown
Am    E     Am
Way down under the ground
  Am    Dm
Way down Hadestown
Am    E     Am
Way down under the ground
Am    E     Am
Way down under the ground
Am    E     Am
Way down under the ground