Chords for NYC sings Hadestown: Epic 1 & Way Down Hadestown

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[C] _ [F] King of diamonds, [D] _ King of [C] spades, Hades was king of the [D] kingdom of dirt. _
_ [C] _ Miners and mines, [D] diggers of graves, [C] They bowed down to Hades [G] who [D] gave them work.
_ [C] And they bowed down to Hades who [D] made them [G] sweat,
[C] Who paid them their wages [D] and set them about.
_ [C] _ Digging and dredging [D] and dragging the depths of [C] the earth,
Till it turned [G] its [D] insides out.
_ [C] La [D] la la la [Em] la la _ _ _ [C] La [D] la la la [E] la la
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[Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
[C] King of water, [D] king of [C] brick
The river Stokes was a river [D] of stone, _
[C] And Hades laid in a [D] high thick, _
_ [C] With a million [G] hands [D] that were not his own. _
_ [C] _ And a million feet [D] that valley line, _ [C] _ [G] [C] Stepped from time [G] to east, _
_ [C] _ [D] And a [C] million minds, but there [G] was just one mind,
_ [G] Stones [E] in a row, [C] stone [D] by [C] stone, [D] Room by room, the river rolled by.
[C] La, [D] la, _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [C] _ [D] la, la, la, [E] la, la, _ [G] _ [C] la, [G] la, la, [Em] la, la, _ [C] la, la, la, [D] la, la, la, la, la, la, [C] la, la. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[Cm] It's [Fm] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [G] _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [Cm] _
_ _ _ the road to Dallas from [Fm] the long road down, [Cm] it's the road that leads [G] to the courthouse door.
[Cm] Either give the hell up or the Hades [Cm] town.
Ain't no [G] difference any more.
[Cm] Way down!
[Fm] Hades [Cm] town!
Way down under the ground. _ _
Hound, dog, hound [Fm] knows who blows.
[Cm] The [G] chicken and the [Cm] hen know where the old tree goes.
Those [G] who go, better go [Eb] fast.
Way [Fm] down, Haiti's [Cm] down, way down under the ground
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Tis my [Fm] summer's poem, [Cm] hear that [G] howl, lonesome [Cm] now
Of my [Fm] husband coming [Cm] home, to take the call [G] to Haiti's down
[Cm] Way [Fm] down, [Cm] Haiti's down, way down under the ground
_ Everybody dresses [Fm] in their clothes [Cm] so fine
Everybody's [G] pockets are weighted down
[Cm] Everybody's [Fm] sleeping in gold and [C] brine, [Cm] gold and [G] brine
In Haiti's [Cm] town
Way down, [Fm]
[C] Haiti's down, way down [Cm] under the ground _ _
Everybody [Fm] hungry, everybody tired
[C] Everybody's sleeping [G] under the sweat [Cm] of the ground
Haiti's just [Fm] nothing, the work is [Cm] hard, it's a graveyard
[G] Haiti's [Cm] down, Haiti's down, [Fm] _ [Cm] way down under the ground _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ Way down, Haiti's down, way down under the ground
Little nickel on [G] the [Cm] town
Shining [Fm] little heads and [Cm] tails
It [G] [Cm] comes from way down, Haiti's down, way down under the _ ground
_ Mr.
Hades [Fm] is a mean old [Cm] boss
Silver [G] whistle in the gold [Cm] escape
Half-bored [Fm] lad, [Cm] comes to ride for a [G] night
_ [Cm] To the [Fm] king of the [Cm] chromic chrome
To the [G] bottom of the sink-sink
[Cm] He's gonna be as sweet [Fm] as a kidney in [Cm] the throne
Never [Eb] been about to wish [D] him well
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Haiti's down, [G] Haiti's down, way down under the [C] [Gm] ground
[Cm]
So Hades [Fm] is a mighty king
[Cm] _ [G] He's making some mighty big [Cm] deal
Seems like [Fm] he owns [Cm] everything
Kinda makes you [G] wonder how it's the old _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
[Cm] one
Way [Fm] down, Haiti's [Cm] down, way down under the ground
Way [Fm] down, [Cm] Haiti's down, way down under the ground
Way down under the ground
Way [G] down under _ [Cm] the ground
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