Chords for NYC sings Hadestown: Hey Little Songbird, Gone I'm Gone, Chips Are Down
Tempo:
127.5 bpm
Chords used:
Cm
Eb
G
C
Ab
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[D] [F]
[C] [Cm] [Gm]
[G]
[C] [Eb] [C]
[Eb] [G]
[C] [Gm] [G]
[Cm]
[Ab] [Gm]
[Cm] I'm a busy [Bb] man, [G] can't stay long [Cm]
I got [Eb] orders to fill,
[Bb] clients to call
[Cm] Got
[F] a wall to [Eb] build, [G] rice to [Cm] quell They're giving [Ab] me [G] hell, [Cm]
[Eb] paying [Ab] little [Gm] sombers
They [C] got you [Cm] wrong It's [Ab] always a pity [Eb] for someone [G] pretty young
[Cm]
When [Ab] poverty calls, [Eb] lift [Bb] your wings, [Cm] I can [F] see it
[Eb] But are you [G] alone?
[C] Nobody's [G] singing your name
[Em] [Eb] [Gm] Strange is the call [Bb] of this strange [Eb] man I [Cm] wanna fly down [Db] and feel [Cm] that same
[Eb] I wanna [Gm] let soft [Bb] wings [G] do the talking
[Eb] I wanna [G] lie down [C] and pray [Cm]
to God
I [Gm] got [Cm] something for you It's [Ab] shining like a diamond [Bb] down in [G] the mine
The [Eb] choice [Cm] is yours if [Gm] you're willing to [D] choose
[Cm]
[Ab] [Eb] [G]
[Cm] [G]
[Eb] Suddenly, nothing [Bb] is as it [Eb] was Where [Cm] are you now?
[Db] Oh, [Cm] yes
[Eb] Wasn't it always [Bb] the two [G] of us?
[Cm] Weren't [G] we birds of [Cm] a feather?
Hey, [Ab] little somber, [Gm] let [Cm] me guess He's some kind of poet, [Bb] but he's [G] penniless
[C] [Eb] You give him your hand, he gives you his [F] hand from now
[Cm] It [Ab] writes you a poem [Eb] when the [G] power's out
[Cm] Why not fly [F] south [G] for the window?
[C] [Ab] Hey, little somber, [G] look [C] all around [Cm] you See how the vipers [Eb] and vultures [G] surround you
[Cm] They'll [Ab] take you [Eb] down, pick [Bb] you clean [C]
[Cm] If you [Ab] hang around, [Eb] it's a desperate scene
[G] [Cm]
[Ab] [G]
[Eb]
Orpheus, my heart is yours [D] Always was [F] and will be
It's my God I can't ignore [Ab] [G] Orpheus, I'm hungry
Oh, my heart, it aches to stay But the flesh will have its way
All the way, it's dark and long I'm already gone
I'm gone
[Eb]
Go ahead and lay the blame [Bb] Talk of [Cm] virtue, talk of [Bb] sin
Wouldn't you have done the same in [A] [G] her shoes?
You can have your principle
[G] When you've got a belly full
Hungry as you are There's no telling what you're [Cm] gonna do
[Fm] When the chips are [Eb] down Now [Dm] that the chips are down
[Cm] What you gonna do [Fm] when the chips are down [Cm] Now that the chips are [C] down
[G]
[Cm]
[D]
That [C] ain't easy I think [Eb] there
Girls gotta [Dm] fight for a life or stare [C] What you gonna do when the chips are [Eb] down
Now [Dm] that the chips are [Cm] down What you gonna [F] do when the chips are down
[Cm] Now that the chips are down
Help [F] yourself, hell with the [Eb] rest Give it to the [Gm] one who loves you [Cm] best
What you gonna [F] do when the chips are [Eb] down Now [Dm] that the chips are [C] down
What you gonna do when the chips are down Now that the chips are down
[Bb] That ain't [Eb] easy
[Dm] What [Cm] you gonna [F] do when the chips are down Now that [C] the chips are down
[D]
[Cm]
[Cm]
Take it to [C] the one who gives [Cm] it to us Ain't nobody [D] but yourself to [Cm] trust
What you gonna [C] do when the chips are [Cm] down Now [G] that the chips are [C] down
What you gonna do when the chips are down Now that the chips are down
[Cm] To the heart, keep to kill [Eb] If you don't do it [Dm] then the other one [Cm] will
What you gonna do when the chips are down Now [Dm] that the chips are down
[Cm] What you gonna do when the chips are down Now that the chips are down
And the first shall be first And the last [D] shall be [Cm] last
[Fm] Your eyes [Eb] to heaven [G] You get a [Cm] knife in the back
Nobody's like this [Eb]
[Dm] Nobody's [Cm] found
[F] Nobody's [Eb] innocent Now [G] that the chips are down
[Cm] Now that the, [Eb] now that the, now that the, [G] now that the, now that the chips [C] are down
[Ab]
[B]
[C] [Cm] [Gm]
[G]
[C] [Eb] [C]
[Eb] [G]
[C] [Gm] [G]
[Cm]
[Ab] [Gm]
[Cm] I'm a busy [Bb] man, [G] can't stay long [Cm]
I got [Eb] orders to fill,
[Bb] clients to call
[Cm] Got
[F] a wall to [Eb] build, [G] rice to [Cm] quell They're giving [Ab] me [G] hell, [Cm]
[Eb] paying [Ab] little [Gm] sombers
They [C] got you [Cm] wrong It's [Ab] always a pity [Eb] for someone [G] pretty young
[Cm]
When [Ab] poverty calls, [Eb] lift [Bb] your wings, [Cm] I can [F] see it
[Eb] But are you [G] alone?
[C] Nobody's [G] singing your name
[Em] [Eb] [Gm] Strange is the call [Bb] of this strange [Eb] man I [Cm] wanna fly down [Db] and feel [Cm] that same
[Eb] I wanna [Gm] let soft [Bb] wings [G] do the talking
[Eb] I wanna [G] lie down [C] and pray [Cm]
to God
I [Gm] got [Cm] something for you It's [Ab] shining like a diamond [Bb] down in [G] the mine
The [Eb] choice [Cm] is yours if [Gm] you're willing to [D] choose
[Cm]
[Ab] [Eb] [G]
[Cm] [G]
[Eb] Suddenly, nothing [Bb] is as it [Eb] was Where [Cm] are you now?
[Db] Oh, [Cm] yes
[Eb] Wasn't it always [Bb] the two [G] of us?
[Cm] Weren't [G] we birds of [Cm] a feather?
Hey, [Ab] little somber, [Gm] let [Cm] me guess He's some kind of poet, [Bb] but he's [G] penniless
[C] [Eb] You give him your hand, he gives you his [F] hand from now
[Cm] It [Ab] writes you a poem [Eb] when the [G] power's out
[Cm] Why not fly [F] south [G] for the window?
[C] [Ab] Hey, little somber, [G] look [C] all around [Cm] you See how the vipers [Eb] and vultures [G] surround you
[Cm] They'll [Ab] take you [Eb] down, pick [Bb] you clean [C]
[Cm] If you [Ab] hang around, [Eb] it's a desperate scene
[G] [Cm]
[Ab] [G]
[Eb]
Orpheus, my heart is yours [D] Always was [F] and will be
It's my God I can't ignore [Ab] [G] Orpheus, I'm hungry
Oh, my heart, it aches to stay But the flesh will have its way
All the way, it's dark and long I'm already gone
I'm gone
[Eb]
Go ahead and lay the blame [Bb] Talk of [Cm] virtue, talk of [Bb] sin
Wouldn't you have done the same in [A] [G] her shoes?
You can have your principle
[G] When you've got a belly full
Hungry as you are There's no telling what you're [Cm] gonna do
[Fm] When the chips are [Eb] down Now [Dm] that the chips are down
[Cm] What you gonna do [Fm] when the chips are down [Cm] Now that the chips are [C] down
[G]
[Cm]
[D]
That [C] ain't easy I think [Eb] there
Girls gotta [Dm] fight for a life or stare [C] What you gonna do when the chips are [Eb] down
Now [Dm] that the chips are [Cm] down What you gonna [F] do when the chips are down
[Cm] Now that the chips are down
Help [F] yourself, hell with the [Eb] rest Give it to the [Gm] one who loves you [Cm] best
What you gonna [F] do when the chips are [Eb] down Now [Dm] that the chips are [C] down
What you gonna do when the chips are down Now that the chips are down
[Bb] That ain't [Eb] easy
[Dm] What [Cm] you gonna [F] do when the chips are down Now that [C] the chips are down
[D]
[Cm]
[Cm]
Take it to [C] the one who gives [Cm] it to us Ain't nobody [D] but yourself to [Cm] trust
What you gonna [C] do when the chips are [Cm] down Now [G] that the chips are [C] down
What you gonna do when the chips are down Now that the chips are down
[Cm] To the heart, keep to kill [Eb] If you don't do it [Dm] then the other one [Cm] will
What you gonna do when the chips are down Now [Dm] that the chips are down
[Cm] What you gonna do when the chips are down Now that the chips are down
And the first shall be first And the last [D] shall be [Cm] last
[Fm] Your eyes [Eb] to heaven [G] You get a [Cm] knife in the back
Nobody's like this [Eb]
[Dm] Nobody's [Cm] found
[F] Nobody's [Eb] innocent Now [G] that the chips are down
[Cm] Now that the, [Eb] now that the, now that the, [G] now that the, now that the chips [C] are down
[Ab]
[B]
Key:
Cm
Eb
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C
Ab
Cm
Eb
G
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_ [D] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Gm] _
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[C] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ I'm _ a busy [Bb] man, _ [G] can't stay long [Cm] _
I got [Eb] orders to fill, _
[Bb] clients to call
_ [Cm] Got _
[F] a wall to [Eb] build, _ [G] rice to [Cm] quell They're giving [Ab] me [G] hell, _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
[Eb] paying [Ab] little _ [Gm] sombers
They [C] got you [Cm] wrong It's _ [Ab] always a pity [Eb] for someone [G] pretty young
[Cm] _
When [Ab] poverty calls, [Eb] _ lift [Bb] your wings, _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ I can [F] see it
_ [Eb] But are you [G] alone?
[C] _ _ _ _ Nobody's [G] singing your name
_ [Em] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Gm] Strange is the call [Bb] of this strange [Eb] man _ _ I [Cm] wanna fly down [Db] and feel [Cm] that same
_ _ [Eb] I wanna [Gm] let soft [Bb] wings [G] do the talking _
[Eb] I wanna [G] lie down [C] and pray [Cm] _
to God
I [Gm] _ got [Cm] something for you _ It's [Ab] shining like a diamond [Bb] _ down in [G] the mine
_ The [Eb] choice [Cm] is yours if [Gm] you're willing to [D] choose
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
[Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ Suddenly, _ nothing [Bb] is as it [Eb] was _ _ Where [Cm] are you now?
[Db] Oh, [Cm] yes
_ _ _ [Eb] Wasn't it always [Bb] the two [G] of us? _
[Cm] _ Weren't [G] we birds of [Cm] a feather?
Hey, [Ab] little somber, [Gm] _ let [Cm] me guess He's some kind of poet, [Bb] but he's _ [G] penniless
_ [C] [Eb] You give him your hand, he gives you his [F] hand from now
_ [Cm] It [Ab] writes you a poem [Eb] when the _ [G] power's out _
[Cm] Why not fly [F] south [G] for the window?
_ _ [C] _ [Ab] Hey, little somber, [G] _ look [C] all around [Cm] you See how the vipers [Eb] and vultures [G] surround you
[Cm] _ They'll [Ab] take you [Eb] down, _ pick [Bb] you clean [C] _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ If you [Ab] hang around, [Eb] it's a desperate scene
[G] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
Orpheus, my heart is yours _ [D] Always was [F] and will be
It's my God I can't ignore [Ab] _ _ [G] Orpheus, I'm hungry
_ _ _ _ Oh, my heart, it aches to stay But the flesh will have its way
_ All the way, it's dark and long _ I'm already gone
_ I'm gone
_ [Eb] _ _
Go ahead and lay the blame [Bb] _ Talk of [Cm] virtue, talk of [Bb] sin
Wouldn't you have done the same in [A] [G] her shoes? _ _ _ _ _ _
You can have your principle _
[G] _ _ When you've got a belly _ full
_ Hungry as you are _ _ There's no telling what you're [Cm] gonna _ do
[Fm] When the chips are [Eb] down Now _ [Dm] that the chips are down
[Cm] What you gonna do [Fm] when the chips are down [Cm] Now that the chips are [C] down _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ That [C] ain't easy I think [Eb] there
Girls gotta [Dm] fight for a life or stare [C] What you gonna do when the chips are [Eb] down
Now [Dm] that the chips are [Cm] down What you gonna [F] do when the chips are down
[Cm] Now that the chips are down
_ Help [F] yourself, hell with the [Eb] rest Give it to the [Gm] one who loves you [Cm] best
What you gonna [F] do when the chips are [Eb] down Now [Dm] that the chips are [C] down
What you gonna do when the chips are down Now that the chips are down
_ _ [Bb] That ain't [Eb] easy
_ [Dm] _ _ What [Cm] you gonna [F] do when the chips are down Now that [C] the chips are down
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ Take it to [C] the one who gives [Cm] it to us Ain't nobody [D] but yourself to [Cm] trust
What you gonna [C] do when the chips are [Cm] down Now [G] that the chips are [C] down
What you gonna do when the chips are down Now that the chips are down
[Cm] _ To the heart, keep to kill [Eb] If you don't do it [Dm] then the other one [Cm] will
What you gonna do when the chips are down Now [Dm] that the chips are down
[Cm] What you gonna do when the chips are down Now that the chips are down
And the first shall be first And the last [D] shall be [Cm] last _ _
[Fm] Your eyes [Eb] to heaven [G] You get a [Cm] knife in the back
Nobody's like this [Eb] _ _
[Dm] Nobody's [Cm] found
_ _ [F] Nobody's [Eb] innocent Now [G] that the chips are down
[Cm] Now that the, [Eb] now that the, now that the, [G] now that the, now that the chips [C] are down
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[C] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ I'm _ a busy [Bb] man, _ [G] can't stay long [Cm] _
I got [Eb] orders to fill, _
[Bb] clients to call
_ [Cm] Got _
[F] a wall to [Eb] build, _ [G] rice to [Cm] quell They're giving [Ab] me [G] hell, _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
[Eb] paying [Ab] little _ [Gm] sombers
They [C] got you [Cm] wrong It's _ [Ab] always a pity [Eb] for someone [G] pretty young
[Cm] _
When [Ab] poverty calls, [Eb] _ lift [Bb] your wings, _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ I can [F] see it
_ [Eb] But are you [G] alone?
[C] _ _ _ _ Nobody's [G] singing your name
_ [Em] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Gm] Strange is the call [Bb] of this strange [Eb] man _ _ I [Cm] wanna fly down [Db] and feel [Cm] that same
_ _ [Eb] I wanna [Gm] let soft [Bb] wings [G] do the talking _
[Eb] I wanna [G] lie down [C] and pray [Cm] _
to God
I [Gm] _ got [Cm] something for you _ It's [Ab] shining like a diamond [Bb] _ down in [G] the mine
_ The [Eb] choice [Cm] is yours if [Gm] you're willing to [D] choose
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
[Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ Suddenly, _ nothing [Bb] is as it [Eb] was _ _ Where [Cm] are you now?
[Db] Oh, [Cm] yes
_ _ _ [Eb] Wasn't it always [Bb] the two [G] of us? _
[Cm] _ Weren't [G] we birds of [Cm] a feather?
Hey, [Ab] little somber, [Gm] _ let [Cm] me guess He's some kind of poet, [Bb] but he's _ [G] penniless
_ [C] [Eb] You give him your hand, he gives you his [F] hand from now
_ [Cm] It [Ab] writes you a poem [Eb] when the _ [G] power's out _
[Cm] Why not fly [F] south [G] for the window?
_ _ [C] _ [Ab] Hey, little somber, [G] _ look [C] all around [Cm] you See how the vipers [Eb] and vultures [G] surround you
[Cm] _ They'll [Ab] take you [Eb] down, _ pick [Bb] you clean [C] _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ If you [Ab] hang around, [Eb] it's a desperate scene
[G] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
Orpheus, my heart is yours _ [D] Always was [F] and will be
It's my God I can't ignore [Ab] _ _ [G] Orpheus, I'm hungry
_ _ _ _ Oh, my heart, it aches to stay But the flesh will have its way
_ All the way, it's dark and long _ I'm already gone
_ I'm gone
_ [Eb] _ _
Go ahead and lay the blame [Bb] _ Talk of [Cm] virtue, talk of [Bb] sin
Wouldn't you have done the same in [A] [G] her shoes? _ _ _ _ _ _
You can have your principle _
[G] _ _ When you've got a belly _ full
_ Hungry as you are _ _ There's no telling what you're [Cm] gonna _ do
[Fm] When the chips are [Eb] down Now _ [Dm] that the chips are down
[Cm] What you gonna do [Fm] when the chips are down [Cm] Now that the chips are [C] down _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ That [C] ain't easy I think [Eb] there
Girls gotta [Dm] fight for a life or stare [C] What you gonna do when the chips are [Eb] down
Now [Dm] that the chips are [Cm] down What you gonna [F] do when the chips are down
[Cm] Now that the chips are down
_ Help [F] yourself, hell with the [Eb] rest Give it to the [Gm] one who loves you [Cm] best
What you gonna [F] do when the chips are [Eb] down Now [Dm] that the chips are [C] down
What you gonna do when the chips are down Now that the chips are down
_ _ [Bb] That ain't [Eb] easy
_ [Dm] _ _ What [Cm] you gonna [F] do when the chips are down Now that [C] the chips are down
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ Take it to [C] the one who gives [Cm] it to us Ain't nobody [D] but yourself to [Cm] trust
What you gonna [C] do when the chips are [Cm] down Now [G] that the chips are [C] down
What you gonna do when the chips are down Now that the chips are down
[Cm] _ To the heart, keep to kill [Eb] If you don't do it [Dm] then the other one [Cm] will
What you gonna do when the chips are down Now [Dm] that the chips are down
[Cm] What you gonna do when the chips are down Now that the chips are down
And the first shall be first And the last [D] shall be [Cm] last _ _
[Fm] Your eyes [Eb] to heaven [G] You get a [Cm] knife in the back
Nobody's like this [Eb] _ _
[Dm] Nobody's [Cm] found
_ _ [F] Nobody's [Eb] innocent Now [G] that the chips are down
[Cm] Now that the, [Eb] now that the, now that the, [G] now that the, now that the chips [C] are down
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _