Way Down Hadestown Chords
Way Down Hadestown by Anais Mitchell is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Cm. It uses the chords Cm, Fm and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
HERMES
Cm Fm
Follow that dollar for a long way down
Cm G
Far away from the poorhouse door
Cm Fm
Either get to hell or to Hadestown
Cm G
Ain't no difference anymore
Cm Fm
Way down Hadestown
Cm
Way down under the ground
Cm Fm
Hound dog howl and the whistle blow
Cm G
Train comes a-rollin' clickety-clack
Cm Fm
Nobody knows where that old train goes
Cm G
Those who go they don't come back
Cm Fm
Way down Hadestown
Cm
Way down under the ground
PERSEPHONE
Cm Fm
Winter's nigh and summer's o'er
Cm G
I hear that high and lonesome sound
Cm Fm
Of my husband coming for
Cm
To bring me home to Hadestown
Cm Fm
Way down Hadestown
Cm
Way down under the ground
EURYDICE
Cm Fm
Everybody dresses in clothes so fine
Cm G
Everybody?s pockets are weighted down
Cm Fm
Everybody sipping ambrosia wine
Cm G
In a goldmine in Hadestown
Cm Fm
Way down Hadestown
Cm
Way down under the ground
ORPHEUS
Cm Fm
Everybody hungry, everybody tired
Cm G
Everybody slaves by the sweat of his brow
Cm Fm
The wage is nothing and the work is hard
Cm
It's a graveyard in Hadestown
Cm Fm
Way down Hadestown
Cm
Way down under the ground
FATES
Cm Fm
Every little penny in the wishing well
Cm G
Every little nickel on the drum
Cm Fm
All them shiny little heads and tails
Cm G
Where do you think they come from?
Cm Fm
They come from way down Hadestown
Cm
Way down under the ground
ORPHEUS & HERMES
Cm Fm
Mister Hades is a mean old boss
Cm G
With a silver whistle and a golden scale
Cm
An eye for an eye!
Fm
And he weighs the cost
Cm
A lie for a lie!
Fm
And your soul for sale
Sold!
Cm
To the king on the chromium throne
Thrown!
Cm G
To the bottom of a sing-sing cell
Cm
Where the little wheel squeal and the big wheel groan
Fm G
And you better forget about your wishing well
Cm Fm
Way down Hadestown
Cm
Way down under the ground
EURYDICE
Cm Fm
Mr. Hades is a mighty king
Cm G
Must be making some mighty big deals
Cm Fm
Seems like he owns everything
Cm G
Kind of makes you wonder how it feels
Cm Fm
Way down Hadestown
Cm
Way down under the ground
Cm Fm
Way down Hadestown
Cm
Way down under the ground
Cm
Way down under the ground
Cm
Way down under the ground