Tone: [G]
Intro:
[G] [G6] [G7] [G6] [G] [G6] [G7] [G]
Eurydice:
[G]Lover, tell me [G6]if you can
[G7]Who's gonna buy the [G6]wedding bands?
[Bb]Times being what they [G]are
[Bb]Hard and getting [C]harder all the time
Orpheus:
[G]Lover, when I [G6]sing my song
[G7]All the rivers'll [G6]sing along
And [Bb]they're gonna break their bank[G]banks for us
And [G7]with their gold, be [G6]generous
[G]All a-flashing in[G6]in the pan,
[G7]all to fashion [G]for your hand
The riv[Bb]river's gonna [C]give us the wedding bands [G] [Bb] [C]
Eurydice:
[G]Lover, tell me [G6]if you're able
[G7]Who's gonna lay the [G6]wedding table?
[Bb]Times being what they [G]are
Dark[Bb]Dark and getting [C]darker all the time
Orpheus:
[G]Lover, when I [G6]sing my song
[G7]All the trees gonna [G]sing along
And [Bb]they're gonna bend their bran[G]branches down
To [G7]lay their fruit upon[G6]upon the ground
The [G]almond and the ap[G6]apple
And the [G7]sugar from the map[G]maple
The tree[Bb]trees gonna lay[C]lay the wedding table
Instrumental:
[D] [Gm6] [D] [F] [G]
Eurydice:
[A]So when you sing your song
[A]The one you're working on
[A]Spring will come again?
Orpheus:
[A]Yes
Eurydice:
[A]Why don't you sing it then?
Orpheus:
[A]It isn't finished
Eurydice:
[A]Sing it
[A]You wanna take me home?
Orpheus:
[A]Yes
Eurydice:
[A]Sing the song [C5]
Orpheus:
[C5]La la la la la la la...
[C5]La la la la la la la...
Company:
[C5]La la la la la la la...
[C5]La la la la la la la...
[C5]La la la la la la la...
Eurydice:
[G]How'd you do that?
Orpheus:
I don't know, [G]The song's not finished though
Eurydice:
[G]Even so, it can do this?
Orpheus:
I [G]know...
Eurydice:
[G]You have to finish it!
[G]Lover, tell me [G6]when we're wed
[G7]Who's gonna make the wed[G6]wedding bed?
[Bb]Times being what they [G]are
Hard[Bb]Hard and getting hard[C]harder all the time
Orpheus:
[G]Lover, when I [G6]sing my song
[G7]All the birds gonna [G]sing along
And [Bb]they'll come flying from [G]all around
To [G7]lay their feathers on[G6]on the ground
And [G]we'll lie down in[G6]in eiderdown
[G7]A pillow 'neath our[G]our heads
The [Bb]birds gonna make[C]make the wedding bed [G]
Eurydice:
And the trees[Bb]trees gonna lay[C]lay the wedding table [G]
Orpheus:
And the ri[Bb]rivers gonna give [C]us the wedding bands[G]bands
Company:
[Bb]Ooo[C]Ooooo[G5]oooh