Tone: [Dbm]
Intro:
[Dbm]
Workers:
[Dbm]Low, keep your head, keep your head low
[Dbm]Oh, you gotta keep your head low
[Dbm]If you wanna keep your head
[Dbm]Oh, you gotta keep your head low
[Dbm]Keep your head, keep your head low
[Dbm]Oh, you gotta keep your head low
[Dbm]If you wanna keep your head
[Dbm]Oh, you gotta keep your head
Persephone:
[Dbm]In the coldest time of year
[Dbm]Why is it so hot down here?
Hotter than a crucible
[Dbm]It ain't right and it ain't natural
Hades:
[Dbm]Lover, you were gone so long
[Dbm]Lover, I was lonesome
[Dbm]So I built a foundry
[Dbm]In the ground beneath your feet
[Dbm]Here, I fashioned things of steel
[Dbm]Oil drums and automobiles
[Dbm]Then I kept that furnace fed
[Dbm]With the fossils of the dead
[Dbm]Lover, when you feel that fire
[Dbm]Think of it as my desire
[A]Think of it as [Abm]my desire for [Bbm]you!
Orpheus(workers):
[Bbm]La la la la La la la la la
[Eb]La la, La lam La la la la la
[Ebm]Laa, La la la la la
[Eb]Laa, La la la la la
[Bbm]Laa laa, La la la la la la
[Eb]Laa, la la la la la
[Ebm]Laa laa, la la la la
Workers(orpheus):
[Dbm]Low, keep your head, keep
your head low (La la la la la la la…)
[Dbm]Oh, you gotta keep your head low
[Dbm]If you wanna keep your
head (La la la la la la la…)
[Dbm]Oh, you gotta keep your head
low (La la la la la la la…)
[Dbm]Keep your head, keep your head low
[Dbm]Oh, you gotta keep your head
low (La la la la la la la…)
[Dbm]If you wanna keep your head
Eurydice (fates):
[Dbm]Looking high and [B]looking low
[A]For the food and [Abm]firewood I know
[Dbm]We need to [Gb9]find and I am
[A]Keeping one eye [Abm]on the sky and
[Dbm]Tryin' to [B]trust that the [A]song
he's working [Abm]on is gonna (Oooooh)
[Dbm]Shelter [B]us (Oooooh)
From the [A]wind, the [B]wind, the [Dbm]wind (Oooooh)
Instrumental:
[A] [Dbm] [Abm] [Db] [Abm] [Dbm]
Persephone:
[Dbm]In the darkest time of year
[Dbm]Why is it so bright down here?
[Dbm]Brighter than a carnival
[Dbm]It ain't right and it ain't natural
Hades:
[Dbm]Lover, you were gone so long
[Dbm]Lover, I was lonesome
[Dbm]So I laid a power grid
[Dbm]In the ground on which you stood
[Dbm]And wasn't it electrifying
[Dbm]When I made the neon shine?
[Dbm]Silver screen, cathode ray
[Dbm]Brighter than the light of day
[Dbm]Lover, when you see that glare
[Dbm]Think of it as my despair
[A]Think of it as [Ab]my despair for [Bbm]you!
Orpheus (hermes):
[Bbm]They can't find the tune (Orpheus!)
They can't feel the rhythm (Orpheus!)
[Eb]King Hades is deafened by a river of
stone (Poor boy working on a song)
[Bbm]And Lady Persephone's blinded by a river of [Eb]wine
[Eb]Livin' in an oblivion (He did
not see the storm coming on)
Orpheus (fates and hermes):
[Bbm]His black gold flows (Oooooh)
In the world down below (Oooooh)
[Eb]And her dark clouds roll in the one up above
Hermes:
[Eb]Look up!
Company:
Keep your head [Bbm]low
Orpheus:
[Bbm]And that is the reason we're on this road
[Eb]And the seasons are wrong
DEbm/G
And the wind is so strong
[Gb]That's why times are so hard
[Gbm]It's because of the gods [Ab5]
The gods have forgotten the song of their love
Singing [Dbm]la la la la la la…
Company and (orpheus):
[Dbm]Low, keep your head, keep your head low
[Dbm]Oh, you gotta keep your head low
[Dbm]If you wanna keep your head
(La la la la la la la...)
[Dbm]Oh, you gotta keep your head low
[Dbm]Keep your head, keep your head
low (La la la la la la la...)
[Dbm]Oh, you gotta keep your head low
[Dbm]If you wanna keep your head (La la la la la la)
Eurydice:
[Dbm]Lookin' low and [B]lookin' high
Fate:
[A]There is no food [Abm]left to find
Fate:
[Dbm]It's hard enough to [Gb9]feed yourself
Fate:
[A]Let alone some[Abm]somebody else
Eurydice:
I'm [Dbm]trying to [B]believe
That the [A]song he's working [Abm]on
Is gonna [Dbm]harbor me [B]from
Eurydice and fates:
The [A]wind, the [B]wind, the [Dbm]wind
Hermes, spoken:
[Dbm]Eurydice was a [B]hungry young [A]girl
Eurydice, spoken:
Give that ba[Abm]back!
Hermes, spoken:
She [Dbm]was no stranger [B]to the wind
Eurydice, spoken:
[A]It's everything we [Abm]have!
Hermes, spoken:
But [Dbm]she had not seen [B]nothing
Eurydice:
[A]Orphe[Abm]Orpheus!
Hermes, spoken:
Like the [Dbm]mighty storm she [B]got caught in
Eurydice:
[Gbm]Orpheu[Abm]Orpheus!
[Dbm]Shel[B]Shelter us![A]us!
Hermes, spoken:
[Abm]Only took a minute
Eurydice:
[Dbm]Harb[B]Harbor [A]me!
Hermes, spoken:
[A]But the wrath of the [Abm]gods was in it
Persephone:
[Gbm]Every year, it's getting worse
[Gbm]Hadestown, hell on Earth!
[Gbm]Did you think I'd be impressed
[Gbm]With this neon necropolis?
[A]Lover, what have [Abm]you become?
[A]Coal cars and [Abm]oil drums
[A]Warehouse walls and [Abm]factory floors
[A]I don't know you [B]anymore
[A]And in the meantime [Abm]up above
[A]The harvest dies and [Abm]people starve
[A]Oceans rise and [B]overflow
[B]It ain't right and it ain't natural
Hades:
[Dbm]Lover, everything I do
[Dbm]I do it for the love of you
[Dbm]If you don't even want my love
[Dbm]I'll give it to someone who does
[Dbm]Someone grateful for her fate
[Dbm]Someone who appreciates
[Dbm]The comforts of a gilded cage
[Dbm]And doesn't try to fly away
[Dbm]The moment Mother Nature calls
[Dbm]Someone who could love these walls
[Dbm]That hold her close and keep her safe
[Dbm]And think of them as my embrace
Orpheus (company):
[Dbm]Singing la la la la la la la... (Low,
keep your head, keep your head low)
Eurydice:
[Dbm]Shelter us
Hades:
[Dbm]Think of them as my embrace
Orpheus (company):
[Dbm]La la la la la la la... (Low,
keep your head, keep your head)
Eurydice:
[Dbm]Harbor me
Hades:
[A]Think of them as [Abm]my em[Dbm]embrace
Of you [Dbm]
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