Am                                Dm
On the road to hell there was a railroad track

PERSEPHONE
 Am
Oh come on

HERMES
 Am                          E
And a train coming out from way down below

PERSEPHONE
 Am
That was not six months

HERMES
 Am                      Dm
Better go an get your suitcase packed
  Am              E
Guess its time to go
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Follow that dollar for a long way down
   Am             E
Far away from the poorhouse door
   Am                    Dm
Either get to hell or to Hadestown
   Am                   E
Ain't no difference anymore
   Am       Dm
Way down Hadestown
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Way down under the ground
   Am                     Dm
Hound dog howl and the whistle blow
Am                    E
Train comes a-rollin' clickety-clack
Am                      Dm
Nobody knows where that old train goes
Am                E
Those who go they don't come back
Am       Dm
Way down Hadestown
Am       E         Am
Way down under the ground

PERSEPHONE
Am                Dm
Winter's nigh and summer's o'er
Am                   E
I hear that high and lonesome sound
Am             Dm
Of my husband coming for
Am                  E
To bring me home to Hadestown
Am       Dm
Way down Hadestown
Am       E         Am
Way down under the ground
Am                  Dm
Down there, it's a bunch of stiffs
  Am              E
Brother I'll be bored to death
  Am           Dm
Gonna have to import some stuff
  Am            E
Just to entertain myself
  Am              Dm
Give me morphine in a tin
  Am                     E
Give me a crate of the fruit of the vine
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Takes alot of medicine to make it through the winter time
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Way down Hadestown
 Am        E        Am
Way down under the ground


F TES
Am                   Dm
Everybody dresses in clothes so fine
Am                      E
Everybody?s pockets are weighted down
Am                  Dm
Everybody sipping ambrosia wine
     Am           E
In a goldmine in Hadestown
Am       Dm
Way down Hadestown
Am       E         Am
Way down under the ground

ORPHEUS
Am                Dm
Everybody hungry, everybody tired
Am                       E
Everybody slaves by the sweat of his brow
Am                          Dm
The wage is nothing and the work is hard
Am                  E
It's a graveyard in Hadestown
Am       Dm
Way down Hadestown
Am       E         Am
Way down under the ground


F TES
Am                        Dm
Every little penny in the wishing well
Am                          E
Every little nickel on the drum
Am             Dm
All them shiny little heads and tails
Am                           E
Where do you think they come from?
               Am       Dm
They come from way down Hadestown
   Am    E         Am
Way down under the ground

ORPHEUS & HERMES
Am                Dm
Mister Hades is a mean old boss
        Am                   E
With a silver whistle and a golden scale
   Am
An eye for an eye!
        Dm
And he weighs the cost
   Am
A lie for a lie!
         E
And your soul for sale
Sold!
  Am               Dm
To the king on the chromium throne
Thrown!
   Am                E
To the bottom of a sing-sing cell
      Am                              Dm
Where the little wheel squeal and the big wheel groan
        Am                       E
And you better forget about your wishing well
Am       Dm
Way down Hadestown
Am       E         Am
Way down under the ground

HERMES
 Am                               Dm
On the road to hell there was a railroad cart
 Am                              E
And the cart doors opened and a man stepped out
  Am                    Dm
Everybody looked and everybody saw
 Am                                E
It was the same man they'ed been singing about

PERSEPHONE
  Am
You're early

HADES
 Am
I missed you

F TES
Am             Dm
Mr. Hades is a mighty king
   Am                E
Must be making some mighty big deals
   Am                Dm
Seems like he owns everything

EURYDICE
  Am                           E
Kind of makes you wonder how it feels

ALL
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Way down Hadestown
Am       E         Am
Way down under the ground
   Am       Dm
Way down Hadestown
Am       E         Am
Way down under the ground
Am       E         Am
Way down under the ground
Am       E         Am
Way down under the ground