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Anais Mitchell : Hadestown
2010

  1. Any Way The Wind Blows
  2. All I've Ever Known
  3. Wedding Song
  4. Hey Little Songbird
  5. Why We Build The Wall
  6. Our Lady Of The Underground

Any Way The Wind Blows

Intro
Am
C
Am
C
Ooooh... Ooooh...
Am
Bb
Bb
Am
Ooooh... Ooooh...
Spoken, Hermes
Am
C
Eurydice was a hungry young girl
Am
C
A runaway from everywhere she'd ever been
Am
Bb
She was no stranger to the world
Bb
Am
No stranger to the wind
Verse 1 (Eurydice)
Am
C
The weather ain't the way it was before
Am
C
Ain't no spring or fall at all anymore
Am
Bb
It's either blazing hot or freezing cold
Bb
Am
Any way the wind blows
(Fates)
Am
C
And there ain't a thing that you can do
Am
C
When the weather takes a turn on you
Am
Bb
'Cept for hurry up and hit the road
Bb
Am
Any way the wind blows
Chorus 1
D
Wind comes up
F
Ooooh... (Do you hear that sound?)
D
Wind comes up
F
Move... (Move to another town)
Am
Ain't nobody gonna stick around
(Eurydice and Fates)
Bb
When the dark clouds roll
Bb
Am
Any way the wind blows
(Fates under dialogue)
Am
C
Am
C
Ooooh... Ooooh...
Am
Bb
Bb
Am
Ooooh... Ooooh...
Verse 2 (Eurydice)
Am
C
People turn on you just like the wind
Am
C
Everybody is a fair weather friend
Am
Bb
In the end, you're better off alone
Bb
Am
Any way the wind blows
(Fates)
Am
C
When your body aches to lay it down
Am
C
When you're hungry and there ain't enough to go round
Am
Bb
Ain't no length to which a girl won't go
Bb
Am
Any way the wind blows
Chorus 2
D
Wind comes up
F
Ooooh... (And sometimes you think)
D
Wind comes up
F
You... (You would do anything)
Bridge (Eurydice)
Am
Bb
Just to fill your belly full of food
D
F
Find a bed that you could fall into
Am
Bb
Where the weather wouldn't follow you
(Eurydice and Fates)
Bb
Wherever you go
Bb
Am
Any way the wind blows

All I've Ever Known

Cadd9
G/b
D/f#
G
(2x)
Cadd9
G/b
I was alone so long
D/f#
G
Cadd9
G/b
D/f#
G
I didn't even know that I was lonely
Cadd9
G/b
Out in the cold so long
D/f#
G
Cadd9
G/b
D/f#
I didn't even know that I was cold
C/e
Dsus4/f#
Turned my collar to the wind
C
Dsus4
This is how it's always been
G
D/f#
G
D/f#
G
Em7
D/f#
All I've ever known is how to hold my own
G
D/f#
G
All I've ever known is how to hold my own
D/f#
G
(
G
) But now I wanna hold you too
G
D/f#
G
G
Em
D/f#
G
D/f#
G
G
C
Cadd9
G/b
You take me in your arms
Fsus2
Cadd9
G/b
D/f#
G
And suddenly there's sunlight all around me
Cadd9
G/b
Everything bright and warm
Fsus2
Cadd9
G/b
D/f#
And shining like it never did before
C
Dsus4/f#
And for a moment I forget
C
Dsus4/f#
Just how dark and cold it gets
G
D/f#
G
D/f#
G
Em7
D/f#
All I've ever known is how to hold my own
G
D/f#
G
All I've ever known is how to hold my own
D/f#
G
But now I wanna hold you
F
Now I wanna hold you
Fsus2
Hold you close
Fsus2
I don't wanna ever have to let you go
Fsus2
Now I wanna hold you, hold you tight
Fsus2
Fsus2
C/e
G/b
C
Fsus2
C/e
G/b
C
I don't wanna go back to the lonely life
Fsus2
C/e
I don't know how or why
G/b
C
Fsus2
C/e
G/b
C
Or who am i that I should get to hold you
Fsus2
C/e
But when I saw you all alone
G/b
C
Fsus2
C/e
G/b
Against the sky its like I'd known you all along
Fsus2
G
I knew you before we met
Fsus2
G
And I don't even know you yet
C
G/b
C
C/e
Am7
G/b
All I know is your someone I have always known
C
G/b
C
All I know is your someone I have always known
G/b
C
And I don't even know you
Bb
Now I wanna hold you
Bbsus2
Hold you close
Bbsus2
I don't wanna ever have to let you go
Bbsus2
Suddenly the sunlight, bright and warm
Bbsus2
Cadd9
(
D
) Suddenly I'm holding the world in my arms
D
Em
C
D
Em
A7/c#
C
D
Em
C
D
Em
A7/c#
C
D
G
D/f#
Say that you'll hold me forever
G
D/f#
Em7
Say that the wind won't change on us
C
Em7
Say that we'll stay with each other
D/f#
And it'll always be like this
G
D/f#
I'm gonna hold you forever
G
D/f#
Em7
The wind will never change on us
C
Em7
As long as we stay with each other
D/f#
G
Then it will always be like this

Wedding Song

Eurydice and Orpheus alternate the verses.
Capo:
VII
E7
E
Lover, tell me if you can Who's gonna buy the wedding bands?
G6
E
Times being what they are
G6
Asus2
E
Hard and getting harder all the time
E
Lover, when I sing my song All the rivers sing along
G6
E
And they're gonna break their banks for me To lay their gold around my feet All the flashing in the pan All the fashion for your hand
G6
Asus2
E
The river's gonna give us the wedding bands
E
Lover, tell me, if you're able Who's gonna lay the wedding table?
G6
E
Times being what they are
G6
Asus2
E
Dark and getting darker all the time
E
Lover, when I sing my song All the trees gonna sing along
G6
E
And bend their branches down to me To lay their fruit around my feet The almond and the apple And the sugar from the maple
G6
Asus2
E
The trees gonna lay the wedding table
E
Emaj7
E
Esus4
E
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Emaj7
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G6
Asus2
E
E
Lover, tell me, when we're wed Who's gonna make the wedding bed?
G6
E
Times being what they are
G6
Asus2
E
Hard and getting harder all the time
E
Lover, when I sing my song All the birds gonna sing along
G6
E
And they'll come flying round to me To lay their feathers at my feet And we'll lie down in eiderdown A pillow 'neath our heads
G6
Asus2
E
Emaj7
The birds gonna make the wedding bed
G6
Asus2
E
Emaj7
And the trees gonna lay the wedding table
G6
Asus2
E
Emaj7
And the rivers gonna give us the wedding bands
G6
Asus2
E

Hey Little Songbird

Hades
Cm9
Ab
Gm7
Hey, little songbird, give me a song
Cm
Ab
Bb
G7
I'm a busy man and I can't stay long
Cm
Ab
Eb
Bb/d
I got clients to call, I got orders to fill
Cm7
Ab
Eb
G7
I got walls to build, I got riots to quell
Cm
Ab
G7
And they're giving me hell back in Hades
Hades
Cm9
Ab
Gm7
Cm
Hey, little songbird, cat got your tongue?
Cm
Ab
Bb
G7
Always a pity for one so pretty and young
Cm
Ab
Eb
Bb/d
When poverty comes to clip your wings
Cm7
Ab
Eb
G7
And knock the wind right out of your lungs
Cm
Ab
G7
Hey, nobody sings on empty
Eurydice
Eb
Eb/g
Eb
Eb6
Strange is the call of this strange man
Eb
Cm
Db
Cm
I wanna fly down and feed at his hand
Ebmaj7
Bb
G7
I want a nice, soft place to land
Eb
G7
Cm9
I wanna lie down forever
Hades
Ab
Gm7
Cm
Hey, little songbird, you've got something fine
Cm
Ab
Bb
G7
You'd shine like a diamond down in the mine
Cm
Ab
Eb
Bb/d
And the choice is yours if you're willing to choose
Cm7
Ab
Eb
G7
Seeing as you've got nothing to lose
Cm
Ab
G7
And I could use a canary
Eurydice
Eb
Eb/g
Bb
Eb6
Suddenly nothing is as it was
Eb
Cm
Db
Cm
Where are you now, Orpheus?
Ebmaj7
Bb
G7
Wasn't it gonna be the two of us?
Eb
G7
Cm9
Weren't we birds of a feather?
Hades
Ab
Gm7
Cm
Hey, little songbird, let me guess
Cm
Ab
Bb
G7
He's some kind of poet and he's penniless
Cm
Ab
Eb
Bb/d
Give him your hand, he'll give you his hand-to-mouth
Cm7
Ab
Eb
G7
He'll write you a poem when the power is out
Cm
Ab
G7
Hey, why not fly south for the winter?
Hades
Cm9
Ab
Gm7
Cm
Hey, little songbird, look all around you
Ab
Bb
G7
See how the vipers and vultures surround you
Cm
Ab
Eb
Bb/d
And they'll take you down, they'll pick you clean
Cm9
Ab
Eb
G7
If you stick around such a desperate scene
Cm
Ab
G7
See, people get mean when the chips are down

Why We Build The Wall

Capo:
IV
Tuning: DADGBE (Drop D)
Dm
Why do we build the wall?
C
/b
My children, my children
Dm
/f
/e
/d
Why do we build the wall?
Dm
Why do we build the wall?
C
We build the wall to keep us free
Dm
That's why we build the wall
/f
/e
/d
We build the wall to keep us free How does the wall keep us free? My children, my children How does the wall keep us free? How does the wall keep us free? The wall keeps out the enemy We build the wall to keep us free That's why we build the wall We build the wall to keep us free Who do we call the enemy? My children, my children Who do we call the enemy? Who do we call the enemy? The enemy is poverty And the wall keeps out the enemy And we build the wall to keep us free That's why we build the wall We build the wall to keep us free Because we have and they have not My children, my children Because they want what we have got Because we have and they have not Because they want what we have got The enemy is poverty And the wall keeps out the enemy And we build the wall to keep us free That's why we build the wall We build the wall to keep us free What do we have that they should want? My children, my children What do we have that they should want? What do we have that they should want? We have a wall to work upon We have work and they have none And our work is never done My children, my children And the war is never won The enemy is poverty And the wall keeps out the enemy And we build the wall to keep us free That's why we build the wall We build the wall to keep us free

Our Lady Of The Underground

Sung by Persephone. Quoted lines are sung by the crowd.
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E
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E7
I don't know about you, boys But if you're like me, then hanging around This old manhole is bringing you down Six feet under getting under your skin Cabin fever is setting in You're stir crazy! You're stuck in a rut! Or you could use a little pick-me-up I can give you what it is you crave A little something from the good old days I got the wind right here in a jar I got the rain on tap at the bar I got sunshine up on the shelf
Am
Allow me to introduce myself
Am
Bb
Brother, what's my name? My name is... "Our Lady of the Underground!" Brother, what's my name? "Our Lady of Ways! Our Lady of Means!" Brother, what's my name? My name is... "Our Lady of the Upside Down" Brother, what's my name? I'll tell you my name... Persephone! |
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E7
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E7
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Am
E7
Come here, brother, let me guess It's the little things you miss Spring flowers, autumn leaves Ask me, brother, and you shall receive Or maybe these just ain't enough Maybe you're looking for some stronger stuff I got a sight for the sorest eye
Am
When's the last time you saw the sky?
Am
Bb
Wipe away your tears, brother, brother, I know how you feel I can see you're blinded by the sadness of it all But look a little closer, everything will be revealed Look a little closer, there's a crack in the wall
Am
E7
You want stars? I got a skyful Put a quarter in the slot, you'll get an eyeful You want the moon? I got her too
Am
She's right here waiting in my pay-per-view
Am
E7
Oh, how long's it been? A little moonshine ain't no sin One at a time, boys, straight line
Am
What the boss don't know, the boss won't mind |
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E7
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