HERMES
Em C
How to get to Hadestown:
G D
You’ll have to take the long way down
Em C
Through the underground, under cover of night
G D
Laying low, staying out of sight
Em C
There ain’t no compass, brother, ain’t no map
G D
Just a telephone wire and the railroad track
Em C
You keep on walking and you don’t look back
G D
’Til you get to the bottomland
ORPHEUS
Em C G D
Wait for me, I’m coming
Em C G D
Wait, I’m coming with you
Em C G D
Wait for me, I’m coming too
Em
I’m coming too
HERMES
Em C
The River Styx is high and wide
G D
Cinder bricks and razor wire
Em C
Walls of iron and concrete
G D
Hound dogs howling 'round the gate
Em C
Them dogs’ll lay down and play dead
G D
If you got the bones, if you got the bread
Em C
But if all you got is your own two legs
G D
You best be glad you got ’em
ORPHEUS and FATES
Em C G D
Wait for me, I’m coming
Em C G D
Wait, I’m coming with you
Em C G D
Wait for me, I’m coming too
Em
I’m coming too
HERMES
Em C
You’re on the lam, you’re on the run
G D
Don’t give your name, you don’t have one
Em C
And don’t look no one in the eye
G D
This town will try to suck you dry
Em C
They’ll suck your brain, they’ll suck your breath
G D
They’ll pluck the heart right out your chest
Em C
They’ll truss you up in your Sunday best
G D
And stuff your mouth with cotton
ORPHEUS and COMPANY
Em C G D
Wait for me, I’m coming
Em C G D
Wait, I’m coming with you
Em C G D
Wait for me, I’m coming too
I’m coming!
Em
Wait,
C
Wait,
G
Wait,
D
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