Way Down Hadestown Tab par Hadestown

[HERMES]
Bm
On the road to hell there was a 
railroad track

[PERSEPHONE]
Bm
Oh come on

[HERMES]
Bm
And a train coming out from way down
below

[PERSEPHONE]
Bm
That was not six months!

[FATES]
Bm
Better go an get your suitcase 
packed
Em        Gb7      Bm
Guess its time to go

[HERMES]
Bm
She's gonna ride that train

[COMPANY]
Em
Ride that train

[HERMES]
Bm
She's gonna ride that train

[COMPANY]
F#
Ride that train

[HERMES]
Bm
She's gonna ride that train to the 
end of the line
Bm
'Cause the king of the mine is 
coming to call
Bm
Did you ever wonder what it's like 
on the under side

[COMPANY]
Bm
Way down under

[HERMES]
Em
On the yonder side

[COMPANY]
Em
Way down yonder

[HERMES]
       Bm    Gb          Bm      
On the other side of his wall
Gb7
  Bm                     Em
Follow that dollar for a long way 
down
   Bm             Gb7
Far away from the poorhouse door
   Bm                    Em
Either get to hell or to Hadestown
   Bm                Gb  Gb7
Ain't no difference anymore
Bm       Em
Way down Hadestown
Bm       Gb        Bm
Way down under the ground
   Bm                     Em
Hound dog howl and the whistle blow
Bm                    Gb7
Train comes a-rollin' clickety-clack
Bm                      Em
Nobody knows where that old train 
goes
Bm                Gb7
Those who go they don't come back 
they goin'

[COMPANY]
Bm       Em
Way down Hadestown
Bm       Gb        Bm
Way down under the ground

Cm Fm Cm G (x3)

[PERSEPHONE]
Cm                Fm
Winter's nigh and summer's o'er
Cm                   G
I hear that high and lonesome sound
Cm            Fm
Of my husband coming for
Cm                  G
To bring me home to Hadestown

[COMPANY]
Cm       Fm
Way down Hadestown
Cm       G         Cm
Way down under the ground

[PERSEPHONE]
Cm                  Fm
Down there, it's a bunch of stiffs
Cm              G
Brother I'll be bored to death
Cm              Fm
Gonna have to import some stuff
Cm          G
Just to entertain myself
Cm               Fm
Give me morphine in a tin
Cm                     G
Give me a crate of the fruit of the 
vine
Cm            Fm                  
Takes alot of medicine to make it 
          G
through the winter time

[COMPANY]
Cm         Fm
Way down Hadestown
Cm        G       Cm
Way down under the ground

[FATES]
Cm                        Fm
Every little penny in the wishing 
well
Cm                          G
Every little nickel on the drum
Cm             Fm
All them shiny little heads and 
tails
Cm                           G
Where do you think they come from?
NC
They come from

[COMPANY]
Cm         Fm
Way down Hadestown
Cm        G       Cm
Way down under the ground

[HERMES]
Cm                Fm
Everybody hungry, everybody tired
Cm                       G
Everybody slaves by the sweat of his
brow
Cm                          Fm
The wage is nothing and the work is 
hard
Cm                  G
It's a graveyard in Hadestown

[COMPANY]
Cm       Fm
Way down Hadestown
Cm       G        Cm
Way down under the ground

Cm Fm Cm G (x3)

[HERMES]
Cm                Fm
Mister Hades is a mean old boss

[PERSEPHONE]
       Cm                   G
With a silver whistle and a golden 
scale

[COMPANY]
Cm
An eye for an eye!

[HERMES]
Fm
And he weighs the cost

[COMPANY]
Cm
A lie for a lie!

[HERMES]
G
And your soul for sale

[COMPANY]
Cm
Sold!

[PERSEPHONE]
                   Fm
To the king on the chromium throne

[COMPANY]
Cm
Thrown!

[PERSEPHONE]
                   G
To the bottom of a sing-sing cell

[HERMES]
         Cm                      
Where the little wheel squeal and 
   Fm
the big wheel groans

[PERSEPHONE]
       Cm                       
And you better forget about your 
G
wishing well

[COMPANY]
Cm       Fm
Way down Hadestown
Cm       G        Cm
Way down under the ground

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

[PERSEPHONE]
Cm
You're early

[HADES]
Cm
I missed you

[FATES]
Cm             Fm
Mr. Hades is a mighty king
   Cm                G
Must be making some mighty big deals
   Cm                Fm
Seems like he owns everything

[EURYDICE]
 Cm                           G
Kind of makes you wonder how it 
feels

[HERMES]
N.C.
All aboard... 
N.C. 
A-one, A-two
N.C.
A-one, two, three, four

[COMPANY]
  Cm       Fm
Way down Hadestown
Cm       G        Cm
Way down under the ground
   Cm       Fm
Way down Hadestown
Cm       G        Cm
Way down under the ground
Cm       G        Cm
Way down under the ground
Cm       G        Cm
Way down under the ground