Livin' It Up On Top Uke tab by Hadestown

[Hermes]
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And on the road to hell, there was a
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lot of waiting

[Company]
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Mmm... Waitin'

[Hermes]
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Everybody waiting on a train

[Company]
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Mmm... Waitin' on a lady with a

[Hermes]
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Waiting on that train to bring that 
lady

[Company]
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Mmm... Lady

[Hermes]
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With the suitcase back again
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She's never early, always late

[Company]
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Waitin', waitin'

[Hermes]
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These days she never stays for long
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But good things come to those who 
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wait
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Here she comes!

[Persephone]
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Well it's like he said, I'm an 
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outdoor girl

[Hermes]
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And you're late again

[Persephone]
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Married to the king of the 
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underworld

[Hermes]
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She forgot a little thing called 
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spring

[Persephone]
D                     C
Are you wondering where I've been?

[WORKER]
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Yeah! Where you been?

[WORKER]
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I'm wondering

[Persephone]
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Been to hell, and back again
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But like my mama always said:
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Brother when you're down, you're 
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down
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When you're up, you're up
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If you ain't six feet underground, 
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you're living it up on top!
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Let's not talk about hard times
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Pour the wine, it's summertime!
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'Cause right now we're livin' it

[Company]
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How are we livin' it?

[Persephone]
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Livin' it, livin' it up
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Brother, right here we're livin' 
it

[Company]
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Where are we livin' it?

[Persephone]
D                   C
Livin' it up on top
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Who makes the summer sun shine 
bright?
             D            C
That's right, Persephone!
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Who makes the fruit of the vine get 
ripe

[Company]
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Persephone!

[Persephone]
D         C
That's me
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Who makes the flowers bloom again, 
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in spite of a man?

[Company]
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You do!

[Persephone]
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Who's doing the best she can?
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Persephone, that's who
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Now some might say, the weather 
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ain't the way it used to be
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But let me tell you something that 
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my mama said to me
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You take what you can get, and you 
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make the most of it
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So right now we're livin' it

[Company]
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How are we livin' it?

[Persephone]
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Livin' it, livin' it up
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Oh brother, right here we're livin' 
it

[Company]
     C
Where are we livin' it?

[Persephone]
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Livin' it up on top

[Hermes]
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It was summertime on the road to 
hell

[Company]
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Mmm...

[Hermes]
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There was a girl who had always run 
away

[Company]
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Mmm...

[Hermes]
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You might say it was in spite of 
herself

[Company]
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Mmm, Mmm, Mmm...

[Hermes]
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That this young girl decided to stay
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There was a poor boy with a lyre

[Persephone]
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Who says times are hard?

[Hermes]
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The flowers bloomed and the fruit 
got ripe
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And brother for a moment there

[Persephone]
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Anybody want a drink?

[Hermes]
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The world came back to life!
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[INSTRUMENTAL]

[Persephone]
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Up on top, we ain't got 
much But we're

[Company]
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Livin' it, livin' it up

[Persephone]
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Just enough to fill our cups

[Company]
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Livin' it up on top

[Persephone]
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Brother pass that bottle around
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'Cause we're

[Company]
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Livin' it, livin' it up

[Hermes]
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Let the poet bless this round

[Orpheus]
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To the patroness of all of this, 
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Persephone
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Who has finally returned to us with 
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wine enough to share
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Asking nothing in return except that
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we should live
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And learn to live as brothers in 
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this life
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And to trust she will provide
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And if no one takes too much, there 
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will always be enough
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She will always fill our cups

[Persephone]
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I will

[Orpheus]
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And we will always raise them up
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To the world we dream about, and the
one we live in now
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'Cause right now we're livin' it

[Company]
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How are we livin' it?

[Orpheus]
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Livin' it, livin' it up
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Oh brother, right here we're livin' 
it

[Company]
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Where are we livin' it?

[Orpheus]
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Listen here, I'll tell you where.
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We're livin' it up on top

[Company]
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Up on top!

[Orpheus]
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Livin' it up and we ain't gonna stop
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Livin' it, livin' it

[Company]
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Livin' it, livin' it

[Orpheus]
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How are we livin' it?

[Company]
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Where are we livin' it?

[Orpheus]
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Livin' it, livin' it

[Company]
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Livin' it, livin' it
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Livin' it up on top!