Hadestown - Epic I

[Verse 1]
Dbm
   Where'd you get that melody?
B
 I don't know, it came to me
Dbm
   As if I'd known it all along
B/Eb
You have
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It's an old song
                    B
A song of love from long ago
         Dbm                       B
Long time   since I heard it though
                         Gb
You've heard that melody before?
Sure
Tell me more
Dbm                    B
   Remember the tale I told you once about the Gods?
      Dbm
Which ones?
Hades and Persephone
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    Remember how it used to be
Dbm
Their love that made the world go 'round?
B
 Yeah, I remember now
Dbm    B
   But that was long ago
Gb
  Tell it again though

[Verse 2]
Esus2
     King of shadows
Gb
  King of shades
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Hades was king of the Underworld
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     But he fell in love  with a beautiful lady
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     Who walked up above  in her mother's green field
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     He fell in love  with Persephone
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     Who was gathering flowers in the light of the sun
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     And he took her home  to become his queen
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     Where the sun never shone
On anyone
Go on...

[Verse 3]
    Esus2                  Gb
The lady loved him and the kingdom they shared
Esus2
     But without her above,
Gb
  not one flower would grow
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     So King Hades agreed  that for half of each year
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     She would stay with him there  in his world down below
Esus2
     But the other half,
Gb
  she could walk in the sun
Esus2
     And the sun, in turn,
Gb
burned twice as bright
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     Which is where the seasons  come from
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And with them, the cycle
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Of the seed and the sickle
        Esus2        Gb
And the lives of the people
And the birds in their flight
Singing...

[Outro]
Esus2 Gb Abm
            Down below and up above
Esus2 Gb Ab
         In harmony and rhythm
Esus2 Gb Abm
         The Gods sang his song of love
Esus2 Gb
        And the world sang it with them
But that was long ago
Before we were on this road