HERMES 
   Cm                     Fm 
Follow that dollar for a long way down 
   Cm                         G 
Far away from the poorhouse door 
   Cm                       Fm 
Either get to hell or to Hadestown 
   Cm                   G 
Ain't no difference anymore 
   Cm       Fm 
Way down Hadestown 
   Cm 
Way down under the ground 
   Cm                     Fm 
Hound dog howl and the whistle blow 
Cm                          G 
Train comes a-rollin' clickety-clack 
   Cm                     Fm 
Nobody knows where that old train goes 
Cm                          G 
Those who go they don't come back 
   Cm       Fm 
Way down Hadestown 
   Cm 
Way down under the ground 

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                           
To bring me home to Hadestown 
   Cm       Fm 
Way down Hadestown 
   Cm 
Way down under the ground 

EURYDICE 
   Cm                     Fm 
Everybody dresses in clothes so fine 
Cm                          G 
Everybody?s pockets are weighted down 
   Cm                     Fm 
Everybody sipping ambrosia wine 
   Cm              G 
In a goldmine in Hadestown 
   Cm       Fm 
Way down Hadestown 
   Cm 
Way down under the ground 

ORPHEUS 
   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        
It's a graveyard in Hadestown 
   Cm       Fm 
Way down Hadestown 
   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? 
                 Cm       Fm 
They come from way down Hadestown 
   Cm 
Way down under the ground 

ORPHEUS & HERMES 
   Cm                     Fm 
Mister Hades is a mean old boss 
        Cm                   G 
With a silver whistle and a golden scale 
   Cm                   
An eye for an eye! 
        Fm 
And he weighs the cost 
   Cm 
A lie for a lie! 
         Fm 
And your soul for sale 
Sold! 
  Cm 
To the king on the chromium throne 
Thrown! 
   Cm                G 
To the bottom of a sing-sing cell 
      Cm 
Where the little wheel squeal and the big wheel groan 
             Fm                    G 
And you better forget about your wishing well 
   Cm       Fm 
Way down Hadestown 
   Cm 
Way down under the ground 

EURYDICE 
   Cm                  Fm 
Mr. Hades is a mighty king 
   Cm                G 
Must be making some mighty big deals 
   Cm                Fm 
Seems like he owns everything 
   Cm                           G 
Kind of makes you wonder how it feels 
   Cm       Fm 
Way down Hadestown 
   Cm 
Way down under the ground 
   Cm       Fm 
Way down Hadestown 
   Cm 
Way down under the ground 
   Cm 
Way down under the ground 
   Cm 
Way down under the ground