Hadestown - How Long - Misc Musicals Chords
Chords: Bb, C/Bb, Gm9, Gm7, Dm7, D7, F/A
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Genre: musical, folk, rock
[PERSEPHONE]
Bb C/Bb
Hades, my husband, Hades, my light
C/Bb Gm9
Hades, my darkness
Gm7 C/Bb
If you had heard how he sang tonight
C/Bb Gm9
You'd pity poor Orpheus!
Gm7 Dm7 D7
All of his sorrow won't fit in his chest
Gm7 Bb F/A
It just burns like a fire in the pit of his chest
Gm7 Bb F/A
And his heart is a bird on a spit in his chest
Bb F/A Gm7
How long, how long, how long?
[HADES]
Bb C/Bb
How long? Just as long as Hades is King
C/Bb Gm9
Nothing comes of wishing on stars
Gm7 C/Bb
And nothing comes of the songs people sing
C/Bb Gm9
However sorry they are
Gm7 Dm7 D7
Give them a piece and they'll take it all
Gm7 Bb F/A
Show them the crack and they'll tear down the wall
Gm7 Bb F/A
Lend them an ear and the Kingdom will fall
Bb F/A Gm9
The Kingdom will fall for a song
[PERSEPHONE]
Bb C/Bb
What does he care for the logic of kings?
C/Bb Gm9
The laws of your underworld?
Gm7 C/Bb
It is only for love that he sings!
C/Bb Gm9
He sings for the love of a girl
[HADES]
Gm9 Dm7 D7
You and your pity don't fit in my bed
Gm7 Bb F/A
You just burn like a fire in the pit of my bed
Gm7 Bb F/A
And I turn like a bird on a spit in my bed
Bb F/A Gm9
How long, how long, how long?
[PERSEPHONE]
Bb C/Bb
How long? Just as long as I am your wife
C/Bb Gm9
It's true the earth must die
Gm7 C/Bb
But then the earth comes back to life
C/Bb Gm9
And the sun just goes on rising
[HADES & PERSEPHONE]
Gm7 Dm7 D7
And how does the sun even fit in the sky?
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