Hadestown - Epic Ii Chords
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Difficulty: | intermediate |
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Tuning: | E A D G B E |
Capo: | no capo |
Author the-american-taco [a] 78. 1 contributor total, last edit on Jul 19, 2019
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[ORPHEUS]
Gm F
King of diamonds, king of spades
Dm C
Hades was king of a kingdom of dirt
Gm F
Miners of mines, diggers of graves
Dm F
they bowed down to hades, who gave them work
Gm F
and they bowed down to Hades, who made them sweat
Dm C
paid them their wages and set them aboud
Gm F
digging, and dredging, and dragging the depths of the
Dm C
Earth to turn its insides out, singing
Dm C Bb
la la la la la la la
Dm C B
la la la la la la la, oh, singing
Dm C Bb
la la la la la la la
Dm C
la la la la la la
Gm F
King of mortar, king of bricks
Dm C
the river Styx was a river of stones
Gm F
and Hades laid them high and thick
Dm C
with a million hands that were not his own
F Gm
And a million feet that fell in line
Dm C
and stepped in time with Hades' step
Gm F
and a million minds that were just one mind
Dm C Dm C Dm C
Like stones in a row, stone by stone, row by row, the river rose up singing
Dm C Bb
la la la la la la la
Dm C B
la la la la la la la, oh, singing
Dm C Bb
la la la la la la la
Dm C Am
la la la la la la la
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8 comments

It sounds like it should be in open tuning?
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In the Off-Broadway recording with Damon Daunno as Orpheus, he is playing a tenor guitar which is a 4-string guitar tuned as C-G-D-A like a tenor banjo or mandolin. If you wanna play this on a 6-string, I recommend open Dm tuning. It sounds closest.
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The whole first verse isn't right...
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