Epic III (Hadestown)

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Am                    Em
Heavy and hard is the heart of the king
Am           Em
King of iron, king of steel
Am                    Em
The heart of the king loves everything
         Am     D         Am
Like the hammer loves the nail


C                     D
But the heart of a man is a simple one
C              D
Small and soft, flesh and blood
    C                D
And all that it loves is a woman
C          D
a woman is all that it loves


    C                    D
And Hades is King of the scythe and the sword
C                          D
He covers the world in the color of rust
C                 D
He scrapes the sky and scars the earth
C                               D
And he comes down heavy and hard on us


C                        D
But even that hardest of hearts unhardened
C                 D
Suddenly, when he saw her there
C                 D
Persephone in her mother’s garden
C                     D
Sun on her shoulders, wind in her hair


C                            D
The smell of the flowers she held in her hand
C                                 D
And the pollen that fell from her fingertips
C                      D
And suddenly Hades was only a man
C                        D
With a taste of nectar upon his lips, singing:


C         D        Em
La la la la la la la…
C         D        E
La la la la la la la… oh singing
C        D        Em
La la la la la la la…
C        D
La la la la la la


Am                         Em
And what has become of the heart of that man,
Am                   Em
Now that the man is King?
Am                      Em
What has become of the heart of that man,
Am          D        Am
Now that he has everything?


C               D
The more he has, the more he holds,
C                             D
The greater the weight of the world on his shoulders
C                   D
See how he labors beneath that load
C                        D
Afraid to look up, and afraid to let go
C                                 D
And he keeps his head low, and he keeps his back bending
C                             D
He grows so afraid that he'll lose what he owns
C                                D
But what he doesn't know is that what he's defending
C          D
Is already gone


C                       D
Where is the treasure inside your chest?
C                       D
Where is your pleasure? Where is your youth?
C                          D
Where is the man with his hat in his hands?
    C
Who stands in the garden with nothing to lose, singing:


C        D        Em
La la la la la la la…
C        D        E
La la la la la la la… oh singing
C        D        Em
La la la la la la la…
C        D         E
La la la la la la
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research. UkuTabs does not own any songs, lyrics or arrangements posted and/or printed. This arrangement was downloaded for free on UkuTabs.com.
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