Chords for chant II | hadestown | animatic

_ [Fm] _ [F#] Now everybody [C#m] knows the walls have ears.
Is it true?
_ And the walls had heard what the boy was saying.
Is it [F#] true? _ _
A [C#m] million tons of stone and steel.
Is it true?
_ Echoed his refrain.
[C#] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [G#] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ [A] _ [G#m] _ [C#] When [C#m] I was a young man [C#] like [F#m] you, son, [G#m] I held a woman [C#m] too.
Held her in my [C#] naked [F#m] hands.
When I was a [G#m] young [C#m] man, now you know [F#m] how it feels.
Women [G#m] are as slick as [C#m] eels.
Woman quicker than they [F#m] ask.
And always slipping [G#m] from your [C#m] grasp.
Taken from a man no longer [F#] young.
[C#m] If you want [B] to hold a woman, [C#] son,
[C#m] hang a chain around her [B] throat.
[C#] Made [G#m] of manicuric [C#m] gold.
Shackle her from wrist to wrist [F#m] with sterling silver [G#m] bracelets.
[C#]
Fill [E] her pockets full of stones, precious [G#m] ones.
[C#] Diamonds [C#m] bind her with a [F#m] golden band.
[C#m] Take it from an old man.
Keep your head, keep your head low.
You gotta keep your head low.
If you [B] wanna keep your head low.
Whoa, [C#m] he said, he shelterized.
He said, he hired me.
He said, we build him up and then the walls would set us free.
I'm gonna count to three and then I'll break my head singing.
One, two.
Is it true?
[A] Is [G#m] it true what he [C#m] said?
When I was a young girl [F#m] like you, sister, [G#m] I was hungry [C#] too.
[C#m] Hungry for the underworld.
[F#m]
[G#m] When I was a young [C#m] girl.
Now you know [F#m] how it tastes.
The fruit of [G#m] Mr.
Hades' [C#] waist.
[C#m] Sister, it's a bitter [F#m] wine.
Spit it out [G#m] while you still [C#m] have time.
Take it from a woman of my [B] age.
[A] Love is not a [G#m] gilded [C#m] cage.
All the wealth within these [B] walls.
I'll [D#] never [G#m] buy the thing called [C#m] love.
Love was when he came to [A] me.
Begging on [G#m] his bended [C#m] knees to please [F#] have pity on his [A] heart.
And let him lay [G#m] me in the dirt.
[A] I felt his [G#m] arms around me [A] then.
We didn't [G#m] need a wedding [A] bed.
Dark [G#m] seeds scattered on the [A] ground.
The wild [B] birds were flying around.
[A] _ [G#m] That's when I became his [A] wife.
But that was in [G#m] another life.
[A] That was in another [B] world.
[A] When I [G#m] was a young [C#m] girl.
Keep your head low.
Oh, you gotta keep your head low.
If you wanna keep your head low.
Oh, he said he sheltered us.
He said he [A] harbored [C#m] me.
He [C#] said [F#] he sold you [G#m] on.
And then the war would [C#m] bring us peace.
We're gonna count to [E] three.
And then [C#m] we'll raise our heads.
And we'll sing him.
[E] Is [B] it [A] true?
Is [E] it true [D#] what [C#m] he said?
Young man, I was young once too.
I once sang [B] the young man's blues.
[C#m] Women come and women go.
Get you high and [B] get you low.
[C#m] One day she's hot, the next she's cold.
Women are so [B] seasonal.
[C#m] Women leave again and again.
[C#m] Take it from an old man.
Now I sing a different song.
One I can [A] depend [C#m] upon.
A simple tune, a steady beat.
[F#m] The music of machinery.
[C#m] You hear that heavy metal [G#] sound?
The [D#m] symphony [A] of Haiti's [C#m] town.
In this symphony of [C#] mine.
[D#m] Of power [A] chords and power [C#m] lines.
Young man, you can strum your [G#m] lyre.
[F#m] I have strung the world in [C#m] wire.
Young man, you can sing your ditty.
I conduct [N] the electric city! _ _
_ _ _ _ I tell you what, young man.
Since my wife is such a fan.
And since I'm going to count to three.
And put you out of your misery.
[D#] One!
Give me one more song.
One [C#m] more song before I [B] send you.
Two!
To the great beyond.
[C#] Where nobody [D] can hear you singing.
Three!
[C#] Sing a song for me.
Make me laugh.
Make me weep.
Make the [B] king feel young again.
[A] _ _ [G#] Sing!
For an _ [C#] old man.
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