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Alright, I JUST submitted a set of chords for this that I did by ear that worked but
weren't how Anais Mitchell plays it. Then i looked up a video and it turned out to
be totally doable to figure out how she actually does it! Now you, too, can do it. 
Play it capo fifth fret to match the key on the album, although in the version I
learned it from she played it at the fourth fret. The intro gets fingerpicked to this
pattern:
  Dsus21 e + a 2 e + a Dm3 e + a 4 e + a Am71 e + a 2 e + a A73 e + a 4 e + a
e-----------0-----1-------0---------------------------------------|
B-3-----3---------------3-----3---1---------1-----2---------2-----|
G-----2---------------2-----------------0---------------0---------|
D-------------------------------------2---------------2-----------|
A---------------------------------0-------0-------0-------0-------|
D---0-----0-------0-------0-----------------------------------------|
and the rest of the song gets played consistently in the pattern used for both A chords
up there. just move to the appropriate four strings. (sometimes she swtiches whether
the third or fourth string gets picked on the downbeat, just listen for it if it's
crucial.) There's two chords I don't know enough theory to name properly, but i'm
certain of the notes in them.
         Dsus2: 0xx230
            Dm: 0xx231
           Am7: x0201x
            A7: x0202x
             C: x3201x
 G7/F(?)      : 3230xx
 A7/E(?)      : 2020xx
Intro:
Dsus2, Dm, Am7, A7 (as above)
Dsus2, Dsus2, G7/F, A7/E
CHades, my husband, Hades, my G7/Flight
G7/FHades, my darkDsus2ness
Dsus2If you had heard how he sang G7/Ftonight
You’d G7/Fpity poor OrpheDsus2us!
Dsus2All of his sorrow won’t Am7fit in his A7chest
Dsus2It just burns like a fire in the G7/Fpit of his A7/Echest
Dsus2And his heart is a bird on a G7/Fspit in his A7/Echest
How G7/Flong, how A7/Elong, how Dsus2long?
How Clong? Just as long as Hades is G7/FKing
Nothing G7/Fcomes of wishing on Dsus2stars
Dsus2And nothing comes of the songs people G7/Fsing
G7/FHowever sorry they Dsus2are
Dsus2Give them a piece and Am7they’ll take it A7all
Dsus2Show them the crack and they’ll G7/Ftear down the A7/Ewall
Dsus2Lend them an ear and the G7/FKingdom will A7/Efall
G7/FThe Kingdom will A7/Efall for a Dsus2song
CWhat does he care for the logic of G7/Fkings?
The G7/Flaws of your underDsus2world?
Dsus2It is only for love that he G7/Fsings!
He G7/Fsings for the love of a Dsus2girl
Dsus2You and your pity don’t Am7fit in my A7bed
Dsus2You just burn like a fire in the G7/Fpit of my A7/Ebed
Dsus2And I turn like a bird on a G7/Fspit in my A7/Ebed
How G7/Flong, how A7/Elong, how Dsus2long?
How Clong? Just as long as I am your G7/Fwife
It’s G7/Ftrue the earth must Dsus2die
Dsus2But then the earth comes back to G7/Flife
And the G7/Fsun just goes on Dsus2rising
Dsus2And how does the sun even Am7fit in the A7sky?
Dsus2It just burns like a fire in the G7/Fpit of the A7/Esky
Dsus2And the earth is a bird on a G7/Fspit in the A7/Esky
How G7/Flong, how A7/Elong, how Dsus2long?

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Hades And Persephone

by Anaïs Mitchell

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 5 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Dsus2

Am7

G7/F

A7/E

Alright, I JUST submitted a set of chords for this that I did by ear that worked but

weren't how Anais Mitchell plays it. Then i looked up a video and it turned out to

be totally doable to figure out how she actually does it! Now you, too, can do it.

Play it capo fifth fret to match the key on the album, although in the version I

learned it from she played it at the fourth fret. The intro gets fingerpicked to this

pattern:

Dsus2 Dm Am7 A7

1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a

e-----------0-----1-------0---------------------------------------|

B-3-----3---------------3-----3---1---------1-----2---------2-----|

G-----2---------------2-----------------0---------------0---------|

D-------------------------------------2---------------2-----------|

A---------------------------------0-------0-------0-------0-------|

D---0-----0-------0-------0-----------------------------------------|

and the rest of the song gets played consistently in the pattern used for both A chords

up there. just move to the appropriate four strings. (sometimes she swtiches whether

the third or fourth string gets picked on the downbeat, just listen for it if it's

crucial.) There's two chords I don't know enough theory to name properly, but i'm

certain of the notes in them.

Dsus2

: 0xx230

: 0xx231

Am7

: x0201x

: x0202x

: x3201x

G7/F

(?) : 3230xx

A7/E

(?) : 2020xx

Intro:

Dsus2, Dm, Am7, A7 (as above)

Dsus2, Dsus2, G7/F, A7/E

C G7/F

Hades, my husband, Hades, my light

G7/F Dsus2

Hades, my darkness

Dsus2 G7/F

If you had heard how he sang tonight

G7/F Dsus2

You’d pity poor Orpheus!

Dsus2 Am7 A7

All of his sorrow won’t fit in his chest

Dsus2 G7/F A7/E

It just burns like a fire in the pit of his chest

Dsus2 G7/F A7/E

And his heart is a bird on a spit in his chest

G7/F A7/E Dsus2

How long, how long, how long?

C G7/F

How long? Just as long as Hades is King

G7/F Dsus2

Nothing comes of wishing on stars

Dsus2 G7/F

And nothing comes of the songs people sing

G7/F Dsus2

However sorry they are

Dsus2 Am7 A7

Give them a piece and they’ll take it all

Dsus2 G7/F A7/E

Show them the crack and they’ll tear down the wall

Dsus2 G7/F A7/E

Lend them an ear and the Kingdom will fall

G7/F A7/E Dsus2

The Kingdom will fall for a song

C G7/F

What does he care for the logic of kings?

G7/F Dsus2

The laws of your underworld?

Dsus2 G7/F

It is only for love that he sings!

G7/F Dsus2

He sings for the love of a girl

Dsus2 Am7 A7

You and your pity don’t fit in my bed

Dsus2 G7/F A7/E

You just burn like a fire in the pit of my bed

Dsus2 G7/F A7/E

And I turn like a bird on a spit in my bed

G7/F A7/E Dsus2

How long, how long, how long?

C G7/F

How long? Just as long as I am your wife

G7/F Dsus2

It’s true the earth must die

Dsus2 G7/F

But then the earth comes back to life

G7/F Dsus2

And the sun just goes on rising

Dsus2 Am7 A7

And how does the sun even fit in the sky?

Dsus2 G7/F A7/E

It just burns like a fire in the pit of the sky

Dsus2 G7/F A7/E

And the earth is a bird on a spit in the sky

G7/F A7/E Dsus2

How long, how long, how long?

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