Epic Iii (broadway) Tab par Anaïs Mitchell

[ORPHEUS]
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King of shadows
C
King of shades
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Hades was king of the Underworld

[HADES, spoken]
Oh, it's about me?

[HERMES, spoken]
Go on...

[ORPHEUS]
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But he fell in love with a 
C
beautiful lady
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Who walked up above
       C
In her mother's green field
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He fell in love with Persephone
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Who was gathering flowers in the light of the sun
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And I know how it was because
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He was like me
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A man in love with a woman
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Singing la la la la la la la
A#       C        D
La la la la la la la

[HADES, spoken]
Where'd you get that melody?

[ORPHEUS]
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La la la la la la la

[PERSEPHONE, spoken]
Let him finish, Hades

[ORPHEUS]
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La la la la la la
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And you didn't know how
C
And you didn't know why
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But you knew that you wanted to take her home
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You saw her alone there, against the sky
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It was like she was someone you'd always known
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It was like you were holding the world when you held her
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Like yours were the arms that the whole world was in
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And there were no words for the way that you felt
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So you opened your mouth and you started to sing:
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La la la la la la la

[ORPHEUS and COMPANY]
A#       C        D
La la la la la la la

[ORPHEUS]
A#       C        Dm
La la la la la la la

[ORPHEUS and COMPANY]
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La la la la la la...

[ORPHEUS]
Gm                         F
And what has become of the heart of that man
Gm                  F
Now that the man is king?
Gm                     F
What has become of the heart of that man
G           F   C
Now that he has everything?

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

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Where is the treasure inside of your chest?
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Where is your pleasure? Where is your youth?
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Where is the man with his arms outstretched?
D
To the woman he loves
C
With nothing to lose
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Singing la la la la la la la…

[HADES]
A#       C        D
La la la la la la la…

[ORPHEUS]
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La la la la la la la…

[ORPHEUS, HADES AND PERSEPHONE]
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La la la la la la…