Livin' It Up On Top Uke tab by Hadestown (Baritone Chords)

20 Chords used in the song: Cm, Bb/D, Eb/Bb, F/C, Eb, F, Eb/D, D, C, Bb, Am, Eb/F, Gb, Db/F, Ab, G7, A7, A, G, Em

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Year:  2017
Difficulty: 
4.75
(Intermediate)
Key: unknownChords
[Hermes]
Cm Cm
And on the road to hell, there was a
Bb/D Bb/D
lot of waiting

[Company]
Eb/Bb Eb/Bb F/C F/C
Mmm... Waitin'

[Hermes]
Cm Cm Bb/D Bb/D
Everybody waiting on a train

[Company]
Eb/Bb Eb/Bb F/C F/C
Mmm... Waitin' on a lady with a

[Hermes]
Cm Cm Bb/D Bb/D
Waiting on that train to bring that
lady

[Company]
Eb/Bb Eb/Bb F/C F/C
Mmm... Lady

[Hermes]
Cm Cm Bb/D Bb/D
With the suitcase back again
Eb/Bb Eb/Bb F/C F/C
She's never early, always late

[Company]
Cm Cm Bb/D Bb/D
Waitin', waitin'

[Hermes]
Eb Eb F F
These days she never stays for long
Cm Cm Eb/D Eb/D
But good things come to those who
Eb Eb
wait
F F
Here she comes!

[Persephone]
D D
Well it's like he said, I'm an
C C
outdoor girl

[Hermes]
D D C C
And you're late again

[Persephone]
D D
Married to the king of the
C C
underworld

[Hermes]
D D
She forgot a little thing called
C C
spring

[Persephone]
D D C C
Are you wondering where I've been?

[WORKER]
D D
Yeah! Where you been?

[WORKER]
C C
I'm wondering

[Persephone]
D D C C
Been to hell, and back again
D D C C
But like my mama always said:
D D
Brother when you're down, you're
C C
down
D D
When you're up, you're up
D D C C
If you ain't six feet underground,
D D
you're living it up on top!
C C Bb Bb
Let's not talk about hard times
Am Am Bb Bb
Pour the wine, it's summertime!
Am Am D D
'Cause right now we're livin' it

[Company]
C C
How are we livin' it?

[Persephone]
D D
Livin' it, livin' it up
C C D D
Brother, right here we're livin'
it

[Company]
C C
Where are we livin' it?

[Persephone]
D D C C
Livin' it up on top
D D C C
Who makes the summer sun shine
bright?
D D C C
That's right, Persephone!
D D C C
Who makes the fruit of the vine get
ripe

[Company]
D D
Persephone!

[Persephone]
D D C C
That's me
D D C C
Who makes the flowers bloom again,
D D
in spite of a man?

[Company]
C C
You do!

[Persephone]
D D C C
Who's doing the best she can?
D D C C
Persephone, that's who
D D C C
Now some might say, the weather
D D C C
ain't the way it used to be
D D C C
But let me tell you something that
D D C C
my mama said to me
Bb Bb Am Am
You take what you can get, and you
Bb Bb Am Am
make the most of it
D D
So right now we're livin' it

[Company]
C C
How are we livin' it?

[Persephone]
D D
Livin' it, livin' it up
C C D D
Oh brother, right here we're livin'
it

[Company]
C C
Where are we livin' it?

[Persephone]
D D
Livin' it up on top

[Hermes]
C C Eb Eb Eb/F Eb/F
It was summertime on the road to
hell

[Company]
Gb Gb
Mmm...

[Hermes]
Eb Eb Db/F Db/F
There was a girl who had always run
away

[Company]
Gb Gb
Mmm...

[Hermes]
Ab Ab Eb Eb Db/F Db/F
You might say it was in spite of
herself

[Company]
Gb Gb Ab Ab
Mmm, Mmm, Mmm...

[Hermes]
Eb Eb Db/F Db/F
That this young girl decided to stay
Gb Gb Ab Ab
There was a poor boy with a lyre

[Persephone]
Eb Eb Db/F Db/F
Who says times are hard?

[Hermes]
Gb Gb Ab Ab
The flowers bloomed and the fruit
got ripe
Eb Eb Db/F Db/F
And brother for a moment there

[Persephone]
Gb Gb Ab Ab
Anybody want a drink?

[Hermes]
Eb Eb Db/F Db/F Gb Gb
The world came back to life!
Ab Ab

[INSTRUMENTAL]

[Persephone]
G7 G7 A7 A7 D D C C
Up on top, we ain't got
much But we're

[Company]
D D C C
Livin' it, livin' it up

[Persephone]
D D C C
Just enough to fill our cups

[Company]
D D C C
Livin' it up on top

[Persephone]
D D
Brother pass that bottle around
C C
'Cause we're

[Company]
D D C C
Livin' it, livin' it up

[Hermes]
D D C C
Let the poet bless this round

[Orpheus]
A A G G
To the patroness of all of this,
A A G G
Persephone
A A G G
Who has finally returned to us with
A A G G
wine enough to share
F F Em Em
Asking nothing in return except that
F F
we should live
Em Em F F
And learn to live as brothers in
Em Em
this life
F F Em Em
And to trust she will provide
F F Em Em
And if no one takes too much, there
F F Em Em
will always be enough
F F Em Em
She will always fill our cups

[Persephone]
Em Em
I will

[Orpheus]
F F G G
And we will always raise them up
N.C.
To the world we dream about, and the
one we live in now
N.C.
'Cause right now we're livin' it

[Company]
G G
How are we livin' it?

[Orpheus]
A A
Livin' it, livin' it up
G G A A
Oh brother, right here we're livin'
it

[Company]
G G
Where are we livin' it?

[Orpheus]
A A G G
Listen here, I'll tell you where.
A A
We're livin' it up on top

[Company]
G G
Up on top!

[Orpheus]
A A G G
Livin' it up and we ain't gonna stop
A A
Livin' it, livin' it

[Company]
G G
Livin' it, livin' it

[Orpheus]
A A
How are we livin' it?

[Company]
G G
Where are we livin' it?

[Orpheus]
A A
Livin' it, livin' it

[Company]
G G
Livin' it, livin' it
F F G G A A
Livin' it up on top!

Uke tab by , 10 May 2022

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