When The Chips Are Down (+ Intro) Uke tab by Hadestown

8 Chords used in the song: C, Cm, Fm, Eb, G7, Fm/G, G7/D, Fm/D

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Artist: Hadestown

Album: unknown

Difficulty:

5.13

(Intermediate)

Key: Cm, FmChords

[Hermes]
N.C.
Songbird versus rattlesnake

[Fates]
C
Mmm...

[Eurydice]
N.C.
What is it?

[Hermes]
N.C.
Eurydice was a hungry, young girl

[Fates]
C
Mmm...

[Hades]
N.C.
Your ticket

[Hermes]
N.C.
And Hades gave her a choice to make

[Fates]
C
Mmm...
Mmm...
Mmm...

[Hermes]
N.C.
A ticket to the underworld

Cm Fm x8

[Verse 1]
Cm
Life ain't easy
Fm
Life ain't fair
Eb                           
A girl's gotta fight for her 
G7
rightful share
Cm                         Fm
What you gonna do when the chips are
down
Eb           G7
Now that the chips are down?
Cm                         Fm
What you gonna do when the chips are
down
Cm           G7        Cm
Now that the chips are down?

[Verse 2]
Cm
Help yourself
Fm
To hell with the rest
Eb               G7
Even the one who loves you best
Cm                         Fm
What you gonna do when the chips are
down
Eb           G7
Now that the chips are down?
Cm                         Fm
What you gonna do when the chips are
down
Cm           G7        Cm
Now that the chips are down?

[Eurydice]
Cm     Fm     Eb       G7
Oh, my aching heart...

[Fates]
Cm                         Fm
What you gonna do when the chips are
down
Cm           G7        Cm
Now that the chips are down?

[Instrumental]
Cm Fm/G x6

[Verse 3]
Cm
Take if you can
Fm
Give if you must
Eb               G7
Ain't nobody but yourself to trust
Cm                         Fm
What you gonna do when the chips are
down
Eb           G7
Now that the chips are down?
Cm                         Fm
What you gonna do when the chips are
down
Cm           G7        Cm
Now that the chips are down?

[Verse 4]
Cm
Aim for the heart
Fm
Shoot to kill
Eb                          G7
If you don't do it then the other 
one will
Cm                         Fm
What you gonna do when the chips are
down
Eb           G7
Now that the chips are down?
Cm                         Fm
What you gonna do when the chips are
down
Cm           G7        Cm
Now that the chips are down?

[Verse 5]
        Cm             Fm
And the first shall be first
        Eb            G7/D
And the last shall be last
Cm        Fm      Eb     G7
Cast your eyes to heaven
                       Cm
You get a knife in the back
         Fm
Nobody's righteous
Eb       G7/D
Nobody's proud
Cm       Fm
Nobody's innocent
Eb           G7/D
Now that the chips are down
Cm
Now that the-
Fm
Now that the-
Eb
Now that the-
Fm/D
Now that the-
Cm          G7         Cm   G7 Cm
Now that the chips are down