Chords
Hadestown - Wait For Me

Key: E

Introduction:

 G                                             D 
You?ll have to take the long way down
                       Em                                     C 
Through the underground, under cover of night
 G                                       D 
Laying low, staying out of sight
               Em                                                 C 
There ain?t no compass, brother, ain?t no map
                   G                                           D 
Just a telephone wire and the railroad track
 Em                                                   C 
You keep on walking and you don?t look back
                   G                                 D 
?Til you get to the bottomland
ORPHEUS
 Em             C             G       D 
Wait for me, I?m coming
 Em             C             G       D 
Wait, I?m coming with you
 Em             C               G       D 
Wait for me, I?m coming too
                       Em 
I?m coming too
HERMES
 Em                                 C 
The River Styx is high and wide
 G                                   D 
Cinder bricks and razor wire
 Em                         C 
Walls of iron and concrete
 G                                     D 
Hound dogs howling 'round the gate
 Em                                       C 
Them dogs?ll lay down and play dead
                 G                                         D 
If you got the bones, if you got the bread
                 Em                                   C 
But if all you got is your own two legs
           G                               D 
You best be glad you got ?em
ORPHEUS and FATES
 Em             C             G       D 
Wait for me, I?m coming
 Em             C             G       D 
Wait, I?m coming with you
 Em             C             G       D 
Wait for me, I?m coming too
                       Em 
I?m coming too
HERMES
 Em                                               C 
You?re on the lam, you?re on the run
 G                                                 D 
Don?t give your name, you don?t have one
         Em                               C 
And don?t look no one in the eye
   G                                         D 
This town will try to suck you dry
                 Em                                               C 
They?ll suck your brain, they?ll suck your breath
                     G                                     D 
They?ll pluck the heart right out your chest
                     Em                                 C 
They?ll truss you up in your Sunday best
               G                                   D 
And stuff your mouth with cotton
ORPHEUS and COMPANY
 Em             C             G       D 
Wait for me, I?m coming
 Em             C             G       D 
Wait, I?m coming with you
 Em             C             G             D 
Wait for me, I?m coming too
I?m coming!
 Em 
Wait,
 C 
Wait,
 G 
Wait,
 D 
Wait...