Hadestown - Wedding Song - Misc Musicals
Tuning: G, E A D G B E
Original Broadway Cast Album version. In the original key with no capo.
[Intro]
[Eurydice]
Lover, tell me
if you can
Who's gonna bu
y the wedding
bands?
Times being wh
at they are
Hard and getti
ng harder all
the time
[Orpheus]
Lover, when I
sing my song
All the rivers
'll sing along
And they're go
nna break thei
r banks for us
And with their
gold, be gene
rous
All a-flashing
in the pan, a
ll to fashion
for your hand
The river's go
nna give us th
e wedding band
s
[Eurydice]
Lover, tell me
if you're abl
e
Who's gonna la
y the wedding
table?
Times being wh
at they are
Dark and getti
ng darker all
the time
[Orpheus]
Lover, when I
sing my song
All the trees
gonna sing alo
ng
And they're go
nna bend their
branches down
To lay their f
ruit upon the
ground
The almond and
the apple
And the sugar
from the maple
The trees gonn
a lay the wedd
ing table
[Instrumental]
[Eurydice]
So when you si
ng your song
The one you're
working on
Spring will co
me again?
[Orpheus]
Yes
[Eurydice]
Why don't you
sing it then?
[Orpheus]
It isn't finis
hed
[Eurydice]
Sing it
You wanna take
me home?
[Orpheus]
Yes
[Eurydice]
Sing the song
[Orpheus]
La la la la la
la la...
La la la la la
la la...
[Company]
La la la la la
la la...
La la la la la
la la...
La la la la la
la la...
[Eurydice]
How'd you do t
hat?
[Orpheus]
I don't know,
The song's not
finished thou
gh
[Eurydice]
Even so, it ca
n do this?
[Orpheus]
I know...
[Eurydice]
You have to fi
nish it!
Lover, tell me
when we're we
d
Who's gonna ma
ke the wedding
bed?
Times being wh
at they are
Hard and getti
ng harder all
the time
[Orpheus]
Lover, when I
sing my song
All the birds
gonna sing alo
ng
And they'll co
me flying from
all around
To lay their f
eathers on the
ground
And we'll lie
down in eiderd
own
A pillow 'neat
h our heads
The birds gonn
a make the wed
ding bed
[Eurydice]
And the trees
gonna lay the
wedding table
[Orpheus]
And the rivers
gonna give us
the wedding b
ands
[Company]
Ooooooh