Hermes Cm Bb/D And on the road to hell, there was a lot of waiting Company Eb/Bb F/C Mmm... Waitin' Hermes Cm Bb/D Everybody waiting on a train Company Eb/Bb F/C Mmm... Waitin' on a lady with a Hermes Cm Bb/D Waiting on a train to bring that lady Company Eb/Bb F/C Mmm... Lady Hermes Cm Bb/D With the suitcase back again Eb/Bb F/C She's never early, always late Company Cm Bb/D Waitin', waitin' Hermes Eb F These days she never stays for long Cm Eb/D Eb But good things come to those who wait F Here she comes! Persephone D C Well it's like he said, I'm an outdoor girl Hermes D C And you're late again Persephone D C Married to the king of the underworld Hermes D C She forgot a little thing called spring Persephone D C Are you wondering where I've been? WORKER D Yeah! Where you been? WORKER C I'm wondering Persephone D C Been to hell, and back again D C But like my mama always said: D C Brother when you're down, you're down D When you're up, you're up D C D If you ain't six feet underground, you're living it up on top C Bb Let's not talk about hard times Am Bb Pour the wine, it's summertime! Am D 'Cause right now we're livin' it Company C How are we livin' it? Persephone D Livin' it, livin' it up C D Oh brother, right here we're livin' it Company C Where are we livin' it? Persephone D C Livin' it up on top D C Who makes the summer sun shine bright? D C That's right, Persephone! D C Who makes the fruit of the vine get ripe Company D Persephone! Persephone D C That's me D C D Who makes the flowers bloom again, in spite of a man? Company C You do! Persephone D C Who's doing the best she can? D C Persephone, that's who D C D C Now some might say, the weather ain't the way it used to be D C D C But let me tell you something that my mama said to me Bb Am Bb Am You take what you can get, and you make the most of it D So right now we're livin' it Company C How are we livin' it? Persephone D Livin' it, livin' it up C D Oh brother, right here we're livin' it Company C Where are we livin' it? Persephone D Livin' it up on top Hermes C Eb Eb/F It was summertime on the road to hell Company Gb Mmm... Hermes Eb Db/F There was a girl who had always run away Company Gb Mmm... Hermes Ab Eb Db/F You might say it was in spite of herself Company Gb Ab Mmm, Mmm, Mmm... Hermes Eb Db/F That this young girl decided to stay Gb Ab There was a poor boy with a lyre Persephone Eb Db/F Who says times are hard? Hermes Gb Ab The flowers bloomed and the fruit got ripe Eb Db/F And brother for a moment there Persephone Gb Ab Anybody want a drink? Hermes Eb Db/F Gb Ab The world came back to life! INSTRUMENTAL Persephone G7 A7 D C Up on top, we ain't got much But we're Company D C Livin' it up Persephone D C Just enough to fill our cups Company D C Livin' it up on top Persephone D Brother pass that bottle around C 'Cause we're Company D C Livin' it, livin' it up Hermes D C Let the poet bless this round Orpheus A G A G To the patroness of all of this, Persephone A G A G Who has finally returned to us with wine enough to share F Em F Asking nothing in return except that we should live Em F Em And learn to live as brothers in this life F Em And to trust she will provide F Em F Em And if no one takes too much, there will always be enough F Em She will always fill our cups Persephone Em I will Orpheus F 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 How are we livin' it? Orpheus A Livin' it up G A Oh brother, right here we're livin' it Company G Where are we livin' it? Orpheus A G Listen here, I'll tell you where. A We're livin' it up on top Company G Up on top! Orpheus A G Livin' it up and we ain't gonna stop A Livin' it, livin' it Company G Livin' it, livin' it Orpheus A How are we livin' it? Company G Where are we livin' it? Orpheus A Livin' it, livin' it Company G Livin' it, livin' it F G A Livin' it up on top!
