PERSEPHONE Bb C/Bb Hades, my husband, Hades, my light C/Bb Gm9 Hades, my darkness Gm7 C/Bb If you had heard how he sang tonight C/Bb Gm9 You'd pity poor Orpheus! Gm7 Dm7 D7 All of his sorrow won't fit in his chest Gm7 Bb F/A It just burns like a fire in the pit of his chest Gm7 Bb F/A And his heart is a bird on a spit in his chest Bb F/A Gm7 How long, how long, how long? HADES Bb C/Bb How long? Just as long as Hades is King C/Bb Gm9 Nothing comes of wishing on stars Gm7 C/Bb And nothing comes of the songs people sing C/Bb Gm9 However sorry they are Gm7 Dm7 D7 Give them a piece and they'll take it all Gm7 Bb F/A Show them the crack and they'll tear down the wall Gm7 Bb F/A Lend them an ear and the Kingdom will fall Bb F/A Gm9 The Kingdom will fall for a song PERSEPHONE Bb C/Bb What does he care for the logic of kings? C/Bb Gm9 The laws of your underworld? Gm7 C/Bb It is only for love that he sings! C/Bb Gm9 He sings for the love of a girl HADES Gm9 Dm7 D7 You and your pity don't fit in my bed Gm7 Bb F/A You just burn like a fire in the pit of my bed Gm7 Bb F/A And I turn like a bird on a spit in my bed Bb F/A Gm9 How long, how long, how long? PERSEPHONE Bb C/Bb How long? Just as long as I am your wife C/Bb Gm9 It's true the earth must die Gm7 C/Bb But then the earth comes back to life C/Bb Gm9 And the sun just goes on rising HADES & PERSEPHONE Gm7 Dm7 D7 And how does the sun even fit in the sky? Gm7 Bb F/A It just burns like a fire in the pit of the sky Gm7 Bb F/A And the earth is a bird on a spit in the sky Bb F/A Gm9 How long, how long, how long?
