How Long

Bb
Hades, my husband, Hades, my light
              Gm
Hades, my darkness
                         Bb
If you had heard how he sang tonight
                 Gm
You'd pity poor Orpheus!
                         Dm        
All of his sorrow won't fit in his 
 D
chest
          Gm                       
It just burns like a fire in the 
Bb          F
pit of his chest
          Gm                  Bb  
And his heart is a bird on a spit 
          F
in his chest
 Bb            F        Gm
How long, how long, how long?


[HADES]
  Bb
How long? Just as long as Hades is 
King
                 Eb           Gm
Nothing comes of wishing on stars
      Bb                      
And nothing comes of the songs 
          Bb
people sing
                  Gm
However sorry they are
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  Gm                      Dm      
Give them a piece and they'll take
   D
 it all
  Gm                             
Show them the crack and they'll 
Bb            F
tear down the wall
  Gm                      Bb   
Lend them an ear and the Kingdom 
       F
will fall
    Bb           F            Gm
The Kingdom will fall for a song


[PERSEPHONE]
 Bb                                
What does he care for the logic of 
 F
kings?
                        Gm
The laws of your underworld?
 Bb                            F
It is only for love that he sings!
                            Gm
He sings for the love of a girl!


[HADES]
  Gm                      Dm    
You and your pity don't fit in my 
   D
bed
          Gm                      
You just burn like a fire in the 
Bb        F
pit of my bed
        Gm                   Bb   
And I turn like a bird on a spit 
     F
in my bed
   Bb           F         Gm
How long, how long, how long?


[PERSEPHONE]
  Bb                               
How long? Just as long as I am your
   C
 wife
                         Gm
It's true the earth must die
But then the earth comes back to 
  C
life
                           Gm
And the sun just goes on rising


[HADES & PERSEPHONE]
     Gm                    Dm     
And how does the sun even fit in 
   D
the sky?
           Gm                    
It just burns like a fire in the 
Bb          Dm
pit of the sky
          Gm                  Bb  
And the earth is a bird on a spit 
        Am
in the sky
   Bb          D          Gm
How long, how long, how long?