Length: 5:29

BPM: 98

[Intro] Cm Bb Cm Bb [HERMES] Cm Bb And on the road to hell, there was a lot of waiting [COMPANY] Cm Bb Mmm... Waitin' [HERMES] Cm Bb Everybody waiting on a train [COMPANY] Cm Bb Mmm... Waitin' on a lady with a [HERMES] Cm Bb Waiting on a train to bring that lady [COMPANY] Cm Bb Mmm... Lady [HERMES] Cm Bb With the suitcase back again Cm Bb She's never early, always late [COMPANY] Cm Bb Waitin', waitin' [HERMES] Cm Bb These days she never stays for long Cm Bb But good things come to those who wait Here she comes! [PERSEPHONE] Dm C Well it's like he said, I'm an outdoor girl [HERMES] Dm C And you're late again [PERSEPHONE] Dm C Married to the king of the underworld [HERMES] Dm C She forgot a little thing called spring [PERSEPHONE] Dm C Are you wondering where I've been? [WORKER] Dm Yeah! Where you been? [WORKER] C I'm wondering [PERSEPHONE] Dm C Been to hell, and back again Dm C But like my mama always said: Dm C Brother when you're down, you're down Dm C When you're up, you're up Dm C Dm If you ain't six feet underground, you're living it up on top C Bb Let's not talk about hard times A Bb Pour the wine, it's summertime! A Dm 'Cause right now we're livin' it [COMPANY] C How are we livin' it? [PERSEPHONE] Dm Livin' it, livin' it up C Dm Oh brother, right here we're livin' it [COMPANY] C Where are we livin' it? [PERSEPHONE] Dm C Livin' it up on top Dm C Who makes the summer sun shine bright? Dm C That's right, Persephone! Dm C Who makes the fruit of the vine get ripe [COMPANY] Dm Persephone! [PERSEPHONE] Dm C That's me Dm C Dm Who makes the flowers bloom again, in spite of a man? [COMPANY] C You do! [PERSEPHONE] Dm C Who's doing the best she can? Dm C Persephone, that's who Dm C Dm C Now some might say, the weather ain't the way it used to be Dm C Dm C But let me tell you something that my mama said to me Bb A Bb A You take what you can get, and you make the most of it Dm So right now we're livin' it [COMPANY] C How are we livin' it? [PERSEPHONE] Dm Livin' it, livin' it up C Dm Oh brother, right here we're livin' it [COMPANY] C Where are we livin' it? [PERSEPHONE] Dm Livin' it up on top [HERMES] Ebm C# It was summertime on the road to hell [COMPANY] Ebm C# Mmm... [HERMES] Ebm C# There was a girl who had always run away [COMPANY] Ebm C# Mmm... [HERMES] Ebm C# You might say it was in spite of herself [COMPANY] Ebm C# Mmm, Mmm, Mmm... [HERMES] Ebm C# That this young girl decided to stay Ebm C# There was a poor boy with a lyre [PERSEPHONE] Ebm C# Who says times are hard? [HERMES] Ebm C# The flowers bloomed and the fruit got ripe Ebm C# And brother for a moment there [PERSEPHONE] Gb Ab Anybody want a drink? [HERMES] Ebm C# Ebm C# The world came back to life! [INSTRUMENTAL] (Soft rhythm) G F G F G F G F (Rhythm increases) G F G F G F G F (Less rhythm more piano and strings) G F G F (Rhythm increases again & freestyle!) G F G F G F G F G F G F G F G F G F G F G F G F G F G F [PERSEPHONE] Dm C Up on top, we ain't got much But we're [COMPANY] Dm C Livin' it up [PERSEPHONE] Dm C Just enough to fill our cups [COMPANY] Dm C Livin' it up on top [PERSEPHONE] Dm Brother pass that bottle around C 'Cause we're [COMPANY] Dm C Livin' it, livin' it up [HERMES] Dm 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!