A Better Story

Ignore notes in text, its a repeating Dm C Am F progression D C A persephone grew up and got married D C A and she forgets to visit her mom sometimes D C A so maybe the loss was real D C A but the story wasn’t quite refined D C A so demeter wove her tale, D C A told the world about the man D C A who stole her child without a care D C A and how, to cope, she ravages the land D C A and she keeps it up year after year D causing rainstorms and thunder, C A patch it up with wildflowers, D C A place the blame for her destruction on hades and his reign D C A D C A 'cause ain’t that a better story D C A time after time D C A the world would lose its heroes D C A if truth was most sublime D C A so go and cloak yourself in sheepskin D C A you’re still just a mortal in disguise D C A but the god who cries wolf loudest D C A has the power to defend their lies D C A D C A D C A orpheus and eurydice, two lovers D C A walk the stairway out of hell D C A D C A orpheus leads the way with eurydice behind D C A the stairs were too narrow to look around D C A but orpheus, he was afraid D he turns too fast, C A D And eurydice, she fell C A down D C A D C A orpheus screamed and cried and cursed himself for his mistake D C A D C A but he knew he couldn’t return to the surface with no story to protect his name D C A D C A so he composed himself a song of tragedy and pain D C A D C A And everything went wrong because of the merciless hades’ whim D C A now ain’t that a better story D C A time after time D C A the world would lose its heroes D C A if truth was most sublime D C A so go and cloak yourself in sheepskin D C A you’re still just a mortal in disguise D C A but the god who cries wolf loudest D C A D C A D C A D C A D has the power to defend their lies