Misc Musicals - Hamilton - burn
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[Verse]
BmI saved every letter you F#wrote me
Gmaj7From the moment I rDead them
I kneEmw you were Bmmine
You said you werF#e mine
I thought were mGine D A/C#
BmDo you know what AngelicaF# said
Gmaj7When we saw your first letter D(add4)arrive?
Em7She said: "BmBe careful with that oF#ne, love
Gmaj7he will do what it takes to Dsurvive."
D/C#You and your wBmords flooded my sF#enses
Gmaj7Your sentences left me defenseD(add4)less
Em7You built me pBmalaces out of pF#aragraphs
Gmaj7You built cathDedrals D/C#
BmI'm re-reading the letterF#/A#s you wrote me
Gmaj7I'm searching and scanning forD answers
Em7In every lBm7ine
For some kiF#nd of sign
And when you wD/Gere mGmaj7ine
[Chorus]
GThe world seemed to D/Aburn Bm F#m F#m/E F#m/D G
BD/Aurn Bm F#m F#m/E F#m/D G
[Verse]
BmYou published the lettersF# she wrote you
Gmaj7You told the whole world how you broDught this girl
D/EInto our bBmed
F#In clearing your name
You have ruined our Gmaj7lives D D/E
BmDo you know what AngelicaF# said
Gmaj7When she read what you'Dd done?
Em11She said: "Bm9You have married an IF#mcarusF#.
GHe has flown too close to the Dsun."
A7/C#You and your wBmords obsessed with your lF#7egacy
GYour sentences border on seDsus2nseless
A/C#And you are pBm7aranoid in every pF#7aragraph
Gmaj9How they perceive you-
GYou, you, you
BmI'm erasing myself from tF#/A#he narrative
Gmaj9Let future historians wDonder
Em7How Eliza reaBm7cted
When you broke heF#7r heart
GYou have torn it all aD/Gpart
[Chorus]
GI'm watching it D/Aburn Bm F#m F#m/E F#m/D G
D/AWatchBmingF#m it F#m/Eburn F#m/D G
[Verse]
GThe world has no rG/Aight to my heDart
Bbmaj7#5
The world has no place in our bed
They dBm7on't get to know what I D/Gsaid
A7susI'm burning the mDemories
Bbmaj7#5
Burning the letters
that might have Bm7redeemed you
D/GYou forfeit all riA7ghts to my D(add2)heart
You forfeit the pGm/Bblace in our bed
You'll sBm7leep in your office Ginstead
A9With only theD memories
of when you were mD/C#ine D/F# D/E D G
I hope that youBm buF#/A#rn Gmaj7 D Em7 Bsus2