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Tuning: E A D G B E
[INTRO] D A [WASHINGTON]
BmLet me tell you what I wish I’d Dknown When I was young and dreamed of Emglory
You have no control: [WASHINGTON AND COMPANY]
Who Glives Who dies Who F#tells your story?
[BURR]
BmPresident Jefferson:
[JEFFERSON]
I’ll give him this: his fiDnancial system is a Work of genius. EmI couldn’t undo it if I tried And I tried
[WASHINGTON AND COMPANY]
Who Glives Who dies Who F#tells your story?
[BURR]
BmPresident Madison:
[MADISON]
He took our country from bankruptcy to Dprosperity I hate to admit it, but he doesn’t get enough Emcredit For all the credit he gave us
[WASHINGTON AND COMPANY]
Who Glives Who dies Who F#tells your story?
[ANGELICA]
BmEvery other founding father story gets told DEvery other founding father gets to grow old
[BURR]
EmBut when you’re gone, who remembers your name? GWho keeps your flame?
[BURR AND MEN]
Who F#tells your story? [ANGELICA AND WOMEN] Who tells your story? Who tells your story? Bm Your story?
[WOMEN]
DEliza
[ELIZA]
I put myself back in the F#narrative
[WOMEN] Eliza [ELIZA]
I Bmstop wasting time on tears I Glive another fifty Gmyears It’s not enough
[COMPANY] Eliza [ELIZA]
DI interview every soldier who F#fought by your side
[MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE/LAURENS] She tells our story [ELIZA]
BmI try to make sense of your thousands of pages of Gwritings You really do Gmwrite like you’re running out of—
[ELIZA AND COMPANY]
DTime
[ELIZA] I rely on— [ELIZA AND ANGELICA] Angelica [ELIZA]
F#While she’s alive—
[ELIZA AND ANGELICA] We tell your story [ELIZA]
BmShe is buried in Trinity Church
[ELIZA AND ANGELICA]
Near Gyou
[ELIZA]
When I needed her Gmmost, she was right on—
[ELIZA AND COMPANY]
DTime
[ELIZA] And I’m still not through
I F#ask myself, “What would you do if you had more—”
[ELIZA AND COMPANY]
BmTime
[ELIZA] The Lord, in his kindness
He Ggives me what you always Bbwanted He gives me more—
[ELIZA AND COMPANY]
EbTime
[ELIZA]
I raise funds in D.C. for the GmWashington Monument
[WASHINGTON]
She Gtells my storCmy
[ELIZA] I speak out against slavery
AbYou could have done so much G7more if you only had—
[ELIZA AND COMPANY]
EbTime
[ELIZA]
And when my time is up, have I Gdone enough?
[ELIZA] [COMPANY]
Will they tell our storCmy? Will they tell your story?
[ELIZA]
Oh. Can I show you what I’m Abproudest of?
[COMPANY]
The Eborphanage
[ELIZA]
I established the first Gmprivate Gorphanage in New York City
[COMPANY]
The Cmorphanage
[ELIZA]
I help to raise hundreds of Abchildren I G7get to see them growing up
[COMPANY]
The Eborphanage
[ELIZA]
In their eyes I see you, BbAlexander I see you every—
[ELIZA AND COMPANY]
EbTime
[ELIZA] And when my time is up
Have I Gdone enough? G7 Cm [COMPANY] Will they tell my story? Will they tell your story?
[ELIZA]
Oh, I can’t wait to see you aAbgain It’s G7only a matter of—
[ELIZA AND COMPANY]
EbTimeG
[COMPANY] Will they tell your story? [COMPANY] Who lives, who dies, Cm Ab who tells your story? Time...
EbTimeG... Will they tell your story? Cm Ab Time... Who lives, who dies—
[FULL COMPANY]
Who Bbtells your storEby?