Burn chords by Lin-Manuel Miranda

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:

Am E  F C Dm (x2)


Eliza:

 Am           E
I saved every letter you wrote me
F         C
From the moment I read them
 Dm       Am
I knew you were mine
          E
You said you were mine
          F   C Dm
I thought you were mine

Am         E
Do you know what Angelica said
     F           C    Dm
When we saw your first letter arrive?

She said

Am        E
“Be careful with that one, love
    F           C
He will do what it takes to survive.”

Dm      Am        E
You and your words flooded my senses
   F          C
Your sentences left me defenseless
Dm       Am       E
You built me palaces out of paragraphs
       F    C Dm
You built cathedrals
     Am           E
I’m re-reading the letters you wrote me
   F             C
I’m searching and scanning for answers
  Dm  Am
In every line
         E
For some kind of sign
          F
And when you were mine

The world seemed to

C Am Em  F
Burn
C Am Em  F
Burn

   Am            E
You published the letters she wrote you
  F               C
You told the whole world how you brought
      Dm   Am
This girl into our bed
         E             F   C Dm
In clearing your name, you have ruined our lives
Am         E      F
Do you know what Angelica said
             C   Dm
When she read what you’d done?
     Am
She said
            E
“You have married an Icarus
    F           C
He has flown too close to the sun.”

Dm      Am            E
You and your words, obsessed with your legacy...
    F          C
Your sentences border on senseless
Dm      Am        E
And you are paranoid in every paragraph
      F
How they perceive you

You, you, you…
   Am           E
I’m erasing myself from the narrative
   F         C     Dm
Let future historians wonder how Eliza
Am            E
Reacted when you broke her heart
F
You have torn it all apart

I am watching it

C Am Em  F
Burn
      C  Am Em  F
Watching it burn
         G       C
The world has no right to my heart
         Em
The world has no place in our bed
   Am            F
They don’t get to know what I said
   G       C
I’m burning the memories
       Em           Am
Burning the letters that might have redeemed you
   F      G      C
You forfeit all rights to my heart
         Em
You forfeit the place in our bed
   Am          F
You sleep in your office instead
   G     C
With only the memories
       Em    Am F
Of when you were mine
         Am E  F C Dm Am
I hope that you burn