Chords with lyrics
Broadway
Hamilton - One Last Time
Capo on 2
Verse 1:
HAMILTON:
F# minorF#m E MajorE
Mr. President, you asked to see me?
WASHINGTON:
F# minorF#m
I know you’re busy?
HAMILTON:
E MajorE
What do you need, sir? Sir ?
WASHINGTON:
F# minorF#m
I wanna give you a word of warning
HAMILTON:
F# minorF#m
Sir, I don’t know what you heard
E MajorE
But whatever it is, Jefferson started it
WASHINGTON:
D MajorD C#5C#5
Thomas Jefferson resigned this morning
HAMILTON:
C#C#
You’re kidding
WASHINGTON:
F# minorF#m E MajorE
I need a favor
HAMILTON:
E MajorE
Whatever you say, sir, Jefferson will pay for his behavior
WASHINGTON:
F# minorF#m
Shh. Talk less
HAMILTON:
F# minorF#m
I’ll use the press
E MajorE F# minorF#m
I’ll write under a pseudonym, you’ll see what I can do to him—
WASHINGTON:
F# minorF#m
I need you to draft an address
HAMILTON:
E MajorE
Yes! He resigned. You can finally speak your mind—
WASHINGTON:
D MajorD C#5C#5
No, he’s stepping down so he can run for President
HAMILTON:
D MajorD
Ha. Good luck defeating you, sir
WASHINGTON:
C#5C#5
I’m stepping down. I’m not running for President
HAMILTON:
C#C#
I’m sorry, what?
Chorus:
WASHINGTON:
A augmentedA G+G
One last time
D MajorD E MajorE
Relax, have a drink with me
A augmentedA G+G
One last time
D MajorD E MajorE
Let’s take a break tonight
A augmentedA E MajorE
And then we’ll teach them how to say goodbye
D MajorD
To say goodbye
E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE D MajorD
You and I
HAMILTON:
D MajorD
No, sir, why?
Verse 2:
WASHINGTON:
F# minorF#m
I wanna talk about neutrality
HAMILTON:
E MajorE
Sir, Britain and France sre on the verge of war, is this the best time—
WASHINGTON:
F# minorF#m
I want to warn against fighting
E MajorE
Pick up a pen, start writing
F# minorF#m
I wanna talk about what I have learned
E MajorE
The hard-won wisdom I have earned
HAMILTON:
D7D7
As far as the people are concerned
C#C#
You have to serve, you could continue to serve—
Chorus:
WASHINGTON:
A augmentedA G+G
No! One last time
D MajorD E MajorE
The people will hear from me
A augmentedA G+G
One last time
D MajorD E MajorE
And if we get this right
A augmentedA E MajorE
We’re gonna teach ‘em how to say
D MajorD
Goodbye
E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE G+G
You and I—
Interlude:
HAMILTON:
D MajorD
Mr. President, they will say you’re weak
WASHINGTON:
C majorC D MajorD
No, they will see we’re strong
HAMILTON:
Your position is so unique
WASHINGTON:
C majorC
So I’ll use it to move them along
HAMILTON:
D MajorD
Why do you have to say goodbye?
WASHINGTON:
C majorC D MajorD
If I say goodbye, the nation learns to move on
G+G Bb majorBb
It outlives me when I’m gone
F# minorF#m E MajorE D MajorD A augmentedA
Everyone shall sit under their own vine and fig tree
E MajorE F# minorF#m
And no one shall make them afraid.”
E MajorE D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE F# minorF#m
They’ll be safe in the nation we’ve made
E MajorE D MajorD A augmentedA
I wanna sit under my own vine and fig tree
E MajorE F# minorF#m
A augmentedA moment alone in the shade
E MajorE D MajorD
At home in this nation we’ve made
A augmentedA
One last time
HAMILTON:
G+G A augmentedA
One last time
COMPANY:
C majorC G+G
George Washington’s going home!
WASHINGTON & COMPANY:
A augmentedA C majorC G+G
You and I (George Washington’s going home)
A augmentedA
Going home
C majorC G+G
History has its eyes on you
F# minorF#m
We’re gonna teach ‘em how to say goodbye!
A augmentedA
Teach ‘em how to say goodbye!
G+G
To say goodbye!
Say goodbye!
C majorC G+G A augmentedA G+G A augmentedA
One last time!