Capo on 1st fret
verse 1:
Hamilton
F#m E
Mr. president, you asked to see me?
Washington
F#m
I know you?re busy?
Hamilton
E
What do you need, sir? sir??
Washington
F#m
I wanna give you a word of warning
Hamilton
Sir, i don?t know what you heard
E
But whatever it is, jefferson started it
Washington
D C#5
Thomas jefferson resigned this morning
Hamilton
You?re kidding
Washington
F#m E
I need a favor
Hamilton
Whatever you say, sir, jefferson will pay for his behavior
Washington
F#m
Shh. talk less
Hamilton
I?ll use the press
E F#m
I?ll write under a pseudonym, you?ll see what i can do to him?
Washington
I need you to draft an address
Hamilton
E
Yes! he resigned. you can finally speak your mind?
Washington
D C#5
No, he?s stepping down so he can run for president
Hamilton
D
Ha. good luck defeating you, sir
Washington
C#5
I?m stepping down. i?m not running for president
Hamilton
I?m sorry, what?
chorus:
Washington
A G
One last time
D E
Relax, have a drink with me
A G
One last time
D E
Let?s take a break tonight
A E
And then we?ll teach them how to say goodbye
D
To say goodbye
E A E D
You and i
Hamilton
No, sir, why?
verse 2:
Washington
F#m
I wanna talk about neutrality
Hamilton
E
Sir, with britain and france on the verge of war, is this the best time?
Washington
F#m
I want to warn against partisan fighting
Hamilton
But?
Washington
E
Pick up a pen, start writing
F#m
I wanna talk about what i have learned
E
The hard-won wisdom i have earned
Hamilton
D7/A
As far as the people are concerned
C#7sus4 C#7
You have to serve, you could continue to serve?
chorus:
Washington
A G
No! one last time
D E
The people will hear from me
A G
One last time
D E
And if we get this right
A E
We?re gonna teach ?em how to say
D
Goodbye
E A E G
You and i?
Interlude:
Hamilton
D
Mr. president, they will say you?re weak
Washington
C D
No, they will see we?re strong
Hamilton
Your position is so unique
Washington
C
So i?ll use it to move them along
Hamilton
D
Why do you have to say goodbye?
Washington
C D
If i say goodbye, the nation learns to move on
G Bb
It outlives me when i?m gone
C
Like the scripture says:
C#m E Dsus2 A/D A
Everyone shall sit under their own vine and fig tree
E F#m
And no one shall make them afraid.?
E D A E F#m
They?ll be safe in the nation we?ve made
E D A
I wanna sit under my own vine and fig tree
E F#m
A moment alone in the shade
E D
At home in this nation we?ve made
A
One last time
Hamilton
G A
One last time
Break section 1:
Hamilton & washington
D A G
Though, in reviewing the incidents of my administration,
Gm D
I am unconscious of intentional error, i am nevertheless
A G
Too sensible of my defects not to think it probable that
Gm
I may have committed many errors.
D A G
I shall also carry with me the hope that my country will
Gm
View them with indulgence; and that
D A G Gm
After forty-five years of my life dedicated to its service with an upright zeal
D
The faults of incompetent abilities will be
A
Consigned to oblivion, as i myself must soon be to the mansions of rest
Break section 2:
D C
I anticipate with pleasing expectation that retreat in which i promise myself
D C
To realize the sweet enjoyment of partaking, in the midst of my fellow-citizens,
D C
The benign influence of good laws under a free government, the ever-favorite object
G D C
Of my heart, and the happy reward, as i trust
G Bb C
Of our mutual cares, labors, and dangers.
D
One last time
Outro:
All women
C
George washington?s going home!
Hamilton
D
Teach ?em how to say goodbye
Company
C
George washington?s going home!
Washington & company
D C G
You and i (george washington?s going home)
D C G
Going home (george washington?s going home)
D C G
History has its eyes on you (george washington?s going home)
Bm
We?re gonna teach ?em how to say goodbye! (teach them how to say goodbye)
A
Teach ?em how to say goodbye! (teach them how)
G
To say goodbye! (say goodbye!)
Say goodbye! (say goodbye!)
Bb D Dsus4 C G D
One last time!
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