Misc Musicals – Hamilton - One Last Time (Guitar)

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Broadway 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!
Chord Chart:
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