Misc Musicals – Hamilton - Who Lives Who Dies Who Tells Your Story (Guitar)

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[INTRO] D A [WASHINGTON]
Bm                              D    
Let me tell you what I wish I’d known

                                Em
When I was young and dreamed of glory
You have no control: [WASHINGTON AND COMPANY]
    G
Who lives
Who dies
    F#
Who tells your story?
[BURR]
Bm
President Jefferson:
[JEFFERSON]
                          D
I’ll give him this: his financial system is a

                Em
Work of genius. I couldn’t undo it if I tried
And I tried [WASHINGTON AND COMPANY]
    G
Who lives
Who dies
    F#
Who tells your story?
[BURR]
Bm
President Madison:
[MADISON]
                                       D              
He took our country from bankruptcy to prosperity

                                              Em
I hate to admit it, but he doesn’t get enough credit
For all the credit he gave us [WASHINGTON AND COMPANY]
    G
Who lives
Who dies
    F#
Who tells your story?
[ANGELICA]
Bm
Every other founding father story gets told

D
Every other founding father gets to grow old
[BURR]
Em
But when you’re gone, who remembers your name?

G
Who keeps your flame?
[BURR AND MEN]
    F#
Who tells your story?    [ANGELICA AND WOMEN]
Who tells your story? Who tells your story? Bm Your story? [WOMEN]
D
Eliza
[ELIZA]
                         F#
I put myself back in the narrative
[WOMEN] Eliza [ELIZA]
  Bm
I stop wasting time on tears

  G                  Gm
I live another fifty years
It’s not enough [COMPANY] Eliza [ELIZA]
D                             F#
I interview every soldier who fought by your side
[MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE/LAURENS] She tells our story [ELIZA]
Bm                                                G
I try to make sense of your thousands of pages of writings

              Gm
You really do write like you’re running out of—
[ELIZA AND COMPANY]
D
Time
[ELIZA] I rely on— [ELIZA AND ANGELICA] Angelica [ELIZA]
F#
While she’s alive—
[ELIZA AND ANGELICA] We tell your story [ELIZA]
Bm
She is buried in Trinity Church
[ELIZA AND ANGELICA]
     G
Near you
[ELIZA]
                  Gm
When I needed her most, she was right on—
[ELIZA AND COMPANY]
D
Time
[ELIZA] And I’m still not through
  F#
I ask myself, “What would you do if you had more—”
[ELIZA AND COMPANY]
Bm
Time
[ELIZA] The Lord, in his kindness
   G                        Bb
He gives me what you always wanted
He gives me more— [ELIZA AND COMPANY]
Eb
Time
[ELIZA]
                              Gm
I raise funds in D.C. for the Washington Monument
[WASHINGTON]
    G            Cm
She tells my story
[ELIZA] I speak out against slavery
Ab                          G7
You could have done so much more if you only had—
[ELIZA AND COMPANY]
Eb
Time
[ELIZA]
                               G
And when my time is up, have I done enough?
[ELIZA] [COMPANY]
                       Cm
Will they tell our story?       Will they tell your story?
[ELIZA]
                            Ab
Oh. Can I show you what I’m proudest of?
[COMPANY]
    Eb
The orphanage
[ELIZA]
                        Gm      G
I established the first private orphanage in New York City
[COMPANY]
    Cm
The orphanage
[ELIZA]
                            Ab
I help to raise hundreds of children

  G7
I get to see them growing up
[COMPANY]
    Eb
The orphanage
[ELIZA]
                         Bb
In their eyes I see you, Alexander
I see you every— [ELIZA AND COMPANY]
Eb
Time
[ELIZA] And when my time is up
       G
Have I done enough?

                  G7  Cm      [COMPANY]
Will they tell my story?      Will they tell your story?
[ELIZA]
                             Ab
Oh, I can’t wait to see you again

     G7
It’s only a matter of—
[ELIZA AND COMPANY]
Eb  G
Time
[COMPANY] Will they tell your story? [COMPANY] Who lives, who dies, Cm Ab who tells your story? Time...
                                Eb  G
                                Time...
Will they tell your story? Cm Ab Time... Who lives, who dies— [FULL COMPANY]
    Bb             Eb
Who tells your story?