Lin-Manuel Miranda (born January 16, 1980 in New York, NY) is an American composer, lyricist, librettist, rapper, and actor, best known for creating and starring in the Broadway musicals In the Heights and Hamilton.
Miranda wrote the music and lyrics for the musical In the Heights, which opened on Broadway at the Richard Rodgers Theatre in March 2008. Miranda's written work for the show earned him numerous accolades, including the 2008 Tony Award for Best Original Score and the 2009 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album.
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BmF# I saved every letter you wrote me GD From the moment I read them Em7Bm I knew you were mine F# You said you were mine GDEm7 I thought you were mine
BmF# Do you know what Angelica said GDEm7 When we saw your first letter arrive
She said
BmF# “Be careful with that one love GD He will do what it takes to survive ”
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Em7/C#BmF# You and your words flooded my senses GD Your sentences left me defenseless Em7BmF# You built me palaces out of paragraphs GDEm7 You built cathedrals BmF# I’m re-reading the letters you wrote me GD I’m searching and scanning for answers Em7Bm In every line F# For some kind of sign G And when you were mine
BmF# You published the letters she wrote you GD You told the whole world how you brought Em7Bm This girl into our bed F#GDEm7 In clearing your name you have ruined our lives
BmF#G Do you know what Angelica said DEm7 When she read what you’d done Bm She said F# “You have married an Icarus GD He has flown too close to the sun ”
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Em7/C#BmF# You and your words obsessed with your legacy GD Your sentences border on senseless Em7BmF# And you are paranoid in every paragraph G How they perceive you
You you you…
BmF# I’m erasing myself from the narrative GDEm7 Let future historians wonder how Eliza BmF# Reacted when you broke her heart G You have torn it all apart
I am watching it
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D/ABmF#mF#m/EF#/DGmaj7 Burn D/ABmF#mF#m/EF#/DGmaj7 Watching it burn
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AD The world has no right to my heart D/Bb The world has no place in our bed Bm7Gmaj7 They don’t get to know what I said AD I’m burning the memories D/BbBm7 Burning the letters that might have redeemed you Gmaj7AD You forfeit all rights to my heart D/Bb You forfeit the place in our bed Bm7Gmaj7 You'll sleep in your office instead AD With only the memories D/BbD/F#D/EDG Of when you were mine