Broadway
Hamilton - One Last Time
Capo on 1
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:
D7/A C#7sus4 C#7 Dsus4 C#5 Dsus2 A/D
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