Capo on 1
Verse 1:
[HAMILTON]
F#m E
Mr President you asked to see me
[WASHINGTON]
F#m
I know you’re busy?
E
What do you need sir Sir ?
F#m
I wanna give you a word of warning
Sir I don’t know what you heard
E
But whatever it is Jefferson started it
D C#5
Thomas Jefferson resigned this morning
You’re kidding
F#m E
I need a favor
Whatever you say sir Jefferson will pay for his behavior
F#m
Shh Talk less
I’ll use the press
E F#m
I’ll write under a pseudonym you’ll see what I can do to him—
I need you to draft an address
E
Yes He resigned You can finally speak your mind—
D C#5
No he’s stepping down so he can run for President
D
Ha Good luck defeating you sir
C#5
I’m stepping down I’m not running for President
I’m sorry what
Chorus:
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
No sir why
Verse 2:
F#m
I wanna talk about neutrality
E
Sir with Britain and France on the verge of war is this the best time—
F#m
I want to warn against partisan fighting
But—
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
D7/A
As far as the people are concerned
C#7sus4 C#7
You have to serve you could continue to serve—
Chorus:
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:
D
Mr President they will say you’re weak
C D
No they will see we’re strong
Your position is so unique
C
So I’ll use it to move them along
D
Why do you have to say goodbye
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
G A
One last time
Break Section 1
D A
Spoken Though in reviewing the
G
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
After forty-five years of my life
Gm
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
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:
C
George Washington’s going home
D
Teach ‘em how to say goodbye
C
George Washington’s going home
WASHINGTON COMPANY
D
You and I
C G
George Washington’s going home
D
Going home
C G
George Washington’s going home
D
History has its eyes on you
C G
George Washington’s going home
Bm
We’re gonna teach ‘em how to say goodbye
A
Teach ‘em how to say goodbye
G
To say goodbye
Say goodbye
Bb D Dsus4 C G D
One last time