[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?