Burn (from 'Hamilton')

I (Em)saved ev'ry letter you (Bm)wrote me.

(Cmaj7)From the moment I (G)read them I (Am7)knew you were (Em)mine.

You said you were (Bm)mine.

I thought you were mine.

(Em)Do you know what (Bm)Angelica said when we (Cmaj7)saw your first letter (G)arrive?

(Am7)She said, (Em)"Be careful with (Bm)that one,

love. He will (Cmaj7)do what it takes to (G)survive."

You and your (Em)words flooded my (Bm)senses.

Your (Cmaj7)sentences left me (G)defenseless.

You built me (Em)palaces out of (Bm)paragraphs,

you built (Cmaj7)cathedrals.

(G)I'm (Em)rereading the letters you (B)wrote me.

I'm (Cmaj7)searching and scanning for (G)answers in (Am7)every (Em)line,

for some kind of (Bm)sign, and when you were (Cmaj7)mine

the world seemed to burn.

(G)Burn.

(Cmaj7)You (Em)published the letters she (Bm)wrote you.

You (Cmaj7)told the whole world how you (G)brought this girl into our (Em)bed.

In clearing your (Bm)name, you have ruined our (Cmaj7)lives.

(Em)Do you know what (Bm)Angelica said (Cmaj7)when she read what you'd (G)done?

(Am7)She said, (Em)"You have married an (Bm)Icarus.

(B)He has (Cmaj7)flown too close to the (G)sun."

You and your (Em)words, obsessed with your (Bm)legacy...

Your (Cmaj7)sentences border on (G)senseless, and you are (Em)paranoid in ev'ry (Bm)paragraph how they (Cmaj7)perceive you.

You, you, you...

I'm (Em)erasing myself from the (B)narrative.

Let (Cmaj7)future historians (G)wonder how Eliza (Em7)reacted when you broke her heart.

(Cmaj7)You have torn it (G)apart, I am (C)watching it

(G)burn.

(Cmaj7)Watching it (G)burn.

(Bm)The (Cmaj7)world has no right to my (G)heart.

The world has no (B)place in our bed.

They (Em7)don't get to know what I (Cmaj7)said.

I'm burning the (G)memories, burning the (Baug)letters that might have (Em7)redeemed you.

You (G)forfeit all (D7)rights to (G)heart.

You forfeit the (Cm)place in our bed.

You (Em7)sleep in your office (C)instead,

with (D)only the (G)memories of when you were mine.

I hope that you

(Em)burn.