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Lin-Manuel Miranda
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Moderate 2, icy

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N.C. Eliza:

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Eliza

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(2nd X only)I savedev 'ry let ter you

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Keep vocal rhythms conversational throughout

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wrote me, From the mo ment I read them knew you were

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mine. You said you were mine. thoughtyou were mine.

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F♯

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Bm GMaj7

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Do you know what An gel i ca said when we saw your first let ter ar

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F♯

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D(add4) Em7 Bm

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rive? She said, "Be care ful with that one,love. He will

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D(add4)/ C♯

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GMaj7 D(add4) Bm

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do what it takes to sur vive." You and your words flood ed my

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F♯

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GMaj7 D(add4) Em7(add4) Bm

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senses. Your sentenc es left me de fenseless. You built me pal ac es out of

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F♯

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D(add4)/ C♯

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GMaj7 D(add4)

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par a graphs, you built ca the drals. I'm re

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F♯
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read ing the let ters you wrote me. I'm search ing and scan ning for an

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F♯ F♯

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D Em7 Bm7(add4) + D/G GMaj7

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swersin ev e ry line, for somekind of sign, and whenyou were mine

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GMaj7(add4) G D/A Bm F♯ m/ E F♯
m F♯ m/ D

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the world seemed to burn.

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G D/A Bm F♯ m/ E F♯
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Burn. You

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F♯

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Bm

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pub lished the let ters she wrote you. You told the whole world how you

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D(add4) Bm

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broughtthis girl in to our bed. In clearing your name, you haveru ined our

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GMaj7 D(add4) D(add4)/ E Bm

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lives. Do you know what An gel i ca said

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GMaj7 D(add4) Em11 Bm9

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when she read what you'd done? She said, "You havemar ried an Ic

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m Gadd2 D

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a rus. He has flown too close to the sun." You and your

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F♯

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Bm 7 Gsus2(add4) G

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words, ob sessedwith your leg a cy.... Your sen tenc es bor der on

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A / C♯ F♯

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Dsus2 Bm7(add4) 7

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rall.

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senseless, and you are par a noid in ev 'ry par a graph how they per

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ceive you. You, you, you... I'm e ras ing my self from the

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GMaj9(no3) Dadd2 Em7(add4)

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poco accel.

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nar ra tive. Let fu ture his to ri ans won der how E li za re

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F♯ GMaj9(add♯

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A tempo

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act ed when you broke her heart. You havetorn it al a

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F♯ F♯
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part, I am watching it burn.

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 
           
            
 
   
F♯ F♯ F♯

    
m/ E m/ D

 
G D/A Bm7 m

  
    
80


  
Watch ing it burn. The

        
     
  
  
   
   
 
           
    
  
       
          
    ♭  
    
B Maj7♯

 
Gadd2 Gadd2/ A D 5

                 
  
84



world has no right to my heart. The world has no place in our bed. They

           

             
        
         
              

    
      
Bm7 D/G A 7sus D

          

87



don't get to know what I said. I'm burn ing the mem o ries, burn ing the

           

            

         
         
           
     
    
B♭
Maj7♯
5 Bm7 D/G A 7sus

             
   
90



let ters that might have re deemed you. You for feit all rights to my

    


                
  
                    
                 
           
Gmadd2/ B♭

  
Dadd2 Bm7(add4)

         
93



heart. You for feit the place in our bed. You sleep in your of fice in

                         

               
 
                   
                 

     

Gadd2 A 9sus Dadd2 Dadd2/ C♯

           
96



stead, with on ly the mem o ries of when you were mine.

                               
     
             
           
           
 
D / F♯ Dadd2/ E


F♯


D /A♯

 
Gsus2 Bm

     
rall.

 
99

I hoped


   
that you burn.

              
    
  
   
     

    
 
GMaj7 D(add4) Em7(add4) Bsus2

  


104

molto rall.

              

 
     
