BURN (FROM 'HAMILTON')

I saved ev ’ry let ter you wrote me.

From the mo ment I read them I knew you were mine.

You said you were mine.

I thought you were mine.

Do you know what An (F#)gel i ca said when we (Gmaj7)saw your first let ter ar (D)rive?

She said, “Be care ful with (F#)that one, love.

He will (Gmaj7)do what it takes to sur (D)vive.” You and your (Bm)words flood ed my (F#)sens es.

Your (Gmaj7)sen tenc es left me de (D)fense less.

You built me (Bm)pal ac es out of (F#)par a graphs, you built ca (Gmaj7)the drals.

I’m re (Bm)read ing the let ters you (F#)wrote me.

I’m (Gmaj7)search ing and scan ning for (D)an swers in (Em7)ev er y (Bm)line, for some kind of (F#)sign, and when you were mine

the world seemed

to burn.

(D)Burn.

You (Bm)pub lished the let ters she (F#)wrote you.

You (Gmaj7)told the whole world how you (D)brought this girl (D)in to our (Bm)bed.

In clear ing your (F#m)name, you have ru ined our lives.

Do you know what An (F#)gel i ca said

when she read what you’d (D)done?

She said, “You have mar ried an (F#m)Ic a rus.

He has (Gmaj7)flown too close to the (D)sun.” You and your (Bm)words, ob sessed with your (F#)leg a cy...

Your (Gmaj7)sen tenc es bor der on (D)sense less, (D)and you are (Bm)par a noid in ev ’ry (F#)par a graph how they per (Gmaj9)ceive you.

You, you, you...

I’m e (Bm)ras ing my self from the (F#)nar ra tive.

Let (Gmaj7)fu ture his to ri ans (D)won der how E li za re (Bm7)act ed when you broke her heart.

You have torn it a (D)part, I am (G)watch ing it

burn.

Watch ing it

burn.

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

The world has no (F#)place in our bed.

They (Bm7)don’t get to know what I (G)said.

I’m burn ing the (D)mem o ries, burn ing the (F#)let ters that might have re (Bm7)deemed you.

You (D)for feit all (A7)rights to my (D)heart.

You for feit the (Gm)place in our bed.

You (Bm7)sleep in your of fice in (G)stead, with (A)on ly the (D)mem o ries of when you were mine.

I hope that you

burn.