Who Lives Who Dies Who Tells Your Story chords

[INTRO]

[D] [A]

[WASHINGTON]

[Bm]Let me tell you what I wish I’d [D]known
When I was young and dreamed of [Em]glory

You have no control:

[WASHINGTON AND COMPANY]

Who [G]lives
Who dies
Who [F#]tells your story?

[BURR]

[Bm]President Jefferson:


[JEFFERSON]

I’ll give him this: his fi[D]nancial system is a
Work of genius. [Em]I couldn’t undo it if I tried
And I tried

[WASHINGTON AND COMPANY]

Who [G]lives
Who dies
Who [F#]tells your story?

[BURR]

[Bm]President Madison:


[MADISON]

He took our country from bankruptcy to [D]prosperity
I hate to admit it, but he doesn’t get enough [Em]credit
For all the credit he gave us

[WASHINGTON AND COMPANY]

Who [G]lives
Who dies
Who [F#]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]

Who [F#]tells your story? [ANGELICA AND WOMEN]

Who tells your story?
Who tells your story? Bm
Your story?

[WOMEN]

[D]Eliza


[ELIZA]

I put myself back in the [F#]narrative


[WOMEN]

Eliza

[ELIZA]

I [Bm]stop wasting time on tears
I [G]live another fifty [Gm]years
It’s not enough

[COMPANY]

Eliza

[ELIZA]

[D]I interview every soldier who [F#]fought by your side


[MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE/LAURENS]

She tells our story

[ELIZA]

[Bm]I try to make sense of your thousands of pages of [G]writings
You really do [Gm]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]

Near [G]you


[ELIZA]

When I needed her [Gm]most, she was right on—


[ELIZA AND COMPANY]

[D]Time


[ELIZA]

And I’m still not through
I [F#]ask myself, "What would you do if you had more—”


[ELIZA AND COMPANY]

[Bm]Time


[ELIZA]

The Lord, in his kindness
He [G]gives me what you always [Bb]wanted
He gives me more—

[ELIZA AND COMPANY]

[Eb]Time


[ELIZA]

I raise funds in D.C. for the [Gm]Washington Monument


[WASHINGTON]

She [G]tells my stor[Cm]y


[ELIZA]

I speak out against slavery
[Ab]You could have done so much [G7]more if you only had—


[ELIZA AND COMPANY]

[Eb]Time


[ELIZA]

And when my time is up, have I [G]done enough?


[ELIZA] [COMPANY]

Will they tell our stor[Cm]y? Will they tell your story?


[ELIZA]
Oh. Can I show you what I’m [Ab]proudest of?


[COMPANY]

The [Eb]orphanage


[ELIZA]

I established the first [Gm]private [G]orphanage in New York City


[COMPANY]

The [Cm]orphanage


[ELIZA]

I help to raise hundreds of [Ab]children
I [G7]get to see them growing up

[COMPANY]

The [Eb]orphanage


[ELIZA]

In their eyes I see you, [Bb]Alexander
I see you every—

[ELIZA AND COMPANY]

[Eb]Time


[ELIZA]

And when my time is up
Have I [G]done enough?
[G7] [Cm] [COMPANY]
Will they tell my story? Will they tell your story?

[ELIZA]

Oh, I can’t wait to see you a[Ab]gain
It’s [G7]only a matter of—

[ELIZA AND COMPANY]

[Eb]Time[G]


[COMPANY]

Will they tell your story?
[COMPANY]
Who lives, who dies, Cm Ab
who tells your story? Time...
[Eb]Time[G] ...
Will they tell your story? Cm Ab
Time...
Who lives, who dies—

[FULL COMPANY]

Who [Bb]tells your stor[Eb]y?