Intro (x2): Bm Gb G D A

Verse:
(Lexi Lawson)
  Bm                     Gb
I saved every letter you wrote me
G                  D
 From the moment I saw you
  A             Bm
I knew you were mine
                  Gb
You said you were mine
                   G     D A
I thought you were mine

(Julia Harriman)
Bm                  Gb
 Do you know what Angelica said
       G                   D
When I told her what you'd done?
A
  She said

(Julia Harriman & Shoba Narayan)
Bm                    Gb
 "You have married an Icarus
       G                      D A
He has flown too close to the sun"

Chorus:
(Rachelle Ann Go)
Bm                 Gb
Don't take another step in my direction
  G                 D         A
I can't be trusted around you
Bm                  Gb
Don't think you can talk your way
        G             D A
Into my arms, into my arms

(Arianna Afsar)
    Bm                      Gb
I'm burning the letters you wrote me
        G                       D
You can stand over there if you want
        A            Bm
I don't know who you are
                  Gb    G
I have so much to learn
                    D
I'm re-reading your letters
    A             D Bm Gbm G
And watching them burn (burn)

(Rachelle Ann Go & (Lexi Lawson))
G                   D Bm Gbm G
  I'm watching them burn (burn)

Verse:
(Shoba Narayan)
    Bm                        Gb
You published the letters she wrote to you
    G
You told the whole world
        D                 A        Bm
How you brought this girl into our bed
                 Gb                        G   D A
In clearing your name, you have ruined our lives

(Julia Harriman)
Bm                    Gb
Heaven forbid someone whisper

(Julia Harriman & Arianna Afsar)
                   G
"He's part of some scheme"

(Lexi Lawson)
           D
Your enemy whispers

(All)
   A           Bm
So you have to scream

(Arianna Afsar & Shoba Narayan)
             Gb
I know about whispers

(Rachelle Ann Go)
  G                      D     A
I see how you look at my sister

Chorus:
(All)
Bm
Don't

(Shoba Narayan)
Gb
I'm not naive

(All)
G                  D        A
I have seen women around you
Bm
Don't

(Arianna Asfar)
              Gb
Think I don't see

(All)
                       G
How they fall for your charms
         D A
All your charms

    Bm                      Gb
I'm erasing myself from the narrative
    G                 D          A       Bm
Let future historians wonder how Eliza reacted
                  Gb
When you broke her heart
G                         D
  You have thrown it all away
      A              D Bm Gbm G
Stand back, watch it burn
                  D Bm Gbm G
Just watch it all burn

Verse:
(Julia Harriman)
                  D
And when the time comes

(Shoba Narayan)
               Gb
Explain to the children

(Arianna Afsar)
               Bm
The pain and embarrassment

(Lexi Lawson)
              G
You put their mother through

(Rachelle Ann Go)
              D
When will you learn

(All)
                   Gb
That they are your legacy?
            Bm
We are your legacy
       D       A   Bm   G
If you thought you were mine (mine, mine)
Bm
Don't
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