One Last Time (Hamilton)

Verse 1: Hamilton:
Gm                         F
Mr. President, you asked to see me?
 

Washington:
                  Gm
I know you’re busy



Hamilton:
                      F
What do you need, sir? Sir?



Washington:
                           Gm
I wanna give you a word of warning
 

Hamilton:

Sir, I don’t know what you heard
      F
But whatever it is, Jefferson started it
 

Washington:
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Thomas Jefferson resigned this morning
 

Hamilton:

You’re kidding
 

Washington:
Gm            F
I need a favor
 

Hamilton:

Whatever you say, sir, Jefferson will pay for his behavior
 

Washington:
    Gm
Shh. Talk less
 

Hamilton:

I’ll use the press
    F                                                         Gm
I’ll write under a pseudonym, you’ll see what I can do to him—
 

Washington:

I need you to draft an address
 

Hamilton:
    F
Yes! He resigned. You can finally speak your mind—
 

Washington:
   Eb                                    D5
No, he’s stepping down so he can run for President
 

Hamilton:
                                Eb
Ha. Good luck defeating you, sir
 

Washington:
                                       D5
I’m stepping down. I’m not running for President
 

Hamilton:

I’m sorry, what?
 
 
Chorus: Washington
Bb        Ab
One last time
  Eb           F
Relax, have a drink with me
Bb        Ab
One last time
             Eb       F
Let’s take a break tonight
               Bb                 F
And then we’ll teach them how to say goodbye
   Eb
To say goodbye
F       Bb   F   Eb
You and I
 

Hamilton:
No, sir, why?
 
 
Verse 2: Washington
        Gm
I wanna talk about neutrality
 

Hamilton:
                     F
Sir, with Britain and France on the verge of war, is this the best time—
 

Washington:
          Gm
I want to warn against partisan fighting
 

Hamilton:

But—
 

Washington:
F
Pick up a pen, start writing
        Gm
I wanna talk about what I have learned
             F
The hard-won wisdom I have earned
 

Hamilton:
              Eb7   
As far as the people are concerned
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You have to serve, you could continue to serve—
 
 
Chorus: Washington
    Bb        Ab
No! One last time
    Eb           F
The people will hear from me
Bb        Ab
One last time
          Eb        F
And if we get this right
            Bb                F
We’re gonna teach ‘em how to say
       Eb
Goodbye
F       Bb   F   Ab
You and I—
 
 
Interlude: Hamilton
    Eb
Mr. President, they will say you’re weak
 

Washington:
   Db                          Eb
No, they will see we’re strong
 

Hamilton:

Your position is so unique
 

Washington:
        Db
So I’ll use it to move them along
 

Hamilton:
Eb
Why do you have to say goodbye?
 

Washington:
     Db                                      Eb
If I say goodbye, the nation learns to move on
                        Ab     B
It outlives me when I’m gone
         Db
Like the scripture says:
Dm                            F            Ebsus2  Bb     Bb
Everyone shall sit under their own vine and fig    tree
    F                       Gm
And no one shall make them afraid.”
           F                  Eb          Bb  F  Gm
They’ll be safe in the nation we’ve made
                     F            Eb        Bb
I wanna sit under my own vine and fig tree
         F            Gm
a moment alone in the shade
   F             Eb
At home in this nation we’ve made
         Bb
One last time
 

Hamilton:
              Ab    Bb
One last time
 
 
Hamilton: & Washington:
Eb            Bb                              Ab
Though, in reviewing the incidents of my administration,
       Abm                                   Eb
I am unconscious of intentional error, I am nevertheless 
            Bb                              Ab
Too sensible of my defects not to think it probable that
           Abm
I may have committed many errors. 
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I shall also carry with me the hope that my country will
               Abm
View them with indulgence; And that
Eb                Bb                Ab                                Abm
After forty-five years of my life dedicated to its service with an upright zeal
    Eb
The faults of incompetent abilities will be
             Bb
Consigned to oblivion, as I myself must soon be to the mansions of rest
 
 
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I anticipate with pleasing expectation that retreat in which I promise myself 
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To realize the sweet enjoyment of partaking, in the midst of my fellow-citizens, 
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The benign influence of good laws Under a free government, the ever-favorite object 
      Ab             Eb             Db
Of my heart, and the happy reward, as I trust
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Of our mutual cares, labors, and dangers.
         Eb
One last time
 
 
Outro: all women
                          Db
George Washington’s going home!
 

Hamilton:
                 Eb
Teach ‘em how to say goodbye
 

Company:
                          Db
George Washington’s going home!
 

Washington & Company:
         Eb                           Db  Ab
You and I (George Washington’s going home)
      Eb                               Db  Ab
Going home (George Washington’s going home)
                Eb                                      Db  Ab
History has its eyes on you (George Washington’s going home)
            Cm
We’re gonna teach ‘em how to say goodbye! (Teach them how to say goodbye)
Bb
Teach ‘em how to say goodbye! (Teach them how)
   Ab
To say goodbye! (Say goodbye!)
 
Say goodbye! (Say goodbye!)
B             Eb  Ebsus4  Db  Ab  Eb
One last time!