Burn Chords by Lin-Manuel Miranda
- Key: Bm
- BPM: 98
- Capo: no capo
DOWNBEAT
BURN CHORDS
[Intro] [Verse] Bm F# I saved every letter you wrote me G D ■ From the moment I read them E Bm I knew you were mine F#7 You said you were mine F# I thought you were mine Bm F# ■ Do you know what Angelica said G D When we saw your first letter arrive Em7 Bm F# She said Be careful with that one love Gmaj7 D He will do what it takes to survive Bm F# You and your words flooded my senses G D Your sentences left me defenseless Bm F# You built me palaces out of paragraphs G D You built cathedrals ■ [Chorus] G I'm rereading the letters you wrote me Bm D Bm7 I'm searching and scanning for answers in every line F# F#7 For some kind of sign G And when you were mine D Bm7 F# G The world seemed to burn ■ ■ D Bm7 F# Gmaj7 G Gmaj7 Bm F# ■ Burn ■ ■ ■ You published the letters she wrote you [Verse] Gmaj7 You told the whole world D Bm How you brought this girl into our bed F# In clearing your name Gmaj7 Dsus4 D Bm7 You have ruined our lives ■ ■ F# Gmaj7 Do you know what Angelica said ■ G D When she read what you'd done Bm7 F#7 She said You've married an Icarus [Chorus] G D He has flown too close to the sun Bm7 F#7 You and your words obsessed with your legacy F#m7 G Your sentences border on senseless Bm7 F#7 And you are paranoid in every paragraph G How they perceive you G You you you Bm F# I'm erasing myself from the narrative Bm D Let future historians wonder how Eliza reacted Bm F#7 When you broke her heart G Gmaj7 You have torn it all apart D I'm watching it burn Bm7 F#m7 A G ■ ■ ■ ■ D Bm F# A Watching it burn ■ ■ ■ G D The world has no right to my heart A# The world has no place in our bed Bm7 G They don't get to know what I said Asus4 D I'm burning the memories Bm Bm7 Burning the letters that might have redeemed you D Asus4 D You forfeit all rights to my heart D You forfeit the place in our bed Bm7 G You'll sleep in your office instead D A F#7 D G With only the memories of when you were mine ■ ■ ■ Bm I hope that you ■ burn [Outro] Gmaj7 D Em7 C#sus4 ■ ■ ■ ■ [End]