Say No to This Chords by Lin-Manuel Miranda

[Start]

[Intro]
F#7 D7                                    F#7 
■   ■  There's nothing like summer in the city
D7                                            F#m   
■  Someone under stress meets someone looking pretty
                                   F#m     
There's trouble in the air you can smell it
    F#m                   
And Alexander's by himself
                  Dm
I'll let him tell it


[Verse]
         Dm             
I hadn't slept in a week
                 A    
I was weak I was awake
             A                    
You've never seen a bastard orphan
                  F    
More in need of a break
            D7      
Longing for Angelica
           D7  
Missing my wife
                                               A   
That's when Miss Maria Reynolds walked into my life
        
She said
                             
I know you are a man of honor
                              A7  
I'm so sorry to bother you at home
A7                          
But I don't know where to go
      A7                 
And I came here all alone
E7      
She said
A                     E7   
My husband's doin' me wrong
                       E7            
Beatin' me cheatin' me mistreatin' me
                     A7  
Suddenly he's up and gone
                          E    
I don't have the means to go on
     F#m               
So I offered her a loan
                      D7           
I offered to walk her home she said
F#m                                           
I gave her thirty bucks that I had socked away
            D7                 
She lived a block away she said
F#m                                     
Then I said Well I should head back home
           Dm      D7               
She turned red she led me to her bed
                    D7      
Let her legs spread and said
                           D7  
Hey That's when I began to pray
          A                       
Lord show me how to say no to this
                              A7  
I don't know how to say no to this
       A7                       
But my God she looks so helpless
               E7          D7 
And her body's saying hell yes


[Chorus]
A                               
No show me how to say no to this
  A                               
I don't know how to say no to this
      A                 
In my mind I'm trynna go
A7                                    A  
Then her mouth is on mine and I don't say
          A   
Say no to this
A    
No No
          A7  
Say no to this
A7   
No No
          A7  
Say no to this
A7   
No No
          A   
Say no to this


[Verse]
                                A        
I wish I could say that was the last time
                                  A      
I said that last time it became a pastime
        A                 
A month into this endeavor
  A                                         
I received a letter from a Mr James Reynolds
            G      
Even better it said
           A7                                       
Dear Sir I hope this letter finds you in good health
                                       G         
And in a prosperous enough position to put wealth
                  A             
In the pockets of people like me
              A   
Down on their luck
    A                                      
You see that was my wife who you decided to
A7 G   
Fu Uhoh
    A                              
You made the wrong sucker a cuckold
   A                                                
So time to pay the piper for the pants you unbuckled
A                                        
And hey you can keep seein' my whore wife
A                    
If the price is right
                        A   
If not I'm telling your wife


[Chorus]
F#m                                      
I hid the letter and I raced to her place
             D7                   
Screamed How could you in her face
    D7  
She said
F#m                    
Half dressed apologetic
                  D7      
A mess she looked pathetic
    D7   
She cried
F#m                            
So was your whole story a setup
F#m7                        
Stop crying goddamnit get up
Dmaj7      
I am ruined
     Dmaj7   
I am helpless
E           Dmaj7  
How could I do this
                                        Dmaj7  
Just give him what he wants and you can have me
Dmaj7            
Whatever you want
   A#m             B   
If you pay you can stay
                              B   
Lord show me how to say no to this
                              B   
I don't know how to say no to this
        B7                  
But the situation's helpless
B7                               
And her body's screaming hell yes
   E    B                       
No show me how to say no to this
                    B   
How can I say no to this
         B               
There is nowhere I can go
B7                               E  
When her body's on mine I do not say
B      
Yes Yes
B      
Yes Yes
B      
Yes Yes
B7     
Yes Yes


[Outro]
B                                    
Say no to this I don't say no to this
         B               
There is nowhere I can go
                        F#m
So Nobody needs to know ■