[Intro] D ABm D Let me tell you what I wish I’d knownEm When I was young and dreamed of glory You have no controlG Who lives Who diesF# Who tells your story?Bm President JeffersonD I’ll give him this: his financial system is aEm Work of genius. I couldn’t undo it if I tried And I triedG Who lives Who diesF# Who tells your story?Bm President MadisonD He took our country from bankruptcy to prosperityEm I hate to admit it, but he doesn’t get enough credit For all the credit he gave usG Who lives Who diesF# Who tells your story?Bm Every other founding father story gets toldD Every other founding father gets to grow oldEm But when you’re gone, who remembers your name?G Who keeps your flame?F# Who tells your story? Who tells your story? Who tells your story?Bm Your story?D ElizaF# I put myself back in the narrative ElizaBm I stop wasting time on tearsG Gm I live another fifty years It’s not enough ElizaD F# I interview every soldier who fought by your side She tells our storyBm G I try to make sense of your thousands of pages of writingsGm You really do write like you’re running out of—D Time I rely on— AngelicaF# While she’s alive— We tell your storyBm She is buried in Trinity ChurchG Near youGm When I needed her most, she was right on—D Time And I’m still not throughF# I ask myself, “What would you do if you had more—”Bm Time The Lord, in his kindnessG Bb He gives me what you always wanted He gives me more—Eb TimeGm I raise funds in D.C. for the Washington MonumentG Cm She tells my story I speak out against slaveryAb G7 You could have done so much more if you only had—Eb TimeG And when my time is up, have I done enough?Cm Will they tell our story? Will they tell your story?Ab Oh. Can I show you what I’m proudest of?Eb The orphanageGm G I established the first private orphanage in New York CityCm The orphanageAb I help to raise hundreds of childrenG7 I get to see them growing upEb The orphanageBb In their eyes I see you, Alexander I see you every—Eb Time And when my time is upG Have I done enough?G7 Cm Will they tell my story? Will they tell your story?Ab Oh, I can’t wait to see you againG7 It’s only a matter of—Eb G Time Will they tell your story? Who lives, who diesCm Ab Who tells your story? TimeEb G Time Will they tell your story?Cm Ab Time Who lives, who dies—Bb Eb Who tells your story?
Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story
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