This is the chord progression of First Burn by Lin-Manuel Miranda on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.
[Intro]
Bm F# G D A 2x
[Verse]
(Lexi Lawson)
Bm F#
I saved every letter you wrote me
G D
From the moment I saw you
A Bm
I knew you were mine
F#
You said you were mine
G D A
I thought you were mine
(Julia Harriman)
Bm F#
Do you know what Angelica said
G D
When I told her what you’d done?
A
She said
(Julia Harriman & Shoba Narayan)
Bm F#
“You have married an Icarus
G D A
He has flown too close to the sun”
[Chorus]
(Rachelle Ann Go)
Bm* F#
Don’t take another step in my direction
G D A
I can’t be trusted around you
Bm F#
Don’t think you can talk your way
G D A
Into my arms, into my arms
(Arianna Afsar)
Bm F#
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
F# G
I have so much to learn
D
I’m re-reading your letters
A D Bm F#m G
And watching them burn (burn)
(Rachelle Ann Go & (Lexi Lawson))
G D Bm F#m G
I’m watching them burn (burn)
[Verse]
(Shoba Narayan)
Bm F#
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
F# G D A
In clearing your name, you have ruined our lives
(Julia Harriman)
Bm F#
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)
F#
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)
F#
I’m not naive
(All)
G D A
I have seen women around you
Bm
Don’t
(Arianna Asfar)
F#
Think I don’t see
(All)
G
How they fall for your charms
D A
All your charms
Bm F#
I’m erasing myself from the narrative
G D A Bm
Let future historians wonder how Eliza reacted
F#
When you broke her heart
G D
You have thrown it all away
A D Bm F#m G
Stand back, watch it burn
D Bm F#m G
Just watch it all burn
[Verse]
(Julia Harriman)
D
And when the time comes
(Shoba Narayan)
F#
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)
F#
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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