One Last Time

Chords

Standard

Capo on 1


Verse 1:
[HAMILTON]
F#m                         E
Mr. President, you asked to see me?

[WASHINGTON]
                  F#m
I know you’re busy

                      E
What do you need, sir? Sir?

                           F#m
I wanna give you a word of warning

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

D                                     C#5
Thomas Jefferson resigned this morning

You’re kidding

F#m            E
I need a favor

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

    F#m
Shh. Talk less

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

I need you to draft an address

    E
Yes! He resigned. You can finally speak your mind—

   D                                    C#5
No, he’s stepping down so he can run for President

                                D
Ha. Good luck defeating you, sir
                                       C#5
I’m stepping down. I’m not running for President

I’m sorry, what?


Chorus:
A        G
One last time
  D           E
Relax, have a drink with me
A        G
One last time
             D       E
Let’s take a break tonight
               A                 E
And then we’ll teach them how to say goodbye
   D
To say goodbye
E       A   E   D
You and I

No, sir, why?

Verse 2:
        F#m
I wanna talk about neutrality

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

          F#m
I want to warn against partisan fighting

But—

E
Pick up a pen, start writing
        F#m
I wanna talk about what I have learned
             E
The hard-won wisdom I have earned

              D7/A
As far as the people are concerned
                       C#7sus4                  C#7
You have to serve, you could continue to serve—

Chorus: 
    A        G
No! One last time
    D           E
The people will hear from me
A        G
One last time
          D        E
And if we get this right
            A                E
We’re gonna teach ‘em how to say
       D
Goodbye
E       A   E   G
You and I—


Interlude: 
    D
Mr. President, they will say you’re weak
   C                                     D
No, they will see we’re strong

Your position is so unique

        C                    
So I’ll use it to move them along

D
Why do you have to say goodbye?

     C                                      D
If I say goodbye, the nation learns to move on
                        G     Bb
It outlives me when I’m gone
         C
Like the scripture says:
C#m                            E            Dsus2  A/D   A
Everyone shall sit under their own vine and fig    tree
    E                       F#m
And no one shall make them afraid.”
           E                  D          A  E  F#m
They’ll be safe in the nation we’ve made
                     E            D        A
I wanna sit under my own vine and fig tree
         E            F#m
A moment alone in the shade
   E             D
At home in this nation we’ve made
         A
One last time

              G    A
One last time


Break Section 1:
               D            A                             
(Spoken)Though, in reviewing the 
                                 G
incidents of my administration,
       Gm                                   D
I am unconscious of intentional error, I am nevertheless 
            A                              G
Too sensible of my defects not to think it probable that
           Gm
I may have committed many errors. 
D                  A                        G
I shall also carry with me the hope that my country will
               Gm
View them with indulgence; And that
D                A                G     
After forty-five years of my life 
                Gm
dedicated to its service with an upright zeal
    D
The faults of incompetent abilities will be
             A
Consigned to oblivion, 

as I myself must soon be to the mansions of rest


Break Section 2:
D                                     C
I anticipate with pleasing expectation that retreat in which I promise myself 
          D                                 C                                  
To realize the sweet enjoyment of partaking, in the midst of my fellow-citizens, 
    D                                     C
The benign influence of good laws Under a free government, the ever-favorite object 
      G             D             C
Of my heart, and the happy reward, as I trust
       G            Bb                   C
Of our mutual cares, labors, and dangers.
         D
One last time


Outro:
                          C
George Washington’s going home!

                 D
Teach ‘em how to say goodbye
                          C
George Washington’s going home!

[WASHINGTON & COMPANY]
         D                          
You and I 
               C           G
(George Washington’s going home)
      D                               
Going home 
               C           G
(George Washington’s going home)
                D                                      
History has its eyes on you 
               C           G
(George Washington’s going home)
            Bm
We’re gonna teach ‘em how to say goodbye! 
A
Teach ‘em how to say goodbye!
   G
To say goodbye!
                           
Say goodbye!
Bb             D  Dsus4  C  G  D
One last time!