Key: B
Introduction: Bm F# G D A/C# Bm F# G D A/C#
Bm F#
I saved every letter you wrote me
G D
From the moment I saw you
A/C# Bm
I knew you were mine
F#
You said you were mine
G D A/C#
I thought you were mine
Bm F#
Do you know what Angelica said
G D
When I told her what you'd done?
A/C# Bm
She said
F#
"You have married an Icarus
G D A/C#
He has flown too close to the sun"
Bm F#
Don't take another step in my direction
G D A/C#
I can't be trusted around you
Bm F#
Don't think you can talk your way
G D A/C#
Into my arms, into my arms
Bm F#
I'm burning the letters you wrote me
G D
You can stand over there if you want
A/C# Bm
I don't know who you are
F#
I have so much to learn
G
I'm re-reading your letters
D/A Bm F#m G
And watching them burn (burn)
D/A Bm F#m G
I'm watching them burn (burn)
Bm F#
You published the letters she wrote to you
G
You told the whole world
D A/C# Bm
How you brought this girl into our bed
F#
In clearing your name
G D A/C#
You have ruined our lives
Bm F#
Heaven forbid someone whisper
G
"He's part of some scheme"
D
Your enemy whispers
A/C# Bm
So you have to scream
F#
I know about whispers
D A/C#
I see how you look at my sister
Bm F#
Don't! I'm not naive
G D A/C#
I have seen women around you
Bm F#
Don't think I don't see
G
How they fall for your charms
D A/C#
All your charms
Bm F#
I'm erasing myself from the narrative
G D
Let future historians wonder
A/C# Bm
How Eliza reacted
F#
When you broke her heart
G
You have thrown it all away
D/A Bm F#m G
Stand back, watch it burn
D/A Bm F#m G
Just watch it all burn
D/A
And when the time comes
Bm
Explain to the children
F#m
The pain and embarrassment
G
You put their mother through
D/A
When will you learn
D(#5)
That they are your legacy?
Bm
We are your legacy
D/F# Em D G
If you thought you were mine
(Mine, mine, mine)