^EUn deux trois quatre Cinq six s^Amept huit n^Eeuf ^EUn deux trois quatre Cinq six s^Gept huit n^D9euf ^EOne two three four five six sev^Amen eight ni^Bne!

^C#mMy dearest, Angelica “Tomorrow and tomorrow and to^E/Bmorrow Creeps in this petty pace from day to day” ^C#m/F#I trust you’ll understand the reference to Another Scottish ^Atragedy without my having to ^Ab/Cname the play ^C#mThey think me Macbeth, and ambition is my folly I’m a^E/B polymath, a pain in the ass, a massive pain ^C#m/F#Madison is Banquo, Jefferson’s Macduff And ^C#m/ABirnam Wood is Congress on its wa^Ab/Cy to Dunsinane ^C#mAnd there you are, an ocean away Do you h^E/Bave to live an ocean away? ^C#m/F#Thoughts of you subside Then I get another letter I ^C#m/Acannot put the notion away^Ab…

^ETake a break I (am on my way) There’s a little surprise before supper And it cannot ^BWait (I’ll be there in just a minute, save my plate) Alexander— Okay, okay— Your son is nine years o^E/C#ld today And he has something that he’d like to say He’s been practicing all d^E/F#ay Philip, take it a^F#way—

N.C.

Daddy, daddy, look— My name is Philip I am a poet I wrote this poem just To show it And I just turned nine You can write rhymes But you can’t write mine

^EI practice French And play piano with my mother I have a sister, but I want a little brother My daddy’s trying to start America’s bank, Un deux trois quatre ci^Bnq!

^ETake a break Hey, our kid is pretty great, Run away with us for the summer Let’s go ^BUpstate Eliza, I’ve got so much on my plate We can all go stay with my father There’s a la^E/C#ke I know…In a nearby park You and I can ^E/F#go when the night gets d^F#ark… I will try to get away

^C#mMy dearest Alexander You must get through to Jeff^E/Berson Sit down with him and compromise Don’t stop ‘til you ag^C#m/F#ree Your fav’rite older sister Angelica, re^C#m/Aminds you There’s someone in your corner all the ^Ab/Cway across the sea ^C#mIn a letter I received from you two weeks ago I ^E/Bnoticed a comma in the middle of a phrase ^C#m/F#It changed the meaning. Did you intend this? O^C#m/Ane stroke and you’ve consume^Ab/Cd my waking days It says:

^C#m“My dearest Angelica” ^E9/Bwith a comma after “dearest.” You’ve written ^C#m9/Ab“My dearest, Angelica^C#m/A.” A^Ab/Cnyway, all this to say

^C#mI’m coming home this summer At my sister’s invita^E/Btion I’ll be there with your fam’ly If you make your way u^C#m/F#pstate I know you’re very busy I know your work’s ^C#m/Aimportant But I’m crossing the ocean and I j^Ab/Cust can’t wait ^C#mYou won’t be an ocean away You will on^E/Bly be a moment away… ^C#m7/F#Alexander, come downstairs. ^F#m9/AAngelica’s arriving tod^F#m/Bay! ^B

^C#mAngelica! Eliza!^E9/B The Schuyler sisters! ^C#m9/AbAlexander I^C#m/At’s good to see your face ^C#mAngelica, tell this man John ^E9/BAdams spends the summer with his family ^C#m9/AbAngelica, tell my wife John ^C#m/AAdams doesn’t have a real job anyway ^C#mYou’re not joining us? Wait I^E9/B’m afraid I cannot join you upstate ^C#m9/AbAlexander, I came all thi^C#m/As way ^BShe came all this way—All this way—

^ETake a break You know I have to get my plan through Congress Run away with us for the summer Let’s go ^BUpstate I lose my job if I don’t get my plan through Congress We can all go stay with our father There’s a la^E/C#ke I know In a nearby park You and ^E/F#I can go

^FTake a break and get away-Run away with us for the summer let's go ^CUpstate Where we can stay we can always stay with my father If you tak^F/De your time, you will make your mark Close your ey^F/Ges and dream— When the night gets d^Gark Take a break.

^FmI hav^Bbme to g^Fmet my plan throu^Bbmgh Congress ^FmI can’t^Bbm stop until I ge^Fmt this plan throu^C7gh Congress