Take a Break Chords by Phillipa Soo

Un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, six, _ [B] sept, huit, neuf.
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Un, deux, trois, quatre, [Am] cinq, six, sept, [F#] huit, neuf.
_ [D] [Em] Sept, [Bm] huit, neuf.
_ [Em] _ [D] One, two, three, [Em] four, five, six, seven, [B] eight, nine.
_ [F#] [C#m] My dearest Angelica, tomorrow and [E] tomorrow and tomorrow
creeps in this petty pace from day to day.
I trust you'll understand the reference to another Scottish tragedy
without my having to name the [C#m] play.
They think me Macbeth, ambition is my [E] folly,
I'm a polymath, I'm pain in the ass, a massive [G#m] pain.
Madison is Benquo, Jefferson's [E] Macduff,
and Burnham Wood is Congress on its way to [C#m] Dunsinane.
And if you are an ocean away, [E] you have to live an ocean away.
[G#m] Thoughts of you subside, then I get another letter,
[E] and I cannot put the notion away.
_ _ I'm on my way.
There's a little surprise before supper, and it cannot wait.
[B] I'll be there in just a minute, save my plate.
Alexander, your son is nine [C#m] years old today.
He has something he'd like to say.
He's been practicing [B] all day.
_ Take it away.
Daddy, daddy, look, my name is Phillip.
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 [E] mine. What?
I practice French and play piano with my mother.
I have a sister, but I want a little brother.
[B] My daddy's trying to sell an American's bank.
And the twat got the sack.
Bravo!
[E] Take a break.
Hey, our kid is pretty great.
Run away with us for the summer.
Let's go upstate.
Eliza, I've got so much on my plate.
We can all go stay with my father.
[C#m] There's a lake I know.
I know.
In a nearby park.
You and [E] I can_
[F#] It gets dark.
I will try to get [C#m] away.
My dearest Alexander, [E] you must get through to Jefferson.
Sit down with him and compromise.
[C#m] Don't stop till you agree.
Your favorite older sister, [F#] Angelica, reminds you
there's someone in your [G#] corner all the [C#m] way across the sea.
In a letter I received from you two [E] weeks ago,
I noticed a comma in the middle of a [G#m] phrase.
It changed the meaning.
Did you [F#] intend this?
One stroke and you've consumed [C] my waking [C#m] days, it says
My dearest Angelica.
[E] With a comma after dearest, [C#m] you've written
My dearest _ [E] Angelica.
_ [G#] [C#m] Anyway, all this to say, I'm coming home this summer
at my [E] sister's invitation.
I'll be there with your family if you [G#m] make your way upstate.
I know you're very busy.
I [E] know your work's important.
But I'm crossing the [C] ocean and I [C#m] just can't wait.
You won't be an ocean [E] away.
You'll only be a moment away.
_ _ Alexander, come downstairs.
Angelica's arriving today.
_ _ [Am] _ [C#m] Angelica. _
[E] Eliza.
The Schuyler sisters.
[G#m] Alexander.
_ [A] _ It's good to see your face.
Angelica, tell this [E] man, John Adams
spends the summer [G#m] with his family.
Angelica, tell my wife, John [E] Adams
[A] doesn't have a real [C#m] job anyway.
You're not joining us, wait.
[E] I'm afraid I cannot join you upstate.
Alexander, I came all this way.
You came all this [Am] way.
Take [E] a break.
No, I have to get my plan through Congress.
Run away with us for the summer, let's [B] go upstate.
I'd lose my job if we don't get this plan through Congress.
We can also stay with our father.
[C#m] There's a lake I know I'll be there. _
Never thinking when I [F#] can fly.
The _ [F] _ _ _
_ summer, let's go [C] upstate. _ _
[C] I'm _ [Dm] still hanging out.
I _ _ _
_ [F] _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] can't stop.
Take a [Fm] break.
I have to get my plan through Congress.
I can't stop till I get this plan through Congress.
[F] _ _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _