Chords for Jon Batiste honors NMPA Songwriter Icon, Lin-Manuel Miranda

_ Please welcome one of the most prolific and versatile musicians of any generation,
the Academy Award, Golden Globe, BAFTA, and five-time Grammy Award winner,
including the 2022 Album of the Year, John Batiste. _ _
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[Cm] Please _ [Fm] _ [G] welcome the Academy Award [Fm] winner, John Batiste.
John Batiste, please [Cm] come _ [Fm] up to the stage.
[G] You're a great [Fm] clown. _
_ _ _ [G] John Batiste, _ [Fm] _
please [Ab] come up _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _
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_ _ to the stage. _ _ _ _
[Gb] John _ Batiste, _ _ _
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_ [F] _ _ _ [Db] please _ [Bbm] _
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[Bbm] Theodosia writes me a letter every [Fm] day _ _
[F] _ _ [Db] I'm keeping her [Bbm] bed warm while her [Fm] husband is away
_ _ [F] _ _ [Db] He's on the [Bbm] British side of Georgia
[Fm] He's trying to keep the colonies in [F] line _
[Db] But he can [Bbm] keep all of Georgia
[F] Theodosia, she's [Fm] mine
_ _ Love doesn't [Db] discriminate
Between the [Ab] sinners and the saints
It takes, it takes, it takes
[Bbm] We keep loving [Db] anyway
We laugh [Gb] and we cry and we break and we make our [Bbm] mistakes
And if there's a [Db] reason I'm by your [Ab] side
So many have tried
I'm [Bbm] willing to wait for it
[Db] _ I'm willing [Gb] to wait for it _ _
_ _ [Db] My [Bbm] grandfather was a fire and [Fm] brimstone preacher Preacher, preacher
_ [Db] But there are things that [Bbm] the homilies and [F] hymns won't teach ya
Teach ya, teach [Db]
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My mother [Bbm] was a genius
[Fm] My father commanded respect
[Db] But when they died they left no instruction
[F] Just a legacy to protect
_ [Bbm] Death doesn't [Db] discriminate
Between the sinners [Ab] and the saints
It takes, it takes, it takes
[Bbm] And we keep living [Db] anyway
We [Gb] rise and we fall and we break and we make our mistakes
[Bbm] And if there's a [Db] reason I'm still [Ab] alive
And everyone who loves me has died
I'm willing [Bbm] to wait for it
[Db] I'm [Gb] willing to wait for it
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_ _ _ _ _ I'm the one thing in life that I control _ _
I am inimitable, I am an original
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Hamilton's face is an endless [Bbm] uphill climb
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[Gb] He has something to prove, he has nothing to [Bbm] _
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_ [Db] Hamilton's face is relentless, he wastes [Bbm] no time
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[Gb] What is it like in his shoes? _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ Thank you so much!
_ _ And I just want to say that it's an honor for me to be here
and to [Ab] represent and dive into the music [N] of
one of the greatest of all time, Lin-Manuel Miranda. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Truly, [Bb] truly one of the greatest.
You know, people throw the gold [C] around all too casually
[G] in this generation, and I think that
when you have an actual gold [Ab] in the house, you gotta pay respect.
So, I'm glad to be here and _
there's so many songs that I could have chosen
it's hard to pick [G] one, but
_ _ [A] I love the art of reinvention and taking something that's so [Abm] great
there's endless possibilities for [Gb] reinvention
with his songbook.
So, _ [Abm] it's been [Ab] a joy to share that with you today
[Gb] and thank you for taking this journey with me.
I'm John [G] Baptiste and I will see you on the other side.
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