Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
BURR:
B minorBm
How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore and a
F#F#
Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a
G+G
Forgotten spot in the Caribbean by providence
D MajorD
Impoverished, in squalor
BbdimBbdim
Grow up to be a hero and a scholar?
LAURENS:
B minorBm
The ten-dollar founding father without a father
F#F#
Got a lot farther by working a lot harder
G+G
By being a lot smarter
By being a self-starter
D MajorD BbdimBbdim
By fourteen, they placed him in charge of a trading charter
JEFFERSON:
B minorBm
And every day while slaves were being slaughtered and carted
F#F#
Away across the waves, he struggled and kept his guard up
G+G
Inside he was longing for something to be a part of
D MajorD BbdimBbdim
The brother was ready to beg, steal, borrow, or barter
MADISON:
B minorBm
Then a hurricane came, and devastation reigned
F#F#
Our man saw his future drip, dripping down the drain
G+G
Put a pencil to his temple, connected it to his brain
D MajorD F#sus4F#sus4 F#F#
And he wrote his first refrain, a testament to his pain
BURR:
B minorBm
Well the word got around, they said, "This kid is insane, man"
F#F#
Took up a collection just to send him to the mainland
G+G
"Get your education, don't forget from whence you came
D MajorD BbdimBbdim
and the world is gonna know your name. What's your name, man "
HAMILTON:
B minorBm
Alexander Hamilton
F#F#
My name is Alexander Hamilton
G+G
And there's a million things I haven't done
D MajorD F#F#
But just you wait, just you wait...
ELIZA:
B minorBm
When he was ten his father split, full of it, debt-ridden
F#F# G+G
Two years later, see Alex and his mother bed-ridden half-dead
Sittin' in their own sick, the scent thick
COMPANY:
N/A
And Alex got better but his mother went quick
WASHINGTON:
B minorBm
Moved in with a cousin, the cousin committed suicide
F#F#
Left him with nothin' but ruined pride, something new inside
G+G
A augmentedA voice saying
WASHINGTON: // COMPANY:
"You gotta fend for yourself" // "Alex, you gotta fend for yourself"
WASHINGTON:
D MajorD BbdimBbdim
He started retreatin' and readin' every treatise on the shelf
BURR:
B minorBm
There would have been nothing left to do
For someone less astute, he woulda been
F#F#
Dead or destitute without a sense of restitution
G+G
Started workin', clerkin' for his late mother's landlord
D MajorD BbdimBbdim
Tradin' sugar cane and rum and all the things he can't afford
B minorBm
Scammin' for every book he can get his hands on
F#F#
Plannin' for the future see him now as he stands on
G+G
The bow of a ship headed for a new land
D MajorD BbdimBbdim
In New York you can be a new man
COMPANY:
B minorBm
In New York you can // (HAMILTON)
Be a new man // Just you wait
G7G7
In New York you can // (HAMILTON)
Be a new man // Just you wait
Em9Em9
In New York you can
Be a new man
WOMEN:
F#F#
In New York--
MEN:
New York
HAMILTON:
Just you wait!
COMPANY:
B minorBm
Alexander Hamilton (Alexander Hamilton)
G7G7
We are waiting in the wings for you (waiting in the wings for you)
E minorEm
You could never back down
F#F#
You never learned to take your time
B minorBm
Oh, Alexander Hamilton (Alexander Hamilton)
G7G7
When America sings for you
E minorEm
Will they know what you overcame?
D MajorD E minorEm
Will they know you rewrote the game?
Bm/F# Em/GEm/G D/AD/A F#7/A
The world will never be the same, oh
BURR:
B minorBm
The ship is in the harbor now // (COMPANY)
Bm/C#
See if you can spot him // Just you wait
Bm/D
Another immigrant
E minorEm
Comin' up from the bottom // Just you wait
Em/GEm/G
His enemies destroyed his rep
Em/C#
America forgot him
MULLIGAN/MADISON & LAFAYETTE/JEFFERSON:
F#sus4F#sus4 F#F#
We fought with him
LAURENS/PHILLIP:
F#sus4F#sus4 F#F#
Me? I died for him
WASHINGTON:
Bm9/F# F#F#
Me? I trusted him
ELIZA & ANGELICA & PEGGY/MARIA:
Em6/F# F#F#
Me? I loved him
BURR:
F#F#
And me? I'm the damn fool that shot him
COMPANY:
Em/GEm/G D MajorD
There's a million things I haven't done
Em6/F#
But just you wait!
BURR:
F#7F#7
What's your name, man?
COMPANY:
B minorBm
Alexander Hamilton!
B minorBm
AARON BURR SIR
C majorC A minorAm E minorEm C majorC A minorAm E minorEm
Company: 1776, New York City!
C majorC A minorAm
Hamilton: Pardon me. Are you Aaron Burr, sir?
E minorEm
Burr: That depends. Who’s asking?
C majorC A minorAm
Ham:Oh, well, sure, sir I’m Alexander Hamilton, I’m at your service, sir
E minorEm
I have been looking for you
Burr:I’m getting nervous
C majorC A minorAm E minorEm
Ham:Sir, I heard your name at Princeton. I was seeking an accelerated course of study
C majorC
when I got sort of out of sorts with a buddy of yours. I may have punched him.
A minorAm E minorEm
It’s a blur, sir. He handles the financials?
Burr: You punched the bursar?
C majorC A minorAm E minorEm
Ham: Yes! I wanted to do what you did. Graduate in two, then join the revolution.
He looked at me like I was stupid, I’m not stupid
C majorC A minorAm
So how’d you do it? How’d you graduate so fast?
E minorEm
Burr: It was my parents’ dying wish before they passed
C majorC A minorAm
Ham:You’re an orphan. Of course! I’m an orphan. God, I wish there was a war!
E minorEm
Then we could prove that we’re worth more than anyone bargained for
C majorC A minorAm
Burr:Can I buy you a drink? Ham: That would be nice
E minorEm
Burr: While we’re talking, let me offer you some free advice
C majorC A minorAm E minorEm
Burr: Talk less Ham: What? Burr: Smile more Ham: Huh
C majorC A minorAm E minorEm
Burr:Don’t let them know what you’re against or what you’re for
C majorC A minorAm E minorEm
Ham: You can’t be serious Burr: You wanna get ahead?
C majorC A minorAm E minorEm
Ham:Yes Burr: Fools who run their mouths off wind up dead
C majorC
Laurens: Yo yo yo yo yo! What time is it?
A minorAm
Lau/Lafayette/Mulligan: Show time!
E minorEm
Burr: …like I said…
Lau: Showtime! Showtime!
Beatbox
C minorCm
Lau/Laf/Mull: Ooh! Lau: Who are you? Mull: Who are you? Laf: Who are you?
DmDm D#D# D MajorD
Lau/Laf/Mull: Oooh, who is this kid? What's he gonna do?
MY SHOT
G minorGm G minorGm A minorAm
I am not throwing away my shot
Bb majorBb Bb majorBb
I am not throwing away my shot
BdimBdim C minorCm
Hey yo, I'm just like my country
I'm young, scrappy, and hungry
DmDm Eb MajorEb
And I'm not throwing away my shot
D MajorD
G minorGm
I'mma get a scholarship to King's College
G minorGm A minorAm Bb majorBb
I probably shouldn't brag, but dag, I amaze and astonish
Bb majorBb BdimBdim C minorCm
The problem is I got a lot of brains, but no polish
C minorCm DmDm Eb MajorEb
I gotta holler just to be heard
With every word I drop knowledge
G minorGm
I'm a diamond in the rough, a shiny piece of coal
A minorAm Bb majorBb BdimBdim C minorCm
Tryin' to reach my goal, my power of speech: unimpeachable
DmDm
Only nineteen, but my mind is older
Eb MajorEb D MajorD
These New York City streets getting colder, I shoulder
G minorGm
Ev'ry burden, ev'ry disadvantage
A minorAm Bb majorBb
I have learned to manage. I don't have a gun to brandish
N.C.
I walk these streets famished
C minorCm DmDm
The plan is to fan this spark into a flame
Eb MajorEb D MajorD
But damn, it's getting dark, so let me spell out my name
I am the—
HAMILTON, LAFAYETTE, MULLIGAN, LAURENS:
G minorGm A minorAm
A-L, E-X, A-N, D MajorD
Bb majorBb
E-R—we are—meant to be
HAMILTON:
C minorCm DmDm
A augmentedA colony that runs independently
Eb MajorEb D MajorD
Meanwhile, Britain keeps shitting on us endlessly
G minorGm
Essentially, they tax us relentlessly
A minorAm Bb majorBb
Then King George turns around, runs a spending spree
BdimBdim C minorCm DmDm
He ain't never gonna set his descendants free
Eb MajorEb D MajorD
So there will be a revolution in this century
N.C.
ENTER ME!
LAURENS, LAFAYETTE, MULLIGAN:
G minorGm
(He says in parentheses)
HAMILTON:
A minorAm Bb majorBb
Don't be shocked when your history book mentions me
BdimBdim C minorCm DmDm
I will lay down my life if it sets us free
Eb MajorEb D MajorD
Eventually you'll see my ascendancy
HAMILTON and (LAURENS):
G minorGm G minorGm A minorAm
And I am not throwing away my shot (my shot)
Bb majorBb Bb majorBb
I am not throwing away my shot (my shot)
BdimBdim C minorCm
Hey yo, I'm just like my country
I'm young, scrappy, and hungry
HAMILTON & LAURENS:
DmDm Eb MajorEb D MajorD
And I'm not throwing away my shot
HAMILTON, MULLIGAN, LAURENS, LAFAYETTE:
G minorGm G minorGm A minorAm
I am not throwing away my shot
Bb majorBb Bb majorBb
I am not throwing away my shot
BdimBdim C minorCm
Hey yo, I'm just like my country
I'm young, scrappy, and hungry
DmDm Eb MajorEb D MajorD
And I'm not throwing away my shot
G minorGm
It's time to take a shot!
LAFAYETTE:
G minorGm G minorGm A minorAm
I dream of life without the monarchy
Bb majorBb Bb majorBb BdimBdim
The unrest in France will lead to "onarchy"
C minorCm C minorCm DmDm Eb MajorEb
"Onarchy " How you say, how you s—Oh, anarchy!
D MajorD
When I fight I make the other side panicky
With my
HAMILTON, MULLIGAN, LAURENS, LAFAYETTE:
G minorGm
Shot!
MULLIGAN:
G minorGm A minorAm
Yo, I'm a tailor's apprentice
Bb majorBb BdimBdim
And I got y'all knuckleheads in loco parentis
C minorCm DmDm
I'm joining the rebellion cuz I know it's my chance
Eb MajorEb D MajorD
To socially advance, instead of sewin' some pants
I'm gonna take a
HAMILTON, MULLIGAN, LAURENS, LAFAYETTE:
G minorGm
Shot!
LAURENS:
G minorGm A minorAm
Eh, but we'll never be truly free
Bb majorBb BdimBdim
Until those in bondage have the same rights as you and me
C minorCm DmDm Eb MajorEb
You and I, do or die, wait till I sally in on a stallion
D MajorD
With the first black battalion
Have another
HAMILTON, MULLIGAN, LAURENS, LAFAYETTE:
G minorGm
Shot!
BURR:
G minorGm G minorGm A minorAm
Geniuses, lower your voices
Bb majorBb Bb majorBb BdimBdim
You keep out of trouble, and you double your choices
C minorCm C minorCm DmDm
I'm with you, but the situation is fraught
Eb MajorEb
You've got to be carefully taught:
G minorGm
If you talk, you're gonna get shot!
HAMILTON:
G minorGm A minorAm
Burr, check what we got
Bb majorBb BdimBdim
Mr. Lafayette hard rock like Lancelot
C minorCm
I think your pants look hot
DmDm
Laurens, I like you a lot
Eb MajorEb D MajorD
Let's hatch a plot blacker than the kettle callin' the pot
G minorGm A minorAm
What are the odds the gods would put us all in one spot
Bb majorBb
Poppin' a squat on conventional wisdom, like it or not
BdimBdim C minorCm DmDm Eb MajorEb
A augmentedA bunch of revolutionary manumission abolitionists
N.C.
Give me a position, show me where the ammunition is
Oh, am I talkin' too loud?
Sometimes I get over excited, shoot off at the mouth
I never had a group of friends before
I promise that I'll make y'all proud
LAURENS:
Let's get this guy in front of a crowd!
COMPANY:
G minorGm A minorAm
I am not throwing away my shot
Bb majorBb
I am not throwing away my shot
BdimBdim C minorCm
Hey yo, I'm just like my country
I'm young, scrappy, and hungry
Eb MajorEb D MajorD
And I'm not throwing away my shot
G minorGm A minorAm
I am not throwing away my shot
Bb majorBb
I am not throwing away my shot
BdimBdim C minorCm
Hey yo, I'm just like my country
I'm young, scrappy, and hungry
Eb MajorEb D MajorD
And I'm not throwing away my shot
LAURENS and (HAMILTON, LAFAYETTE, MULLIGAN):
Everybody sing
G minorGm Bb majorBb
Woah-woah, wo-oh-oh (Woah-woah, wo-oh-oh)
Hey
C minorCm
Wo-oh-oh (Wo-oh-oh)
Wooh!!
Eb MajorEb
Wo-oh-oh (Wo-oh-oh)
D MajorD
Sing let 'em hear ya (Yeah)
LAURENS and (COMPANY):
G minorGm A minorAm Bb majorBb
Let's go! (Woah-woah, wo-oh-oh)
I said, shout it to the rooftops
BdimBdim C minorCm
(Wo-oh-oh)
Said to the rooftops
DmDm Eb MajorEb
(Wo-oh-oh)
Now come on
D MajorD
(Yeah)
Now come on, let's go
LAURENS:
G minorGm
Rise up
A minorAm Bb majorBb
When you're living on your knees, you rise up
BdimBdim C minorCm
Tell your brother that he's got to rise up
DmDm Eb MajorEb
Tell your sister that she's got to rise up
LAURENS & ENSEMBLE and (COMPANY):
D MajorD G minorGm
When are these colonies gonna rise up
(Whoa, woah)
A minorAm Bb majorBb
When are these colonies gonna rise up (Woah)
BdimBdim C minorCm
When are these colonies gonna rise up (Woah)
DmDm D#D#
When are these colonies gonna rise up (Woah)
D MajorD
Rise up
HAMILTON:
G minorGm
I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory
Bb majorBb
When's it's gonna get me?
In my sleep? Seven feet ahead of me?
C minorCm
If I see it coming, do I run or do I let it be?
Eb MajorEb D MajorD
Is it like a beat without a melody?
G minorGm
See, I never thought I'd live past twenty
Bb majorBb
Where I come from some get half as many
C minorCm
Ask anybody why we livin' fast and we laugh, reach for a flask
Eb MajorEb D MajorD
We have to make this moment last, that's plenty
G minorGm
Scratch that
A minorAm Bb majorBb
This is not a moment, it's the movement
BdimBdim
Where all the hungriest brothers with something to prove went
C minorCm DmDm
Foes oppose us, we take an honest stand
Eb MajorEb D MajorD
We roll like Moses, claimin' our Promised Land
G minorGm A minorAm
And? If we win our independence?
Bb majorBb BdimBdim
'Zat a guarantee of freedom for our descendants?
C minorCm DmDm
Or will the blood we shed begin an endless
Eb MajorEb D MajorD
Cycle of vengeance and death with no defendants?
G minorGm
I know the action in the street is excitin'
Bb majorBb
But Jesus, between all the bleedin' 'n fightin'
C minorCm
I've been readin' 'n writin'
DmDm
We need to handle our financial situation
Eb MajorEb D MajorD
Are we a nation of states? What's the state of our nation?
G minorGm G minorGm A minorAm Bb majorBb
I'm past patiently waitin'! I'm passionately smashin' every expectation
Bb majorBb BdimBdim
Every action's an act of creation
C minorCm
I'm laughin' in the face of casualties and sorrow
Eb MajorEb
For the first time, I'm thinkin' past tomorrow
HAMILTON & COMPANY:
D MajorD G minorGm A minorAm
And I am not throwin' away my shot
Bb majorBb
I am not throwin' away my shot
BdimBdim C minorCm
Hey, yo, I'm just like my country
I'm young, scrappy, and hungry
Eb MajorEb D MajorD
And I'm not throwin' away my shot
HAMILTON, MULLIGAN, LAURENS and (ENSEMBLE):
We gonna
G minorGm
rise up; time to take a shot
(Not thrown’ away my shot)
A minorAm
We gonna
Bb majorBb
rise up; time to take a shot
(Not throwin’ away my shot)
BdimBdim
We gonna
C minorCm
(rise up, rise up)
HAMILTON:
It’s time to take a shot
HAMILTON, MULLIGAN, LAURENS and (ENSEMBLE):
Eb MajorEb
(Rise up, rise up)
It’s time to take a shot (rise up, rise up)
(Wo-oah) Time to take a shot (rise up)
Take a shot, a shot, a shot, (Oh-Oh, oh)
Eb MajorEb
A-yo, it's time to take a shot (Woah, oh-oh oh)
Time to take a shot (Woah-oh)
And I am (And I am)
N.C.
Not throwing away my
COMPANY:
D MajorD D MajorD D MajorD D MajorD D MajorD G5G5
Not throwing away my shot! (the above is the button at the very end)
STORY OF TONIGHT
I may not live to see our glory
A augmentedA A/C#A/C# G/DG/D
I may not live to see our glory
But I will gladly join the fight
D MajorD C#m/F
But I will gladly join the fight
F# minorF#m
And when our children tell our story
D MajorD Dm/F A augmentedA
They'll tell the story of tonight
A augmentedA A/D
Let's have another round tonight
A augmentedA A/D
Let's have another round tonight
A augmentedA D MajorD
Let's have another round tonight
Verse:
A augmentedA E/G#
Raise a glass to freedom
F# minorF#m Dm/F
Something they can never take away
A augmentedA E/G# F# minorF#m DmDm
no matter what they tell you
A augmentedA E/G#
raise a glass to the four of us
F# minorF#m Dm/F
tomorrow there'll be more of us
A augmentedA E/G#
Telling the story of tonight
F# minorF#m DmDm
They'll tell the story of tonight
A augmentedA E/G#
Raise a glass to freedom
F# minorF#m Dm/F
Something they can never take away
A augmentedA E/G#
No matter what they tell you
F# minorF#m DmDm
Let's have another round tonight
A augmentedA E/G#
Raise a glass to the four of us
F# minorF#m Dm/F
Tomorrow there'll be more of us
A augmentedA E/G#
Telling the story of tonight
F# minorF#m DmDm
Let's have another round tonight
A augmentedA E/G# A augmentedA E/G#
They'll tell the story of tonight/Raise a glass to freedom
F# minorF#m DmDm A augmentedA E/G#
They'll tell the story of tonight/Raise a glass to freedom
F# minorF#m DmDm A augmentedA
They'll tell the story of tonight/They'll tell the story of
A augmentedA E/G#
Tonight
SCHUYLER SISTERS
Intro:
B minorBm
There’s nothing rich folks love more
F#F#
Than going downtown and slummin’ it with the poor
G+G
They pull up in their carriages and gawk
D MajorD
At the students in the common
A#A#
Just to watch them talk
B minorBm
Take Philip Schuyler: the man is loaded
F#F#
Uh-oh, but little does he know that
G+G
His daughters, Peggy, Angelica, Eliza
D MajorD F#7/A#
Sneak into the city just to watch all the guys at—
Bm7Bm7
Work, work! Angelica!
D MajorD
Work, work! Eliza!
Bm7Bm7
And Peggy! The Schuyler sisters!
D MajorD
Angelica!
N.C.
Peggy!
N.C.
Eliza!
Bm7Bm7
Work!
Verse:
Bm7Bm7
Daddy said to be home by sundown
D MajorD
Daddy doesn’t need to know
Bm7Bm7
Daddy said not to go downtown
D MajorD
Like I said, you’re free to go
Bm7Bm7
But—look around, look around, the
D MajorD GMaj9Gmaj9
Revolution’s happening in New York New York Angelica
F#7/A#
Work!
Bm7Bm7
It’s bad enough daddy wants to go to war
D MajorD
People shouting in the square
Bm7Bm7
It’s bad enough there’ll be violence on our shore
D MajorD
New ideas in the air
Bm7Bm7
Look around, look around—
D MajorD GMaj9Gmaj9
Angelica, remind me what we’re looking for…
N.C.
She’s lookin’ for me!
Chorus:
F#7/A# Bm7Bm7
Eliza, I’m lookin’ for a mind at work
D MajorD
I’m lookin’ for a mind at work!
Bm7Bm7
I’m lookin’ for a mind at work!
D MajorD
Whooaaaaa! Whooaaaaa!
Bm7Bm7
Work!
Verse:
Bm7Bm7
There’s nothin’ like summer in the city
D/AD/A
Someone in a rush next to someone lookin’ pretty
Gmaj7Gmaj7
Excuse me, miss, I know it’s not funny
D/AD/A
But your perfume smells like your daddy’s got money
E minorEm
Why you slummin’ in the city in your fancy heels
D/F#D/F#
You searchin for an urchin who can give you ideals?
Gmaj7Gmaj7
Burr, you disgust me
N.C.
Ah, so you’ve discussed me
F#7/A#
I’m a trust fund, baby, you can trust me!
Bm7Bm7
I’ve been reading Common Sense by Thomas Paine
D/AD/A
So men say that I’m intense or I’m insane
GMaj9Gmaj9
You want a revolution? I want a revelation
F#m7/A
So listen to my declaration:
Em9Em9
“We hold these truths to be self-evident
Dmaj7/F#
That all men are created equal”
GMaj9Gmaj9
And when I meet Thomas Jefferson
F#7/A#
I’m ‘a compel him to include women in the sequel!
Bm7Bm7
Work!
Chorus:
Bm7Bm7
Look around, look around at how
D/AD/A
Lucky we are to be alive right now!
GMaj9Gmaj9
Look around, look around at how
F#m7F#m7
Lucky we are to be alive right now!
Em9Em9 Dmaj7/F#
History is happening in Manhattan and we just happen to be
GMaj9Gmaj9
In the greatest city in the world!
A#Maj7A#maj7
In the greatest city in the world!
Verse:
Bm7Bm7
Cuz I’ve been reading Common Sense by Thomas Paine
D6/AD6/A
So men say that I’m intense or I’m insane
GMaj9Gmaj9
You want a revolution? I want a revelation
F#m7F#m7
So listen to my declaration:
Bm7Bm7
We hold these truths to be self evident
D6/AD6/A
That all men are created equal
Gmaj7Gmaj7
Look around, look around
F#m7F#m7
At how lucky we are to be alive right now!
Em9Em9 Dmaj7/F#
History is happening in Manhattan and we just happen to be
Gmaj7Gmaj7
In the greatest city in the world
A#Maj7A#maj7
In the greatest city in the world!
Outro:
Bm7Bm7
Work, work! Angelica!
D MajorD
Eliza!
Bm7Bm7
And Peggy! The Schuyler sisters!
D MajorD
We’re looking for a mind at
Bm7Bm7
work!
D6/AD6/A
Whoa!
GMaj9Gmaj9
In the greatest
A augmentedA D MajorD
City in the world
THE FARMER REFUTED
C majorC G+G DmDm A minorAm
Hear ye, hear ye! My name is Samuel Seabury
FF C majorC G+G
and I present "Free thoughts on the proceedings of the Continental Congress!"
Verse:
C majorC G+G DmDm A minorAm
Heed not the rabble who scream revolution
FF G+G
They have not your interest at heart
G+G
(Oh my god. Tear this dude apart)
C majorC G+G DmDm A minorAm
Chaos and bloodshed are not a solution
FF G+G
Don't let them lead you astray
A minorAm G+G
This congress does not speak for me
A minorAm G+G
They're playing a dangerous game
A minorAm Dm/F
I pray the king shows you his mercy
D MajorD G+G
For shame, for shame!
Verse:
C majorC G+G DmDm
Yo! He'd have you all unravel at the sound of screams (Heed not the rabble who scream)
A minorAm
But the revolution is comin' (Revolution!)
FF
The have-nots are gonna win this (They have not your interests at heart)
G+G
It's hard to listen to you with a straight face
C majorC G+G DmDm
Chaos and bloodshed already haunt us (Chaos and Bloodshed are not solution)
A minorAm FF
Honestly, you shouldn't even talk and what about Boston (Don't let them lead you astray)
G+G
Look at the cost of all that we've lost
A minorAm
And you talk about Congress? (This Congress does not speak for me)
G+G
My dog speaks more eloquently than thee
A minorAm
(You're playing a dangerous game)
G+G
But strangely, your mange is the same!
A minorAm Dm/F
(I pray the king shows you his mercy)
Is he in Jersey?
D MajorD
(For shame—) For the Revolution!
G+G AbAb
(For shame!) For the Revolution!
Verse:
DbDb
(Heed—) If you repeat yourself again I'm gonna
EbmEbm BbmBbm
(Scream—) Honestly, look at me, please don't read!
GbGb AbAb
(Not your interest—) Don't modulate the key then not debate with me
DbDb AbAb EbmEbm
Why should a tiny island across the sea
BbmBbm
Regulate the price of tea? Alexander, please!
GbGb
Burr, I'd rather be divisive than indecisive
AbAb
Drop the niceties
Bb majorBb DmDm
Silence! A augmentedA message from the King!
G minorGm
A augmentedA message from the King!
FF
A augmentedA message from the King!
YOULL BE BACK
Intro:
G+G G/F C majorC Am7Am7 D MajorD
Verse:
G+G
You say
G/F C majorC Am7Am7 D MajorD
The price of my love’s not a price that you’re willing to pay
G+G
You cry
G/F C majorC Am7Am7
In your tea which you hurl in the sea when you see me go by
D MajorD E minorEm
Why so sad?
G+G C majorC Am7Am7
Remember we made an arrangement when you went away
D MajorD E minorEm
Now you’re making me mad
G+G C majorC D MajorD
Remember despite our estrangement, I’m your man
Chorus:
G+G G/F
You’ll be back, soon you’ll see
C majorC Am7Am7
You’ll remember you belong to me
D MajorD G+G G/F
You’ll be back, time will tell
C majorC Am7Am7
You’ll remember that I served you well
D MajorD E minorEm G+G
Oceans rise, empires fall
C majorC C minorCm
We have seen each other through it all
E minorEm G+G
And when push comes to shove
C majorC Am7Am7
I will send a fully armed battalion
D MajorD G+G
To remind you of my love!
Bridge:
G+G G/F C majorC
Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da
C minorCm D MajorD G+G
Da da dat dat da ya da!
G/F C majorC
Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da
C minorCm
Da da dat dat da…
Verse:
E minorEm
You say
G+G C majorC C minorCm
Our love is draining and you can’t go on!
E minorEm
You’ll be
G+G C majorC C minorCm
The one complaining when I am go-ne!
Am7Am7
And NO,
D7D7
Don’t change the subject!
Am7Am7 D7D7
‘Cause you’re my favorite subject!
FF C majorC
My sweet, submissive subject!
FF C majorC
My loyal, royal subject!
G+G
Forever
G/F
And ever
C minorCm
And ever, and ever, and ever…
Chorus:
G+G G/F
You’ll be back, like before
C majorC Am7Am7
I will fight the fight and win the war
D7D7 G+G G/F
For your love, for your praise
C majorC Am7Am7
And I’ll love ya ’til my dying days
D7D7 E minorEm G+G
When you’re gone, I’ll go mad
C majorC C minorCm
So don’t throw away this thing we had
E minorEm G+G
‘Cause when push comes to shove
C majorC
I will kill your friends and family…
Am7Am7 G+G
To remind you of my love!
Outro:
G+G G/F C majorC
Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da
C minorCm D7D7 G+G
Da da dat dat da ya da!
G/F C majorC
Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da
C minorCm D7D7
Da da dat - Everybody!
G+G G/F C majorC
Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da
C minorCm G+G
Da da dat dat da ya da!
G/F C majorC
Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da da da da
C minorCm D7D7 G+G
Dat dat da ya da!
RIGHT HAND MAN
C minorCm Cm7Cm7
British Admiral Howe's got troops on the water
Cm6Cm6 Abmaj7Abmaj7
Thirty-two thousand troops in New York Harbour…
C minorCm Cm7Cm7
Thirty-two thousand troops in New York Harbour…
Cm6Cm6 Abmaj7Abmaj7
When they surround our troops! They surround our troops! (They surround our troops!)
C minorCm
As a kid in the Caribbean I wished for a war
Cm/D
I knew that I was poor, I knew it was the only way to
Cm/Eb
(Rise up), if they tell my story
Cm/F
I am either gonna die on the battlefield in glory or
C minorCm
(Rise up), I will fight for this land but there's
Cm/D
Only one man Who can give us a command, so we can
Cm/Eb Cm/F
(Rise up), understand, it's the only way to (rise up, rise up)
N.C.
Here he comes!
C minorCm
(Here comes the general!)
AbAb
Ladies and gentlemen!
F/AF/A
(Here comes the general!)
AbAb
The moment you've been waiting for!
C minorCm
(Here comes the general!)
AbAb
The Pride of Mount Vernon!
F/AF/A
(Here comes the general!)
AbAb
George Washington!
C minorCm
We are out-gunned! (what!)
AbAb
Out-manned! (what!)
F/AF/A
Out-numbered,
AbAb
out-planned!
C minorCm
We gotta make an all-out
AbAb
stand Hey yo
F/AF/A
I'm gonna need a right-hand
AbAb
man
Here comes the general!
N.C.
Can I be real a second? For just a millisecond?
Let down my guard and tell the people how I feel a second?
Now I'm the model of a modern major general
The venerated Virginian veteran whose men are all
C minorCm AbAb
Lining up to put me up on a pedestal, writing letters to
F/AF/A AbAb
Relatives embellishing my elegance and eloquence
C minorCm AbAb
But the elephant is in the room, the truth is in your
F/AF/A AbAb
Face When you hear the British cannons go (BOOM!)
C minorCm AbAb
Any hope of success is fleeting How can I keep
F9/A AbAb
Leading when the people I'm leading keep retreating?
C minorCm AbAb
We put a stop to the bleeding as the British take
F/AF/A AbAb
Brooklyn Knight takes rook, but look
C minorCm
We are out-gunned! (what!)
AbAb
Out-manned! (what!)
F/AF/A
Out-numbered,
AbAb
out-planned!
C minorCm
We gotta make an all-out
AbAb
stand Hey yo
F/AF/A
I'm gonna need a right-hand
AbAb
man
N.C.
Incoming!
C minorCm
They're battering down the Battery, check the damages (brrah!)
Cm/D
We gotta stop ‘em and rob ‘em of their advantages (brrah!)
Cm/Eb
Let's take a stand with the stamina God has granted us
Cm/F
Hamilton won't abandon ship, yo, let's steal their cannons!
C minorCm Cm/D
(BOOM) goes the cannon, watch the blood and the shit spray, and
Cm/Eb Cm/F
(BOOM) goes the cannon, we're abandoning Kips Bay, and
C minorCm
(BOOM) there's another ship, and
Cm/D
(BOOM) we just lost the southern tip and
Cm/Eb
(BOOM) we've gotta run to Harlem quick, we can't afford another slip
C minorCm
Guns and horses giddy up,
Cm/D
I decide to divvy up
Cm/Eb
My forces, they're skittish as the
Cm/F
British cut the city up
C minorCm
This close to giving up,
Cm/D
Facing mad scrutiny
Cm/Eb Cm/F
I scream in the face of this mass mutiny:
Cm9Cm9
"Are these the men with which I am to defend America "
Cm9/D
We ride at midnight, Manhattan in the distance
Cm/Eb
I cannot be everywhere at once, people
Cm/F
I'm in dire need of assistance
C minorCm
Your Excellency, sir Who are you? Aaron Burr, sir
G minorGm
Permission to state my case? As you were...Sir,
AbAb
I was a captain under General Montgomery Until he caught a
Ab6/F Bb majorBb
Bullet in the neck in Quebec, and well, in summary
C minorCm
I think that I could be of some assistance
G minorGm
I admire how you keep firing on the British from a distance
AbAb
I have some questions, a couple of suggestions
Ab6/F Bb majorBb
On how to fight instead of fleeing west Yes?
C minorCm
Your Excellency? You wanted to see me?
G minorGm
Hamilton, come in. Have you met Burr? Yes, sir We keep meeting...
AbAb
As I was saying, sir I look forward to seeing your strategy
Ab6/F Bb majorBb
play out—Burr? Sir? Close the door on your way out
C minorCm
Have I done something wrong, sir? On the contrary
G minorGm
I called you here because our odds are beyond scary
AbAb
Your reputation precedes you, but I have to laugh
Ab6/F Bb majorBb
Hamilton, how come no one can get you on their staff?
C minorCm
Don't get me wrong, you're a young man of great renown
G minorGm
I know you stole British cannons when we were still downtown
AbAb
Nathanael Greene and Henry Knox wanted to hire you—
Ab6/F
To be their secretary! I don't think so
Bb majorBb
Now why are you
C minorCm
Upset? I'm not It's alright you want to fight, you've got a
G minorGm
Hunger I was just like you when I was younger
AbAb
Head full of fantasies of dying like a martyr
Ab6/F Bb majorBb
Dying is easy, young man; living is harder
C minorCm
Why are you telling me this? I'm being honest
G minorGm
I'm working with a third of what our Congress has promised
AbAb
We are a powder keg about to explode
Ab6/F Bb majorBb
I need someone like you to lighten the load
Cm/G AbAb
I am not throwing away my shot
F/AF/A AbAb
I am not throwing away my shot
Cm/G AbAb
Hey yo I'm just like my country I'm young, scrappy and hungry
F/AF/A
I am not throwing away my shot
Cm/G AbAb
Son, we are outgunned! Outmanned! You need all the help you can get,
F/AF/A AbAb
I have some friends, Laurens, Mulligan, Marquis de Lafayette! Okay, what else?
Cm/G AbAb
Outnumbered, out planned! We'll need some spies on the
F/AF/A AbAb
Inside Some king's men who might let some things slide
Cm/G AbAb
I'll write to Congress and tell them we need supplies
F/AF/A AbAb
You rally the guys, master the element of surprise
Cm/G AbAb
I'll rise above my station, organize your information
F/AF/A AbAb
‘Til we rise to the occasion of our new nation, sir!
Cm/G AbAb
Here comes the general! Rise up! (What!)
F/AF/A AbAb
Here comes the general! Rise up! (What!)
Cm/G AbAb
Here comes the general! Rise up! (What!)
F/AF/A AbAb
Here comes the general! What!
N.C.
And his right-hand man!
C minorCm
BOOM!
A augmentedA WINTERS BALL
B minorBm F#F#
Burr:: How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore go on and on grow into more of a
phenomenon?
G+G D MajorD BbdimBbdim
Watch this obnoxious, arrogant, loud-mouth bother be seated at the right hand of the
father
B minorBm F#F#
Washington hires Hamilton right on site, but Hamilton still wants to fight, not write
G+G D MajorD BbdimBbdim
Now Hamilton's skill with the quill is undeniable, but what do we have in common?
B minorBm
We're reliable with the lay-deez! (there are so many to deflower)
F#F#
Lay-deez! (Looks! Proximity to power!)
G+G
Lay-deez! They delighted and distracted him,
D MajorD BbdimBbdim
Martha Washington named her feral tomcat after him Ham:: That's true
B minorBm F#F#
Burr:: 1780, a winter's ball and the Schuyler Sisters are the envy of all
G+G
If you can marry a sister, you're rich son.
D MajorD BbdimBbdim
Ham:: Is it a matter of if, Burr, or which one?
C majorC
Ham/Burr/Lau: Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
HELPLESS
FF A#A#
Ooh, I do I do I do I do, hey
FF A#A#
Ooh, I do I do I do
Boy you got me
Chorus:
FF A#A#
Helpless, look into your eyes and the sky’s the limit
FF A#A#
I’m helpless, down for the count and I’m drowning in ‘em
Verse: (Eliza)
FF
I have never been the type to try and grab the spotlight
A#A#
We were at a revel with some rebels on a hot night
FF
Laughing at my sister as she’s dazzling the room
A#A#
Then you walked in and my heart went “Boom!”
FF
Trying to catch your eye from the side of the ballroom
A#A#
Everybody’s dancing and the band’s top volume
FF
Grind to the rhythm as we wine and dine
A#A#
Grab my sister and whisper “Yo, this one’s mine.”
DmDm FF
Ooh, my sister made her way across the room to you
A#A#
And I got nervous, thinking “What’s she gonna do ”
C majorC
She grabbed you by the arm, I’m thinking “I’m through”
Then you look back at me and suddenly I’m
Chorus:
FF A#A#
Helpless, look into your eyes and the sky’s the limit
FF A#A#
I’m helpless, down for the count and I’m drowning in ‘em
FF A#A#
Helpless, look into your eyes and the sky’s the limit
FF A#A#
I’m helpless, down for the count and I’m drowning in ‘em
Verse: (Eliza)
FF
One week later, I’m writing a letter nightly
A#A#
Now my life gets better, every letter that you write me
FF
Laughing at my sister cause she wants to form a harem
(Angelica)
N.C.
I’m just saying if you really loved me you would share him
(Eliza)
Ha!
FF
Two weeks later in the living room stressin’
A#A#
My father’s stone faced while you’re asking for his blessin’
FF
I’m dying inside as you wine and dine
A#A# DmDm
And I’m trying not to cry cause there’s nothing that your mind can’t do
FF
My father makes his way across the room to you
A#A#
I panic for a second thinking “we’re through”
C majorC
But then he shakes your hand and says “Be true”
And you turn back to me, smiling, and I’m
Chorus:
FF A#A#
Helpless, look into your eyes and the sky’s the limit
FF A#A#
I’m helpless, down for the count and I’m drowning in ‘em
FF A#A#
Helpless, look into your eyes and the sky’s the limit
FF A#A#
I’m helpless, down for the count and I’m drowning in ‘em
(Hamilton)
FF
Eliza, I don’t have a dollar to my name
A#A#
An acre of land, a troop to command, a dollop of fame
FF
All I have’s my honor, a tolerance for pain
A#A#
A augmentedA couple of college credits and my top-notch brain
FF
Insane, your family brings out a different side of me
A#A#
Peggy confides in me, Angelica tried to take a bite of me
FF
No stress, my love for you is never in doubt
A#A#
We’ll get a little place in Harlem and we’ll figure it out
DmDm
I’ve been livin’ without a family since I was a child
FF
My father left, my mother died, I grew up buckwild
A#A#
But I’ll never forget my mother’s face, that was real
C majorC
And long as I’m alive, Eliza, swear to God
You’ll never feel so…
Chorus:
FF A#A#
Helpless, look into your eyes and the sky’s the limit
FF A#A#
I’m helpless, down for the count and I’m drowning in ‘em
FF A#A#
Helpless, look into your eyes and the sky’s the limit
FF A#A#
I’m helpless, down for the count and I’m drowning in ‘em
FF A#A#
A#A#
In New York, you can be a new man
DmDm
In New York, you can be a new man
C majorC A#A# FF
In New York, you can be a new man
SATISFIED
LAURENS:
A#m7A#m7 Db/Ab
Alright, alright. That's what I'm talkin' about!
A#m7/D#
Now everyone give it up for the maid of honor
Gb9Gb9 F7F7
Angelica Schuyler!
ANGELICA/COMPANY:
A#m7A#m7
A augmentedA toast to the groom (to the groom, to the groom, to the groom)
Db/Ab
To the bride (To the bride, to the bride, to the bride)
A#m7/D#
From your sister (Angelica, Angelica, Angelica)
Gb9Gb9 F7F7
Who is always by your side (By your side)
A#m7A#m7
To your union (To the union! To the revolution!)
Db/Ab
And the hope that you provide (provide, provide)
A#m7/D#
May you always (always)
Gb9Gb9 F7F7
Be satisfied (rewind)
REWIND INTERLUDE:
ANGELICA:
A#m7A#m7
I remember that night I just might
regret that night for the rest of my days
Db/Ab
I remember those soldier boys tripping over themselves
to win our praise
A#m7/D#
I remember that dreamlike candlelight
like a dream that you can't quite place
Gb9Gb9 F7F7 A#m7A#m7
But Alexander I'll never forget the first time I saw your face
I have never been the same
Db/Ab
Intelligent eyes in a hunger-pang frame
A#m7/D#
And when you said "hi" I forgot my dang name
Gb9Gb9 F7F7
Set my heart aflame, every part aflame
This is not a game
HAMILTON:
A#m7A#m7
You strike me as a woman who has never been satisfied
ANGELICA:
Db/Ab
I'm sure I don't know what you mean, you forget yourself
HAMILTON:
A#m7/D#
You're like me. I'm never satisfied
ANGELICA:
Gb9Gb9
Is that right?
HAMILTON:
F7F7
I have never been satisfied
ANGELICA:
A#m7A#m7
My name is Angelica Schuyler
HAMILTON:
Db/Ab
Alexander Hamilton
ANGELICA:
Where's your family from?
HAMILTON:
A#m7/D#
Unimportant, there's a million things I haven't done
Gb7Gb7 F7F7
Just you wait, just you wait
ANGELICA:
A#m7A#m7
So so so, so this is what it feels like to match wits
with someone at your level. What the hell is the catch?
Db/Ab
It's the feeling of freedom, of seeing the light
It's Ben Franklin with a key and a kite
You see it right?
A#m7/D#
The conversation lasted two minutes, maybe three minutes
Everything we said in total agreement
Gb9Gb9
It's a dream and it's a bit of a dance
F7F7
A augmentedA bit of a posture, it's a bit of a stance
A#m7A#m7
He's a bit of a flirt but I'mma give it a chance
I asked about his family, did you see his answer?
Db/Ab
His hands started fidgeting, he looked askance?
He's penniless; he's flying by the seat of his pants
A#m7/D#
Handsome, boy does he know it
Peach fuzz, and he can't even grow it
Gb9Gb9
I wanna take him far away from this place
F7F7
Then I turn and see my sister's face and she is...
ELIZA:
A#m7A#m7
Helpless
ANGELICA:
And I know she is
ELIZA:
A#m7/Ab
Helpless
ANGELICA:
And her eyes are just
ELIZA:
A#m7/D#
Helpless
ANGELICA:
Gb9Gb9 F7F7
And I realize three fundamental truths at the exact same time
HAMILTON:
A#m7A#m7
Where are you taking me?
ANGELICA:
I'm about to change your life.
HAMIlTON:
Then by all means, lead the way.
COMPANY:
A#m7A#m7
Number one!
ANGELICA:
A#m7A#m7
I'm a girl in a world in which my only job is to marry rich
Db/Ab
My father has no sons so I'm the one
who has to social climb for one
A#m7/D#
So I'm the oldest and the wittiest and the gossip in
New York City is insidious
Gb9Gb9
And Alexander is penniless
F7F7
That doesn't mean I want him any less
ELIZA:
A#m7A#m7
Elizabeth Schuyler. It's a pleasure to meet you.
HAMILTON:
Schuyler?
ANGELICA:
My sister.
COMPANY:
A#m7A#m7
Number two!
ANGELICA:
A#m7A#m7
He's after me cuz I'm a Schuyler sister
That elevates his status
Db/Ab
I'd have to be naive to set that aside
Maybe that is why
A#m7/D#
I introduce him to Eliza
Now that's his bride
Gb9Gb9
Nice going, Angelica, he was right
F7F7
You will never be satisfied
ELIZA:
A#m7A#m7
Thank you for all your service.
HAMILTON:
If it takes fighting a war for us to meet, it will have been worth it.
ANGELICA:
I'll leave you to it.
COMPANY:
A#m7A#m7
Number three!
ANGELICA:
A#m7A#m7
I know my sister like I know my own mind
Db/Ab
You will never find anyone as trusting or as kind
A#m7/D#
If I tell her that I love him she'd be silently resigned
Gb9Gb9
He'd be mine
F7F7
She would say "I'm fine"
She'd be lying
A#m7A#m7
But when I fantasize at night it's Alexander's eyes
Db/Ab
as I romanticize what might have been if I hadn't
A#m7/D#
sized him up so quickly
DbDb
At least my dear Eliza's his wife
F7F7
At least I keep his eyes in my life
ANGELICA/COMPANY:
A#m7A#m7
To the groom! (to the groom, to the groom, to the groom)
Db/Ab
To the bride! (To the bride, to the bride, to the bride)
A#m7/D#
From your sister (Angelica, Angelica, Angelica)
Gb9Gb9 F7F7
Who is always by your side (By your side)
A#m7A#m7
To your union (To the union! To the revolution!)
Db7Db7
And the hope that you provide (provide, provide)
A#m7/D#
May you always (always)
Gb9Gb9 F7F7
Be satisfied (satisfied, satisfied, satisfied)
A#m7A#m7
And I know
Db/Ab
she'll be happy as his bride
A#m7/D#
And I know
Gb9Gb9
He will never be satisfied
F7F7 A#m7A#m7
I will never be satisfied
STORY OF TONIGHT (REPRISE)
LAURENS:
N.C.
I may not live to see our glory!
MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE:
Bb majorBb F/AF/A AbAb
I may not live to see our glory!
LAURENS:
Eb MajorEb
But I’ve seen wonders great and small
MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE:
D MajorD
I’ve seen wonders great and small
LAURENS:
Bb majorBb
‘Cause if the tomcat can get married
MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE:
Bb7Bb7 Eb MajorEb
If Alexander can get married—
LAURENS:
EbmEbm Bb majorBb
There’s hope for our ass, after all!
LAFAYETTE:
F/AF/A
Raise a glass to freedom
LAURENS/MULLIGAN:
F/AF/A
Hey!
G minorGm EbmEbm Bb majorBb
Something you will never see again!
MULLIGAN:
F/AF/A
No matter what she tells you
LAFAYETTE:
G minorGm EbmEbm Bb majorBb
Let’s have another round tonight!
LAURENS:
F/AF/A
Raise a glass to the four of us!
LAFAYETTE/HAMILTON:
F/AF/A
Ho!
MULLIGAN:
G minorGm EbmEbm
To the newly not poor of us!
LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/HAMILTON:
EbmEbm
Woo!
LAFAYETTE:
Bb majorBb F/AF/A G minorGm
We’ll tell the story of tonight
LAURENS:
EbmEbm
Let’s have another round—
HAMILTON:
Bb majorBb G minorGm
Well, if it isn’t Aaron Burr
BURR:
G minorGm
Sir!
HAMILTON:
DmDm
I didn’t think that you would make it
BURR:
DmDm
To be sure
MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE:
DmDm
Burr!
BURR:
Bb majorBb
I came to say congratulations
MULLIGAN:
G minorGm
Spit a verse, Burr!
BURR:
DmDm
I see the whole gang is here
LAFAYETTE:
N.C.
You are the worst, Burr!
HAMILTON:
Bb majorBb G minorGm
Ignore them. Congrats to you, Lieutenant Colonel
DmDm
I wish I had your command instead of manning George’s journal
BURR:
Bb majorBb
No, you don’t
HAMILTON:
Bb majorBb
Yes, I do
BURR:
G minorGm
Now, be sensible
DmDm
From what I hear, you’ve made yourself indispensable
LAURENS:
DbDb
Well, well, I heard
BbmBbm F minorFm
You’ve got a special someone on the side, Burr
HAMILTON:
F minorFm
Is that so?
LAURENS:
DbDb
What are you tryin’ to hide, Burr?
BURR:
BbmBbm
I should go
HAMILTON:
F minorFm
No, these guys should go
LAFAYETTE:
F minorFm
What?
LAURENS:
F minorFm
No!
HAMILTON:
F minorFm
Leave us alone
MULLIGAN:
F minorFm
Man…
HAMILTON:
DbDb BbmBbm F minorFm
It’s alright, Burr. I wish you’d brought this girl with you tonight, Burr
BURR:
DbDb
You’re very kind, but I’m afraid it’s unlawful, sir
HAMILTON:
BbmBbm
What do you mean?
BURR:
BbmBbm
She’s married
HAMILTON:
F minorFm
I see
BURR:
N.C.
She’s married to a British officer
HAMILTON:
N.C.
Oh shit…
BURR:
DbDb BbmBbm F minorFm
Congrats again, Alexander. Smile more
DbDb BbmBbm
I’ll see you on the other side of the war
HAMILTON:
F minorFm DbDb
I will never understand you
BbmBbm F minorFm
If you love this woman, go get her! What are you waiting for?
BURR:
DbDb BbmBbm F minorFm
I’ll see you on the other side of the war
HAMILTON:
F minorFm
I’ll see you on the other side of the war
WAIT FOR IT
C#C# A#mA#m F minorFm (x2)
Verse:
C#C# A#mA#m F minorFm
Theodosia writes me a letter every day
C#C# A#mA#m F minorFm
I'm keeping the bed warm while her husband is away
C#C# A#mA#m
He's on the British side in Georgia
F minorFm
He's trying to keep the colonies in line
C#C# A#mA#m
But he can keep all of Georgia
F minorFm
Theodosia, she's mine
Chorus:
C#C# F#F# G#G#
Love doesn't discriminate between the sinners and the saints, it takes and it takes and
it takes
A#mA#m F#F# C#C# G#G#
And we keep loving anyway, we laugh and we cry and we break and we make our mistakes
A#mA#m F#F# C#C# G#G#
And if there's a reason I'm by her side when so many have tried
A#mA#m F#F#
Then I'm willing to wait for it
G#G#
I'm willing to wait for it
Verse:
C#C# A#mA#m F minorFm
My grandfather was a fire and brimstone preacher
C#C# A#mA#m F minorFm
But there are things that the homilies and hymns won't teach ya
C#C# A#mA#m
My mother was a genius
F minorFm
My father commanded respect
C#C# A#mA#m
When they died they left no instructions
F minorFm
Just a legacy to protect
Chorus:
C#C# F#F# G#G#
Death doesn't discriminate between the sinners and the saints, it takes and it takes and
it takes
A#mA#m F#F# C#C# G#G#
We keep living anyway, we rise and we fall and we break and we make our mistakes
A#mA#m F#F# C#C# G#G#
And if there's a reason I'm still alive while everyone who loves me has died
A#mA#m F#F#
I'm willing to wait for it
G#G#
I'm willing to wait for it
Bridge:
A#mA#m F#F#
(Wait for it, wait for it)
C#C# G#G# A#mA#m F#F#
I am the one thing in life I can control
C#C# G#G# A#mA#m F#F#
I am inimitable, I am an original
C#C# G#G# A#mA#m F#F#
I'm not falling behind or running late
C#C# G#G# A#mA#m F#F#
I'm not standing still, I am lying in wait
C#C# G#G# A#mA#m F#F#
Hamilton faces an endless uphill climb
C#C# G#G# A#mA#m F#F#
He has something to prove, he has nothing to lose
C#C# G#G# A#mA#m F#F#
Hamilton's pace is relentless, he wastes no time
C#C# F minorFm
What is it like in his shoes?
A#mA#m F#F# C#C#
Hamilton doesn't hesitate, he exhibits no restraint and he takes and he takes and he
takes
A#mA#m F#F# C#C#
And he keeps winning anyway, changes the game he plays and he raises the stakes
A#mA#m F#F# C#C# G#G#
And if there's a reason he seems to thrive when so few survive, then goddamnit
A#mA#m F#F#
I'm willing to wait for it
C#C#
I'm willing to wait for it
A#mA#m F#F# C#C# G#G#
Life doesn't discriminate between the sinners and the saints, it takes and it takes and
it takes
A#mA#m F#F# C#C# G#G#
We keep living anyway, we rise and we fall and we break and we make our mistakes
A#mA#m F#F# C#C# G#G#
And if there's a reason I'm still alive while so many have died, then I'm willing to—
A#mA#m F#F# C#C# G#G#
Wait for it
A#mA#m F#F# C#C# G#G#
Wait for it
C#C#
STAY ALIVE
Intro:
C minorCm AbAb AdimAdim AbAb
C minorCm AbAb AdimAdim AbAb
Stay alive…
C minorCm AbAb AdimAdim AbAb
Stay alive…
[Verse}
C minorCm AbAb
I have never seen the General so despondent
AdimAdim AbAb
I have taken over writing all his correspondence
C minorCm AbAb
Congress writes, “George, attack the British forces.”
AdimAdim AbAb
I shoot back, we have resorted to eating our horses
C minorCm AbAb
Local merchants deny us equipment, assistance
AdimAdim AbAb
They only take British money, so sing a song of sixpence
C minorCm AbAb
The cavalry’s not coming. (But, sir!) Alex, listen
AdimAdim AbAb
There’s only one way for us to win this
C minorCm AbAb
Provoke outrage, outright (That's right)
AdimAdim AbAb
Don’t engage, strike by night
C minorCm AbAb
Remain relentless ‘til their troops take flight
AdimAdim AbAb
Make it impossible to justify the cost of the fight
C minorCm
Outrun (Outrun)
AbAb
Outlast (Outlast)
AdimAdim AbAb
Hit ‘em quick, get out fast (Chick-a-plao!)
C minorCm AbAb
Stay alive until this horror show is past
N.C. N.C.
We’re gonna fly a lot of flags half-mast (Raise a glass!)
C minorCm AbAb
I go back to New York and my apprenticeship
AdimAdim AbAb
I ask for French aid, I pray that France has sent a ship
C minorCm
I stay at work with Hamilton
AbAb
We write essays against slavery
AdimAdim AbAb
And every day’s a test of our camaraderie and bravery
C minorCm AbAb
We cut supply lines, we steal contraband
AdimAdim AbAb
We pick and choose our battles and places to take a stand
C minorCm AbAb
And every day “Sir, entrust me with a command,”
AdimAdim AbAb
And every day (No) he dismisses me out of hand
C minorCm AbAb
(Stay alive...) Instead of me He promotes Charles Lee
AdimAdim AbAb
Makes him second-in-command (I’m a General. Whee!!!!)
C minorCm AbAb
Yeah. He’s not the choice I would have gone with
AdimAdim N.C.
He shits the bed at the Battle of Monmouth
C minorCm AbAb
Ev’ryone attack! (Retreat!) Attack! (Retreat!)
AdimAdim AbAb
What are you doing, Lee? Get back on your feet!
C minorCm AbAb
(But there’s so many of them!) I’m sorry, is this not your speed !
AdimAdim N.C.
Hamilton! (Ready, sir!) Have Lafayette take the lead! (Yes, sir!)
C minorCm AbAb
A augmentedA thousand soldiers die in a hundred degree heat
AdimAdim AbAb
As we snatch a stalemate from the jaws of defeat
C minorCm AbAb
Charles Lee was left behind without a pot to piss in
AdimAdim N.C.
He started sayin’ this to anybody who would listen:
C minorCm AbAb
Washington cannot be left alone to his devices
AdimAdim AbAb
Indecisive, from crisis to crisis
C minorCm N.C.
The best thing he can do for the revolution
N.C. N.C.
Is turn n’ go back to plantin’ tobacco in Mount Vernon
C minorCm AbAb
Don’t do a thing. History will prove him wrong
AdimAdim AbAb
(But, sir!) We have a war to fight, let’s move along
C minorCm AbAb
Strong words from Lee, someone oughta hold him to it
AdimAdim AbAb
I can’t disobey direct orders
N.C.
Then I’ll do it
FF
Alexander, you’re the closest friend I’ve got
N.C.
Laurens, do not throw away your shot
TEN DUEL COMMANDMENTS
FF Bb/G F/AF/A C/EC/E FF
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine…
FF GbGb FF
It’s the Ten Duel Commandments
FF GbGb FF
It’s the Ten Duel Commandments