Whatd I Miss chords by Lin-Manuel Miranda

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: D MajorD

Difficulty: Advanced

COMPANY:
B minorBm F# minorF#m        G+G
  Seventeen. Se- se- seventeen...

Se- se- seventeen


BURR:
D MajorD F#/A#
1789
B minorBm
How does the bastard orphan
          F# minorF#m
Immigrant decorated war vet

Unite the colonies through more debt?
G+G
Fight the other founding fathers til he has to forfeit?
D MajorD
Have it all, lose it all
 F#/A#
You ready for more yet?
B minorBm
Treasury Secretary. Washington's the President
  F# minorF#m
Ev'ry American experiment sets a precedent
G+G
Not so fast. Someone came along to resist him
D MajorD               F#/A#
Pissed him off until we had a two-party system
B minorBm
 You haven't met him yet, you haven't had the chance
    F# minorF#m
'??cause he's been kickin' ass as the ambassador to France
  G+G
But someone's gotta keep the American promise
D MajorD          F#/A#  F#7/A#
You simply must meet Thomas. Thomas!


COMPANY:
B minorBm    Aadd4       G+G D/AD/A
  Thomas Jefferson's coming home!
BbaugBbaug       Bb/CBb/C C majorC B minorBm
Thomas Jefferson's coming home!
    Aadd4       G/DG/D D MajorD
Thomas Jefferson's coming home!
D augmentedDaug       D/C# A/C#A/C# B minorBm
Thomas Jefferson's coming home!
    D/AD/A        G+G
Thomas Jefferson's coming home
(G+G  FF    E MajorE    Eb MajorEb) Eb MajorEb FF D MajorD   Gm7Gm7
Lord he's been off in Paris for so long!
C7C7  D7D7 Gm7Gm7
 Aaa-ooo!
C7C7  D7D7
 Aaa-ooo!

JEFFERSON:
(D7D7)             Gm9Gm9
France is following us to revolution
            D MajorD
There is no more status quo

But the sun comes up
    Gm7Gm7
And the world still spins


ENSEMBLE:
C7C7 D7D7
Aaa-ooo!


JEFFERSON:
(D7D7)              Gm9Gm9
I helped Lafayette draft a declaration
    Bb/CBb/C   C majorC   D MajorD
Then I said, "I gotta go
          Gm11Gm11
I gotta be in Monticello."
            E/G#
Now the work at home begins.


ENSEMBLE:
   A13A13
Aaa-ooo!


JEFFERSON:
      D9D9
So what'd I miss?

What'd I miss?
  G13G13                        D7D7
Virginia, my home sweet home, I wanna give you a kiss
       Fmaj9#11            G9sus
I've been in Paris meeting lots of different ladies...
     Fmaj9#11              G9sus
I guess I basically missed the late eighties...
        Bm7Bm7    Bm7/A         Gm9Gm9
I traveled the wide, wide world and came back to this


ENSEMBLE:
C9C9 D9D9
Aaa-ooo!


JEFFERSON:
(D9D9)
There's a letter on my desk from the President

Haven't even put my bags down yet
   G13G13
Sally be a lamb, darlin', won'tcha open it?
      D9D9      Am9Am9    D9D9
It says the President's assembling a cabinet
        F6/9 Fmaj9#11    F/GF/G  G6/9
And that I am to be the Secretary of State, great!
       F6/9 Fmaj9#11       F/GF/G G6/9
And that I'm already Senate-approved...
      Bm9Bm9         Bm7/A      G13G13
I just got home and now I'm headed up to New York


ENSEMBLE:

Headin' to New York!

Headin' to New York!


JEFFERSON:
D7D7
Lookin' at the rolling fields
    G/AG/A D9D9 D6D6 Am7/D Ddim7Ddim7 D9D9  Ab9Ab9
I can't believe that we  are  free
G9G9
 Ready to face

Whatever's awaiting
D9D9 D6D6 Am7/D Ddim7Ddim7 D9D9
Me in  N.  Y.  C. 


JEFFERSON:
  F6/9            G13sus
But who's waitin' for me when I step in the place?
  F6/9         G13sus     G9G9
My friend James Madison, red in the face
  Bm7Bm7   D7/B
He grabs my arm and
  G7G7
I respond
 C/GC/G  G9G9 C9C9 D9D9
"??What's goin' on?" 


MADISON:
(D9D9)            Gm9Gm9             D9D9
Thomas, we are engaged in a battle for our nation's very soul
             Gm9Gm9
Can you get us out of the mess we're in?


ENSEMBLE:
C7C7 D7D7
Aaa-ooo!


MADISON:
(D7D7)               Gm9Gm9
Hamilton's new financial plan is nothing less
    C9C9       D9D9
Than government control
              Gm11Gm11
I've been fighting for the South alone
        E/G#
Where have you been? 


ENSEMBLE:  JEFFERSON:
  A13A13
Aaa-ooo!    Uh...France.

 

MADISON:
        A13A13
We have to win


JEFFERSON:
     D9D9
What'd I miss?

What'd I miss?

  G13G13            D9D9
Headfirst into a political abyss!


ENSEMBLE:

Headfirst into the abyss!


JEFFERSON:
     Fmaj9#11        G9sus
I have my first cabinet meeting today


ENSEMBLE:

Chik-a-pow!


JEFFERSON:
     Fmaj9#11           G9sus
I guess I better think of something to say
      Bm7Bm7 Dmaj7(#5)/A# Bm/ABm/A
I'm already on    my     way
        G#m7(b5)  Gm7Gm7
Let's get to the bottom of this 


ENSEMBLE:
(notes) FF   G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
     What did I miss?
(chords) C9C9
     Ahhh


WASHINGTON:
Bm7Bm7   Dmaj7/A      Gmaj7Gmaj7 Dmaj7/A
  Mr. Jefferson, welcome home


HAMILTON:
BbaugBbaug      C9C9    Bm7Bm7
 Mr. Jefferson? Alexander Hamilton.


WASHINGTON AND ENSEMBLE:
  Dmaj7/A      Gmaj7/D Dmaj7Dmaj7 D augmentedDaug A6/C#A6/C#
Mr. Jefferson, welcome home

Bm7Bm7 Bm7 A#m7A#m7 Bm7Bm7

COMPANY:
            GMaj9Gmaj9
Mr. Jefferson, welcome home
   FMaj9Fmaj9    EMaj9Emaj9 Ebmaj9Ebmaj9  F6/9 C9C9
Sir, you've been off in Paris for so  long!


JEFFERSON:
          D MajorD
So what did I miss?