Full Hamilton Act I chords by Lin-Manuel Miranda
Guitar chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
BURR:
Bm
How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore and a
F#
Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a
G
Forgotten spot in the Caribbean by providence
D
Impoverished, in squalor
Bbdim
Grow up to be a hero and a scholar?
LAURENS:
Bm
The ten-dollar founding father without a father
F#
Got a lot farther by working a lot harder
G
By being a lot smarter
By being a self-starter
D Bbdim
By fourteen, they placed him in charge of a trading charter
JEFFERSON:
Bm
And every day while slaves were being slaughtered and carted
F#
Away across the waves, he struggled and kept his guard up
G
Inside he was longing for something to be a part of
D Bbdim
The brother was ready to beg, steal, borrow, or barter
MADISON:
Bm
Then a hurricane came, and devastation reigned
F#
Our man saw his future drip, dripping down the drain
G
Put a pencil to his temple, connected it to his brain
D F#sus4 F#
And he wrote his first refrain, a testament to his pain
BURR:
Bm
Well the word got around, they said, "This kid is insane, man"
F#
Took up a collection just to send him to the mainland
G
"Get your education, don't forget from whence you came
D Bbdim
and the world is gonna know your name. What's your name, man?"
HAMILTON:
Bm
Alexander Hamilton
F#
My name is Alexander Hamilton
G
And there's a million things I haven't done
D F#
But just you wait, just you wait...
ELIZA:
Bm
When he was ten his father split, full of it, debt-ridden
F# 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:
Bm
Moved in with a cousin, the cousin committed suicide
F#
Left him with nothin' but ruined pride, something new inside
G
A voice saying
WASHINGTON: // COMPANY:
"You gotta fend for yourself" // "Alex, you gotta fend for yourself"
WASHINGTON:
D Bbdim
He started retreatin' and readin' every treatise on the shelf
BURR:
Bm
There would have been nothing left to do
For someone less astute, he woulda been
F#
Dead or destitute without a sense of restitution
G
Started workin', clerkin' for his late mother's landlord
D Bbdim
Tradin' sugar cane and rum and all the things he can't afford
Bm
Scammin' for every book he can get his hands on
F#
Plannin' for the future see him now as he stands on
G
The bow of a ship headed for a new land
D Bbdim
In New York you can be a new man
COMPANY:
Bm
In New York you can // (HAMILTON)
Be a new man // Just you wait
G7
In New York you can // (HAMILTON)
Be a new man // Just you wait
Em9
In New York you can
Be a new man
WOMEN:
F#
In New York--
MEN:
New York
HAMILTON:
Just you wait!
COMPANY:
Bm
Alexander Hamilton (Alexander Hamilton)
G7
We are waiting in the wings for you (waiting in the wings for you)
Em
You could never back down
F#
You never learned to take your time
Bm
Oh, Alexander Hamilton (Alexander Hamilton)
G7
When America sings for you
Em
Will they know what you overcame?
D Em
Will they know you rewrote the game?
Bm/F# Em/G D/A F#7/A
The world will never be the same, oh
BURR:
Bm
The ship is in the harbor now // (COMPANY)
Bm/C#
See if you can spot him // Just you wait
Bm/D
Another immigrant
Em
Comin' up from the bottom // Just you wait
Em/G
His enemies destroyed his rep
Em/C#
America forgot him
MULLIGAN/MADISON & LAFAYETTE/JEFFERSON:
F#sus4 F#
We fought with him
LAURENS/PHILLIP:
F#sus4 F#
Me? I died for him
WASHINGTON:
Bm9/F# F#
Me? I trusted him
ELIZA & ANGELICA & PEGGY/MARIA:
Em6/F# F#
Me? I loved him
BURR:
F#
And me? I'm the damn fool that shot him
COMPANY:
Em/G D
There's a million things I haven't done
Em6/F#
But just you wait!
BURR:
F#7
What's your name, man?
COMPANY:
Bm
Alexander Hamilton!
Bm
AARON BURR SIR
C Am Em C Am Em
Company: 1776, New York City!
C Am
Hamilton: Pardon me. Are you Aaron Burr, sir?
Em
Burr: That depends. Who’s asking?
C Am
Ham:Oh, well, sure, sir I’m Alexander Hamilton, I’m at your service, sir
Em
I have been looking for you
Burr:I’m getting nervous
C Am Em
Ham:Sir, I heard your name at Princeton. I was seeking an accelerated course of study
C
when I got sort of out of sorts with a buddy of yours. I may have punched him.
Am Em
It’s a blur, sir. He handles the financials?
Burr: You punched the bursar?
C Am Em
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 Am
So how’d you do it? How’d you graduate so fast?
Em
Burr: It was my parents’ dying wish before they passed
C Am
Ham:You’re an orphan. Of course! I’m an orphan. God, I wish there was a war!
Em
Then we could prove that we’re worth more than anyone bargained for
C Am
Burr:Can I buy you a drink? Ham: That would be nice
Em
Burr: While we’re talking, let me offer you some free advice
C Am Em
Burr: Talk less Ham: What? Burr: Smile more Ham: Huh
C Am Em
Burr:Don’t let them know what you’re against or what you’re for
C Am Em
Ham: You can’t be serious Burr: You wanna get ahead?
C Am Em
Ham:Yes Burr: Fools who run their mouths off wind up dead
C
Laurens: Yo yo yo yo yo! What time is it?
Am
Lau/Lafayette/Mulligan: Show time!
Em
Burr: …like I said…
Lau: Showtime! Showtime!
Beatbox
Cm
Lau/Laf/Mull: Ooh! Lau: Who are you? Mull: Who are you? Laf: Who are you?
Dm D# D
Lau/Laf/Mull: Oooh, who is this kid? What's he gonna do?
MY SHOT
Gm Gm Am
I am not throwing away my shot
Bb Bb
I am not throwing away my shot
Bdim Cm
Hey yo, I'm just like my country
I'm young, scrappy, and hungry
Dm Eb
And I'm not throwing away my shot
D
Gm
I'mma get a scholarship to King's College
Gm Am Bb
I probably shouldn't brag, but dag, I amaze and astonish
Bb Bdim Cm
The problem is I got a lot of brains, but no polish
Cm Dm Eb
I gotta holler just to be heard
With every word I drop knowledge
Gm
I'm a diamond in the rough, a shiny piece of coal
Am Bb Bdim Cm
Tryin' to reach my goal, my power of speech: unimpeachable
Dm
Only nineteen, but my mind is older
Eb D
These New York City streets getting colder, I shoulder
Gm
Ev'ry burden, ev'ry disadvantage
Am Bb
I have learned to manage. I don't have a gun to brandish
N.C.
I walk these streets famished
Cm Dm
The plan is to fan this spark into a flame
Eb D
But damn, it's getting dark, so let me spell out my name
I am the—
HAMILTON, LAFAYETTE, MULLIGAN, LAURENS:
Gm Am
A-L, E-X, A-N, D
Bb
E-R—we are—meant to be
HAMILTON:
Cm Dm
A colony that runs independently
Eb D
Meanwhile, Britain keeps shitting on us endlessly
Gm
Essentially, they tax us relentlessly
Am Bb
Then King George turns around, runs a spending spree
Bdim Cm Dm
He ain't never gonna set his descendants free
Eb D
So there will be a revolution in this century
N.C.
ENTER ME!
LAURENS, LAFAYETTE, MULLIGAN:
Gm
(He says in parentheses)
HAMILTON:
Am Bb
Don't be shocked when your history book mentions me
Bdim Cm Dm
I will lay down my life if it sets us free
Eb D
Eventually you'll see my ascendancy
HAMILTON and (LAURENS):
Gm Gm Am
And I am not throwing away my shot (my shot)
Bb Bb
I am not throwing away my shot (my shot)
Bdim Cm
Hey yo, I'm just like my country
I'm young, scrappy, and hungry
HAMILTON & LAURENS:
Dm Eb D
And I'm not throwing away my shot
HAMILTON, MULLIGAN, LAURENS, LAFAYETTE:
Gm Gm Am
I am not throwing away my shot
Bb Bb
I am not throwing away my shot
Bdim Cm
Hey yo, I'm just like my country
I'm young, scrappy, and hungry
Dm Eb D
And I'm not throwing away my shot
Gm
It's time to take a shot!
LAFAYETTE:
Gm Gm Am
I dream of life without the monarchy
Bb Bb Bdim
The unrest in France will lead to "onarchy"
Cm Cm Dm Eb
"Onarchy?" How you say, how you s—Oh, anarchy!
D
When I fight I make the other side panicky
With my
HAMILTON, MULLIGAN, LAURENS, LAFAYETTE:
Gm
Shot!
MULLIGAN:
Gm Am
Yo, I'm a tailor's apprentice
Bb Bdim
And I got y'all knuckleheads in loco parentis
Cm Dm
I'm joining the rebellion cuz I know it's my chance
Eb D
To socially advance, instead of sewin' some pants
I'm gonna take a
HAMILTON, MULLIGAN, LAURENS, LAFAYETTE:
Gm
Shot!
LAURENS:
Gm Am
Eh, but we'll never be truly free
Bb Bdim
Until those in bondage have the same rights as you and me
Cm Dm Eb
You and I, do or die, wait till I sally in on a stallion
D
With the first black battalion
Have another
HAMILTON, MULLIGAN, LAURENS, LAFAYETTE:
Gm
Shot!
BURR:
Gm Gm Am
Geniuses, lower your voices
Bb Bb Bdim
You keep out of trouble, and you double your choices
Cm Cm Dm
I'm with you, but the situation is fraught
Eb
You've got to be carefully taught:
Gm
If you talk, you're gonna get shot!
HAMILTON:
Gm Am
Burr, check what we got
Bb Bdim
Mr. Lafayette hard rock like Lancelot
Cm
I think your pants look hot
Dm
Laurens, I like you a lot
Eb D
Let's hatch a plot blacker than the kettle callin' the pot
Gm Am
What are the odds the gods would put us all in one spot
Bb
Poppin' a squat on conventional wisdom, like it or not
Bdim Cm Dm Eb
A 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:
Gm Am
I am not throwing away my shot
Bb
I am not throwing away my shot
Bdim Cm
Hey yo, I'm just like my country
I'm young, scrappy, and hungry
Eb D
And I'm not throwing away my shot
Gm Am
I am not throwing away my shot
Bb
I am not throwing away my shot
Bdim Cm
Hey yo, I'm just like my country
I'm young, scrappy, and hungry
Eb D
And I'm not throwing away my shot
LAURENS and (HAMILTON, LAFAYETTE, MULLIGAN):
Everybody sing
Gm Bb
Woah-woah, wo-oh-oh (Woah-woah, wo-oh-oh)
Hey
Cm
Wo-oh-oh (Wo-oh-oh)
Wooh!!
Eb
Wo-oh-oh (Wo-oh-oh)
D
Sing let 'em hear ya (Yeah)
LAURENS and (COMPANY):
Gm Am Bb
Let's go! (Woah-woah, wo-oh-oh)
I said, shout it to the rooftops
Bdim Cm
(Wo-oh-oh)
Said to the rooftops
Dm Eb
(Wo-oh-oh)
Now come on
D
(Yeah)
Now come on, let's go
LAURENS:
Gm
Rise up
Am Bb
When you're living on your knees, you rise up
Bdim Cm
Tell your brother that he's got to rise up
Dm Eb
Tell your sister that she's got to rise up
LAURENS & ENSEMBLE and (COMPANY):
D Gm
When are these colonies gonna rise up
(Whoa, woah)
Am Bb
When are these colonies gonna rise up (Woah)
Bdim Cm
When are these colonies gonna rise up (Woah)
Dm D#
When are these colonies gonna rise up (Woah)
D
Rise up
HAMILTON:
Gm
I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory
Bb
When's it's gonna get me?
In my sleep? Seven feet ahead of me?
Cm
If I see it coming, do I run or do I let it be?
Eb D
Is it like a beat without a melody?
Gm
See, I never thought I'd live past twenty
Bb
Where I come from some get half as many
Cm
Ask anybody why we livin' fast and we laugh, reach for a flask
Eb D
We have to make this moment last, that's plenty
Gm
Scratch that
Am Bb
This is not a moment, it's the movement
Bdim
Where all the hungriest brothers with something to prove went
Cm Dm
Foes oppose us, we take an honest stand
Eb D
We roll like Moses, claimin' our Promised Land
Gm Am
And? If we win our independence?
Bb Bdim
'Zat a guarantee of freedom for our descendants?
Cm Dm
Or will the blood we shed begin an endless
Eb D
Cycle of vengeance and death with no defendants?
Gm
I know the action in the street is excitin'
Bb
But Jesus, between all the bleedin' 'n fightin'
Cm
I've been readin' 'n writin'
Dm
We need to handle our financial situation
Eb D
Are we a nation of states? What's the state of our nation?
Gm Gm Am Bb
I'm past patiently waitin'! I'm passionately smashin' every expectation
Bb Bdim
Every action's an act of creation
Cm
I'm laughin' in the face of casualties and sorrow
Eb
For the first time, I'm thinkin' past tomorrow
HAMILTON & COMPANY:
D Gm Am
And I am not throwin' away my shot
Bb
I am not throwin' away my shot
Bdim Cm
Hey, yo, I'm just like my country
I'm young, scrappy, and hungry
Eb D
And I'm not throwin' away my shot
HAMILTON, MULLIGAN, LAURENS and (ENSEMBLE):
We gonna
Gm
rise up; time to take a shot
(Not thrown’ away my shot)
Am
We gonna
Bb
rise up; time to take a shot
(Not throwin’ away my shot)
Bdim
We gonna
Cm
(rise up, rise up)
HAMILTON:
It’s time to take a shot
HAMILTON, MULLIGAN, LAURENS and (ENSEMBLE):
Eb
(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
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 D D D D G5
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 A/C# G/D
I may not live to see our glory
But I will gladly join the fight
D C#m/F
But I will gladly join the fight
F#m
And when our children tell our story
D Dm/F A
They'll tell the story of tonight
A A/D
Let's have another round tonight
A A/D
Let's have another round tonight
A D
Let's have another round tonight
Verse:
A E/G#
Raise a glass to freedom
F#m Dm/F
Something they can never take away
A E/G# F#m Dm
no matter what they tell you
A E/G#
raise a glass to the four of us
F#m Dm/F
tomorrow there'll be more of us
A E/G#
Telling the story of tonight
F#m Dm
They'll tell the story of tonight
A E/G#
Raise a glass to freedom
F#m Dm/F
Something they can never take away
A E/G#
No matter what they tell you
F#m Dm
Let's have another round tonight
A E/G#
Raise a glass to the four of us
F#m Dm/F
Tomorrow there'll be more of us
A E/G#
Telling the story of tonight
F#m Dm
Let's have another round tonight
A E/G# A E/G#
They'll tell the story of tonight/Raise a glass to freedom
F#m Dm A E/G#
They'll tell the story of tonight/Raise a glass to freedom
F#m Dm A
They'll tell the story of tonight/They'll tell the story of
A E/G#
Tonight
SCHUYLER SISTERS
Intro:
Bm
There’s nothing rich folks love more
F#
Than going downtown and slummin’ it with the poor
G
They pull up in their carriages and gawk
D
At the students in the common
A#
Just to watch them talk
Bm
Take Philip Schuyler: the man is loaded
F#
Uh-oh, but little does he know that
G
His daughters, Peggy, Angelica, Eliza
D F#7/A#
Sneak into the city just to watch all the guys at—
Bm7
Work, work! Angelica!
D
Work, work! Eliza!
Bm7
And Peggy! The Schuyler sisters!
D
Angelica!
N.C.
Peggy!
N.C.
Eliza!
Bm7
Work!
Verse:
Bm7
Daddy said to be home by sundown
D
Daddy doesn’t need to know
Bm7
Daddy said not to go downtown
D
Like I said, you’re free to go
Bm7
But—look around, look around, the
D Gmaj9
Revolution’s happening in New York New York Angelica
F#7/A#
Work!
Bm7
It’s bad enough daddy wants to go to war
D
People shouting in the square
Bm7
It’s bad enough there’ll be violence on our shore
D
New ideas in the air
Bm7
Look around, look around—
D Gmaj9
Angelica, remind me what we’re looking for…
N.C.
She’s lookin’ for me!
Chorus:
F#7/A# Bm7
Eliza, I’m lookin’ for a mind at work
D
I’m lookin’ for a mind at work!
Bm7
I’m lookin’ for a mind at work!
D
Whooaaaaa! Whooaaaaa!
Bm7
Work!
Verse:
Bm7
There’s nothin’ like summer in the city
D/A
Someone in a rush next to someone lookin’ pretty
Gmaj7
Excuse me, miss, I know it’s not funny
D/A
But your perfume smells like your daddy’s got money
Em
Why you slummin’ in the city in your fancy heels
D/F#
You searchin for an urchin who can give you ideals?
Gmaj7
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!
Bm7
I’ve been reading Common Sense by Thomas Paine
D/A
So men say that I’m intense or I’m insane
Gmaj9
You want a revolution? I want a revelation
F#m7/A
So listen to my declaration:
Em9
“We hold these truths to be self-evident
Dmaj7/F#
That all men are created equal”
Gmaj9
And when I meet Thomas Jefferson
F#7/A#
I’m ‘a compel him to include women in the sequel!
Bm7
Work!
Chorus:
Bm7
Look around, look around at how
D/A
Lucky we are to be alive right now!
Gmaj9
Look around, look around at how
F#m7
Lucky we are to be alive right now!
Em9 Dmaj7/F#
History is happening in Manhattan and we just happen to be
Gmaj9
In the greatest city in the world!
A#maj7
In the greatest city in the world!
Verse:
Bm7
Cuz I’ve been reading Common Sense by Thomas Paine
D6/A
So men say that I’m intense or I’m insane
Gmaj9
You want a revolution? I want a revelation
F#m7
So listen to my declaration:
Bm7
We hold these truths to be self evident
D6/A
That all men are created equal
Gmaj7
Look around, look around
F#m7
At how lucky we are to be alive right now!
Em9 Dmaj7/F#
History is happening in Manhattan and we just happen to be
Gmaj7
In the greatest city in the world
A#maj7
In the greatest city in the world!
Outro:
Bm7
Work, work! Angelica!
D
Eliza!
Bm7
And Peggy! The Schuyler sisters!
D
We’re looking for a mind at
Bm7
work!
D6/A
Whoa!
Gmaj9
In the greatest
A D
City in the world
THE FARMER REFUTED
C G Dm Am
Hear ye, hear ye! My name is Samuel Seabury
F C G
and I present "Free thoughts on the proceedings of the Continental Congress!"
Verse:
C G Dm Am
Heed not the rabble who scream revolution
F G
They have not your interest at heart
G
(Oh my god. Tear this dude apart)
C G Dm Am
Chaos and bloodshed are not a solution
F G
Don't let them lead you astray
Am G
This congress does not speak for me
Am G
They're playing a dangerous game
Am Dm/F
I pray the king shows you his mercy
D G
For shame, for shame!
Verse:
C G Dm
Yo! He'd have you all unravel at the sound of screams (Heed not the rabble who scream)
Am
But the revolution is comin' (Revolution!)
F
The have-nots are gonna win this (They have not your interests at heart)
G
It's hard to listen to you with a straight face
C G Dm
Chaos and bloodshed already haunt us (Chaos and Bloodshed are not solution)
Am F
Honestly, you shouldn't even talk and what about Boston (Don't let them lead you astray)
G
Look at the cost of all that we've lost
Am
And you talk about Congress? (This Congress does not speak for me)
G
My dog speaks more eloquently than thee
Am
(You're playing a dangerous game)
G
But strangely, your mange is the same!
Am Dm/F
(I pray the king shows you his mercy)
Is he in Jersey?
D
(For shame—) For the Revolution!
G Ab
(For shame!) For the Revolution!
Verse:
Db
(Heed—) If you repeat yourself again I'm gonna
Ebm Bbm
(Scream—) Honestly, look at me, please don't read!
Gb Ab
(Not your interest—) Don't modulate the key then not debate with me
Db Ab Ebm
Why should a tiny island across the sea
Bbm
Regulate the price of tea? Alexander, please!
Gb
Burr, I'd rather be divisive than indecisive
Ab
Drop the niceties
Bb Dm
Silence! A message from the King!
Gm
A message from the King!
F
A message from the King!
YOULL BE BACK
Intro:
G G/F C Am7 D
Verse:
G
You say
G/F C Am7 D
The price of my love’s not a price that you’re willing to pay
G
You cry
G/F C Am7
In your tea which you hurl in the sea when you see me go by
D Em
Why so sad?
G C Am7
Remember we made an arrangement when you went away
D Em
Now you’re making me mad
G C D
Remember despite our estrangement, I’m your man
Chorus:
G G/F
You’ll be back, soon you’ll see
C Am7
You’ll remember you belong to me
D G G/F
You’ll be back, time will tell
C Am7
You’ll remember that I served you well
D Em G
Oceans rise, empires fall
C Cm
We have seen each other through it all
Em G
And when push comes to shove
C Am7
I will send a fully armed battalion
D G
To remind you of my love!
Bridge:
G G/F C
Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da
Cm D G
Da da dat dat da ya da!
G/F C
Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da
Cm
Da da dat dat da…
Verse:
Em
You say
G C Cm
Our love is draining and you can’t go on!
Em
You’ll be
G C Cm
The one complaining when I am go-ne!
Am7
And NO,
D7
Don’t change the subject!
Am7 D7
‘Cause you’re my favorite subject!
F C
My sweet, submissive subject!
F C
My loyal, royal subject!
G
Forever
G/F
And ever
Cm
And ever, and ever, and ever…
Chorus:
G G/F
You’ll be back, like before
C Am7
I will fight the fight and win the war
D7 G G/F
For your love, for your praise
C Am7
And I’ll love ya ’til my dying days
D7 Em G
When you’re gone, I’ll go mad
C Cm
So don’t throw away this thing we had
Em G
‘Cause when push comes to shove
C
I will kill your friends and family…
Am7 G
To remind you of my love!
Outro:
G G/F C
Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da
Cm D7 G
Da da dat dat da ya da!
G/F C
Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da
Cm D7
Da da dat - Everybody!
G G/F C
Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da
Cm G
Da da dat dat da ya da!
G/F C
Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da da da da
Cm D7 G
Dat dat da ya da!
RIGHT HAND MAN
Cm Cm7
British Admiral Howe's got troops on the water
Cm6 Abmaj7
Thirty-two thousand troops in New York Harbour…
Cm Cm7
Thirty-two thousand troops in New York Harbour…
Cm6 Abmaj7
When they surround our troops! They surround our troops! (They surround our troops!)
Cm
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
Cm
(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!
Cm
(Here comes the general!)
Ab
Ladies and gentlemen!
F/A
(Here comes the general!)
Ab
The moment you've been waiting for!
Cm
(Here comes the general!)
Ab
The Pride of Mount Vernon!
F/A
(Here comes the general!)
Ab
George Washington!
Cm
We are out-gunned! (what!)
Ab
Out-manned! (what!)
F/A
Out-numbered,
Ab
out-planned!
Cm
We gotta make an all-out
Ab
stand Hey yo
F/A
I'm gonna need a right-hand
Ab
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
Cm Ab
Lining up to put me up on a pedestal, writing letters to
F/A Ab
Relatives embellishing my elegance and eloquence
Cm Ab
But the elephant is in the room, the truth is in your
F/A Ab
Face When you hear the British cannons go (BOOM!)
Cm Ab
Any hope of success is fleeting How can I keep
F9/A Ab
Leading when the people I'm leading keep retreating?
Cm Ab
We put a stop to the bleeding as the British take
F/A Ab
Brooklyn Knight takes rook, but look
Cm
We are out-gunned! (what!)
Ab
Out-manned! (what!)
F/A
Out-numbered,
Ab
out-planned!
Cm
We gotta make an all-out
Ab
stand Hey yo
F/A
I'm gonna need a right-hand
Ab
man
N.C.
Incoming!
Cm
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!
Cm 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
Cm
(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
Cm
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
Cm
This close to giving up,
Cm/D
Facing mad scrutiny
Cm/Eb Cm/F
I scream in the face of this mass mutiny:
Cm9
"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
Cm
Your Excellency, sir Who are you? Aaron Burr, sir
Gm
Permission to state my case? As you were...Sir,
Ab
I was a captain under General Montgomery Until he caught a
Ab6/F Bb
Bullet in the neck in Quebec, and well, in summary
Cm
I think that I could be of some assistance
Gm
I admire how you keep firing on the British from a distance
Ab
I have some questions, a couple of suggestions
Ab6/F Bb
On how to fight instead of fleeing west Yes?
Cm
Your Excellency? You wanted to see me?
Gm
Hamilton, come in. Have you met Burr? Yes, sir We keep meeting...
Ab
As I was saying, sir I look forward to seeing your strategy
Ab6/F Bb
play out—Burr? Sir? Close the door on your way out
Cm
Have I done something wrong, sir? On the contrary
Gm
I called you here because our odds are beyond scary
Ab
Your reputation precedes you, but I have to laugh
Ab6/F Bb
Hamilton, how come no one can get you on their staff?
Cm
Don't get me wrong, you're a young man of great renown
Gm
I know you stole British cannons when we were still downtown
Ab
Nathanael Greene and Henry Knox wanted to hire you—
Ab6/F
To be their secretary! I don't think so
Bb
Now why are you
Cm
Upset? I'm not It's alright you want to fight, you've got a
Gm
Hunger I was just like you when I was younger
Ab
Head full of fantasies of dying like a martyr
Ab6/F Bb
Dying is easy, young man; living is harder
Cm
Why are you telling me this? I'm being honest
Gm
I'm working with a third of what our Congress has promised
Ab
We are a powder keg about to explode
Ab6/F Bb
I need someone like you to lighten the load
Cm/G Ab
I am not throwing away my shot
F/A Ab
I am not throwing away my shot
Cm/G Ab
Hey yo I'm just like my country I'm young, scrappy and hungry
F/A
I am not throwing away my shot
Cm/G Ab
Son, we are outgunned! Outmanned! You need all the help you can get,
F/A Ab
I have some friends, Laurens, Mulligan, Marquis de Lafayette! Okay, what else?
Cm/G Ab
Outnumbered, out planned! We'll need some spies on the
F/A Ab
Inside Some king's men who might let some things slide
Cm/G Ab
I'll write to Congress and tell them we need supplies
F/A Ab
You rally the guys, master the element of surprise
Cm/G Ab
I'll rise above my station, organize your information
F/A Ab
‘Til we rise to the occasion of our new nation, sir!
Cm/G Ab
Here comes the general! Rise up! (What!)
F/A Ab
Here comes the general! Rise up! (What!)
Cm/G Ab
Here comes the general! Rise up! (What!)
F/A Ab
Here comes the general! What!
N.C.
And his right-hand man!
Cm
BOOM!
A WINTERS BALL
Bm F#
Burr:: How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore go on and on grow into more of a
phenomenon?
G D Bbdim
Watch this obnoxious, arrogant, loud-mouth bother be seated at the right hand of the
father
Bm F#
Washington hires Hamilton right on site, but Hamilton still wants to fight, not write
G D Bbdim
Now Hamilton's skill with the quill is undeniable, but what do we have in common?
Bm
We're reliable with the lay-deez! (there are so many to deflower)
F#
Lay-deez! (Looks! Proximity to power!)
G
Lay-deez! They delighted and distracted him,
D Bbdim
Martha Washington named her feral tomcat after him Ham:: That's true
Bm F#
Burr:: 1780, a winter's ball and the Schuyler Sisters are the envy of all
G
If you can marry a sister, you're rich son.
D Bbdim
Ham:: Is it a matter of if, Burr, or which one?
C
Ham/Burr/Lau: Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
HELPLESS
F A#
Ooh, I do I do I do I do, hey
F A#
Ooh, I do I do I do
Boy you got me
Chorus:
F A#
Helpless, look into your eyes and the sky’s the limit
F A#
I’m helpless, down for the count and I’m drowning in ‘em
Verse: (Eliza)
F
I have never been the type to try and grab the spotlight
A#
We were at a revel with some rebels on a hot night
F
Laughing at my sister as she’s dazzling the room
A#
Then you walked in and my heart went “Boom!”
F
Trying to catch your eye from the side of the ballroom
A#
Everybody’s dancing and the band’s top volume
F
Grind to the rhythm as we wine and dine
A#
Grab my sister and whisper “Yo, this one’s mine.”
Dm F
Ooh, my sister made her way across the room to you
A#
And I got nervous, thinking “What’s she gonna do?”
C
She grabbed you by the arm, I’m thinking “I’m through”
Then you look back at me and suddenly I’m
Chorus:
F A#
Helpless, look into your eyes and the sky’s the limit
F A#
I’m helpless, down for the count and I’m drowning in ‘em
F A#
Helpless, look into your eyes and the sky’s the limit
F A#
I’m helpless, down for the count and I’m drowning in ‘em
Verse: (Eliza)
F
One week later, I’m writing a letter nightly
A#
Now my life gets better, every letter that you write me
F
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!
F
Two weeks later in the living room stressin’
A#
My father’s stone faced while you’re asking for his blessin’
F
I’m dying inside as you wine and dine
A# Dm
And I’m trying not to cry cause there’s nothing that your mind can’t do
F
My father makes his way across the room to you
A#
I panic for a second thinking “we’re through”
C
But then he shakes your hand and says “Be true”
And you turn back to me, smiling, and I’m
Chorus:
F A#
Helpless, look into your eyes and the sky’s the limit
F A#
I’m helpless, down for the count and I’m drowning in ‘em
F A#
Helpless, look into your eyes and the sky’s the limit
F A#
I’m helpless, down for the count and I’m drowning in ‘em
(Hamilton)
F
Eliza, I don’t have a dollar to my name
A#
An acre of land, a troop to command, a dollop of fame
F
All I have’s my honor, a tolerance for pain
A#
A couple of college credits and my top-notch brain
F
Insane, your family brings out a different side of me
A#
Peggy confides in me, Angelica tried to take a bite of me
F
No stress, my love for you is never in doubt
A#
We’ll get a little place in Harlem and we’ll figure it out
Dm
I’ve been livin’ without a family since I was a child
F
My father left, my mother died, I grew up buckwild
A#
But I’ll never forget my mother’s face, that was real
C
And long as I’m alive, Eliza, swear to God
You’ll never feel so…
Chorus:
F A#
Helpless, look into your eyes and the sky’s the limit
F A#
I’m helpless, down for the count and I’m drowning in ‘em
F A#
Helpless, look into your eyes and the sky’s the limit
F A#
I’m helpless, down for the count and I’m drowning in ‘em
F A#
A#
In New York, you can be a new man
Dm
In New York, you can be a new man
C A# F
In New York, you can be a new man
SATISFIED
LAURENS:
A#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
Gb9 F7
Angelica Schuyler!
ANGELICA/COMPANY:
A#m7
A 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)
Gb9 F7
Who is always by your side (By your side)
A#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)
Gb9 F7
Be satisfied (rewind)
REWIND INTERLUDE:
ANGELICA:
A#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
Gb9 F7 A#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
Gb9 F7
Set my heart aflame, every part aflame
This is not a game
HAMILTON:
A#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:
Gb9
Is that right?
HAMILTON:
F7
I have never been satisfied
ANGELICA:
A#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
Gb7 F7
Just you wait, just you wait
ANGELICA:
A#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
Gb9
It's a dream and it's a bit of a dance
F7
A bit of a posture, it's a bit of a stance
A#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
Gb9
I wanna take him far away from this place
F7
Then I turn and see my sister's face and she is...
ELIZA:
A#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:
Gb9 F7
And I realize three fundamental truths at the exact same time
HAMILTON:
A#m7
Where are you taking me?
ANGELICA:
I'm about to change your life.
HAMIlTON:
Then by all means, lead the way.
COMPANY:
A#m7
Number one!
ANGELICA:
A#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
Gb9
And Alexander is penniless
F7
That doesn't mean I want him any less
ELIZA:
A#m7
Elizabeth Schuyler. It's a pleasure to meet you.
HAMILTON:
Schuyler?
ANGELICA:
My sister.
COMPANY:
A#m7
Number two!
ANGELICA:
A#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
Gb9
Nice going, Angelica, he was right
F7
You will never be satisfied
ELIZA:
A#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#m7
Number three!
ANGELICA:
A#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
Gb9
He'd be mine
F7
She would say "I'm fine"
She'd be lying
A#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
Db
At least my dear Eliza's his wife
F7
At least I keep his eyes in my life
ANGELICA/COMPANY:
A#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)
Gb9 F7
Who is always by your side (By your side)
A#m7
To your union (To the union! To the revolution!)
Db7
And the hope that you provide (provide, provide)
A#m7/D#
May you always (always)
Gb9 F7
Be satisfied (satisfied, satisfied, satisfied)
A#m7
And I know
Db/Ab
she'll be happy as his bride
A#m7/D#
And I know
Gb9
He will never be satisfied
F7 A#m7
I will never be satisfied
STORY OF TONIGHT (REPRISE)
LAURENS:
N.C.
I may not live to see our glory!
MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE:
Bb F/A Ab
I may not live to see our glory!
LAURENS:
Eb
But I’ve seen wonders great and small
MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE:
D
I’ve seen wonders great and small
LAURENS:
Bb
‘Cause if the tomcat can get married
MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE:
Bb7 Eb
If Alexander can get married—
LAURENS:
Ebm Bb
There’s hope for our ass, after all!
LAFAYETTE:
F/A
Raise a glass to freedom
LAURENS/MULLIGAN:
F/A
Hey!
Gm Ebm Bb
Something you will never see again!
MULLIGAN:
F/A
No matter what she tells you
LAFAYETTE:
Gm Ebm Bb
Let’s have another round tonight!
LAURENS:
F/A
Raise a glass to the four of us!
LAFAYETTE/HAMILTON:
F/A
Ho!
MULLIGAN:
Gm Ebm
To the newly not poor of us!
LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/HAMILTON:
Ebm
Woo!
LAFAYETTE:
Bb F/A Gm
We’ll tell the story of tonight
LAURENS:
Ebm
Let’s have another round—
HAMILTON:
Bb Gm
Well, if it isn’t Aaron Burr
BURR:
Gm
Sir!
HAMILTON:
Dm
I didn’t think that you would make it
BURR:
Dm
To be sure
MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE:
Dm
Burr!
BURR:
Bb
I came to say congratulations
MULLIGAN:
Gm
Spit a verse, Burr!
BURR:
Dm
I see the whole gang is here
LAFAYETTE:
N.C.
You are the worst, Burr!
HAMILTON:
Bb Gm
Ignore them. Congrats to you, Lieutenant Colonel
Dm
I wish I had your command instead of manning George’s journal
BURR:
Bb
No, you don’t
HAMILTON:
Bb
Yes, I do
BURR:
Gm
Now, be sensible
Dm
From what I hear, you’ve made yourself indispensable
LAURENS:
Db
Well, well, I heard
Bbm Fm
You’ve got a special someone on the side, Burr
HAMILTON:
Fm
Is that so?
LAURENS:
Db
What are you tryin’ to hide, Burr?
BURR:
Bbm
I should go
HAMILTON:
Fm
No, these guys should go
LAFAYETTE:
Fm
What?
LAURENS:
Fm
No!
HAMILTON:
Fm
Leave us alone
MULLIGAN:
Fm
Man…
HAMILTON:
Db Bbm Fm
It’s alright, Burr. I wish you’d brought this girl with you tonight, Burr
BURR:
Db
You’re very kind, but I’m afraid it’s unlawful, sir
HAMILTON:
Bbm
What do you mean?
BURR:
Bbm
She’s married
HAMILTON:
Fm
I see
BURR:
N.C.
She’s married to a British officer
HAMILTON:
N.C.
Oh shit…
BURR:
Db Bbm Fm
Congrats again, Alexander. Smile more
Db Bbm
I’ll see you on the other side of the war
HAMILTON:
Fm Db
I will never understand you
Bbm Fm
If you love this woman, go get her! What are you waiting for?
BURR:
Db Bbm Fm
I’ll see you on the other side of the war
HAMILTON:
Fm
I’ll see you on the other side of the war
WAIT FOR IT
C# A#m Fm (x2)
Verse:
C# A#m Fm
Theodosia writes me a letter every day
C# A#m Fm
I'm keeping the bed warm while her husband is away
C# A#m
He's on the British side in Georgia
Fm
He's trying to keep the colonies in line
C# A#m
But he can keep all of Georgia
Fm
Theodosia, she's mine
Chorus:
C# F# G#
Love doesn't discriminate between the sinners and the saints, it takes and it takes and
it takes
A#m F# C# G#
And we keep loving anyway, we laugh and we cry and we break and we make our mistakes
A#m F# C# G#
And if there's a reason I'm by her side when so many have tried
A#m F#
Then I'm willing to wait for it
G#
I'm willing to wait for it
Verse:
C# A#m Fm
My grandfather was a fire and brimstone preacher
C# A#m Fm
But there are things that the homilies and hymns won't teach ya
C# A#m
My mother was a genius
Fm
My father commanded respect
C# A#m
When they died they left no instructions
Fm
Just a legacy to protect
Chorus:
C# F# G#
Death doesn't discriminate between the sinners and the saints, it takes and it takes and
it takes
A#m F# C# G#
We keep living anyway, we rise and we fall and we break and we make our mistakes
A#m F# C# G#
And if there's a reason I'm still alive while everyone who loves me has died
A#m F#
I'm willing to wait for it
G#
I'm willing to wait for it
Bridge:
A#m F#
(Wait for it, wait for it)
C# G# A#m F#
I am the one thing in life I can control
C# G# A#m F#
I am inimitable, I am an original
C# G# A#m F#
I'm not falling behind or running late
C# G# A#m F#
I'm not standing still, I am lying in wait
C# G# A#m F#
Hamilton faces an endless uphill climb
C# G# A#m F#
He has something to prove, he has nothing to lose
C# G# A#m F#
Hamilton's pace is relentless, he wastes no time
C# Fm
What is it like in his shoes?
A#m F# C#
Hamilton doesn't hesitate, he exhibits no restraint and he takes and he takes and he
takes
A#m F# C#
And he keeps winning anyway, changes the game he plays and he raises the stakes
A#m F# C# G#
And if there's a reason he seems to thrive when so few survive, then goddamnit
A#m F#
I'm willing to wait for it
C#
I'm willing to wait for it
A#m F# C# G#
Life doesn't discriminate between the sinners and the saints, it takes and it takes and
it takes
A#m F# C# G#
We keep living anyway, we rise and we fall and we break and we make our mistakes
A#m F# C# G#
And if there's a reason I'm still alive while so many have died, then I'm willing to—
A#m F# C# G#
Wait for it
A#m F# C# G#
Wait for it
C#
STAY ALIVE
Intro:
Cm Ab Adim Ab
Cm Ab Adim Ab
Stay alive…
Cm Ab Adim Ab
Stay alive…
[Verse}
Cm Ab
I have never seen the General so despondent
Adim Ab
I have taken over writing all his correspondence
Cm Ab
Congress writes, “George, attack the British forces.”
Adim Ab
I shoot back, we have resorted to eating our horses
Cm Ab
Local merchants deny us equipment, assistance
Adim Ab
They only take British money, so sing a song of sixpence
Cm Ab
The cavalry’s not coming. (But, sir!) Alex, listen
Adim Ab
There’s only one way for us to win this
Cm Ab
Provoke outrage, outright (That's right)
Adim Ab
Don’t engage, strike by night
Cm Ab
Remain relentless ‘til their troops take flight
Adim Ab
Make it impossible to justify the cost of the fight
Cm
Outrun (Outrun)
Ab
Outlast (Outlast)
Adim Ab
Hit ‘em quick, get out fast (Chick-a-plao!)
Cm Ab
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!)
Cm Ab
I go back to New York and my apprenticeship
Adim Ab
I ask for French aid, I pray that France has sent a ship
Cm
I stay at work with Hamilton
Ab
We write essays against slavery
Adim Ab
And every day’s a test of our camaraderie and bravery
Cm Ab
We cut supply lines, we steal contraband
Adim Ab
We pick and choose our battles and places to take a stand
Cm Ab
And every day “Sir, entrust me with a command,”
Adim Ab
And every day (No) he dismisses me out of hand
Cm Ab
(Stay alive...) Instead of me He promotes Charles Lee
Adim Ab
Makes him second-in-command (I’m a General. Whee!!!!)
Cm Ab
Yeah. He’s not the choice I would have gone with
Adim N.C.
He shits the bed at the Battle of Monmouth
Cm Ab
Ev’ryone attack! (Retreat!) Attack! (Retreat!)
Adim Ab
What are you doing, Lee? Get back on your feet!
Cm Ab
(But there’s so many of them!) I’m sorry, is this not your speed?!
Adim N.C.
Hamilton! (Ready, sir!) Have Lafayette take the lead! (Yes, sir!)
Cm Ab
A thousand soldiers die in a hundred degree heat
Adim Ab
As we snatch a stalemate from the jaws of defeat
Cm Ab
Charles Lee was left behind without a pot to piss in
Adim N.C.
He started sayin’ this to anybody who would listen:
Cm Ab
Washington cannot be left alone to his devices
Adim Ab
Indecisive, from crisis to crisis
Cm 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
Cm Ab
Don’t do a thing. History will prove him wrong
Adim Ab
(But, sir!) We have a war to fight, let’s move along
Cm Ab
Strong words from Lee, someone oughta hold him to it
Adim Ab
I can’t disobey direct orders
N.C.
Then I’ll do it
F
Alexander, you’re the closest friend I’ve got
N.C.
Laurens, do not throw away your shot
TEN DUEL COMMANDMENTS
F Bb/G F/A C/E F
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine…
F Gb F
It’s the Ten Duel Commandments
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