Whatd I Miss chords by Lin-Manuel Miranda
Guitar chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Key: D
Difficulty: Advanced
COMPANY:
Bm F#m G
Seventeen. Se- se- seventeen...
Se- se- seventeen
BURR:
D F#/A#
1789
Bm
How does the bastard orphan
F#m
Immigrant decorated war vet
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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -
Unite the colonies through more debt?
G
Fight the other founding fathers til he has to forfeit?
D
Have it all, lose it all
F#/A#
You ready for more yet?
Bm
Treasury Secretary. Washington's the President
F#m
Ev'ry American experiment sets a precedent
G
Not so fast. Someone came along to resist him
D F#/A#
Pissed him off until we had a two-party system
Bm
You haven't met him yet, you haven't had the chance
F#m
'??cause he's been kickin' ass as the ambassador to France
G
But someone's gotta keep the American promise
D F#/A# F#7/A#
You simply must meet Thomas. Thomas!
COMPANY:
Bm Aadd4 G D/A
Thomas Jefferson's coming home!
Bbaug Bb/C C Bm
Thomas Jefferson's coming home!
Aadd4 G/D D
Thomas Jefferson's coming home!
Daug D/C# A/C# Bm
Thomas Jefferson's coming home!
D/A G
Thomas Jefferson's coming home
(G F E Eb) Eb F D Gm7
Lord he's been off in Paris for so long!
C7 D7 Gm7
Aaa-ooo!
C7 D7
Aaa-ooo!
JEFFERSON:
(D7) Gm9
France is following us to revolution
D
There is no more status quo
But the sun comes up
Gm7
And the world still spins
ENSEMBLE:
C7 D7
Aaa-ooo!
JEFFERSON:
(D7) Gm9
I helped Lafayette draft a declaration
Bb/C C D
Then I said, "I gotta go
Gm11
I gotta be in Monticello."
E/G#
Now the work at home begins.
ENSEMBLE:
A13
Aaa-ooo!
JEFFERSON:
D9
So what'd I miss?
What'd I miss?
G13 D7
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...
Bm7 Bm7/A Gm9
I traveled the wide, wide world and came back to this
ENSEMBLE:
C9 D9
Aaa-ooo!
JEFFERSON:
(D9)
There's a letter on my desk from the President
Haven't even put my bags down yet
G13
Sally be a lamb, darlin', won'tcha open it?
D9 Am9 D9
It says the President's assembling a cabinet
F6/9 Fmaj9#11 F/G G6/9
And that I am to be the Secretary of State, great!
F6/9 Fmaj9#11 F/G G6/9
And that I'm already Senate-approved...
Bm9 Bm7/A G13
I just got home and now I'm headed up to New York
ENSEMBLE:
Headin' to New York!
Headin' to New York!
JEFFERSON:
D7
Lookin' at the rolling fields
G/A D9 D6 Am7/D Ddim7 D9 Ab9
I can't believe that we are free
G9
Ready to face
Whatever's awaiting
D9 D6 Am7/D Ddim7 D9
Me in N. Y. C.
JEFFERSON:
F6/9 G13sus
But who's waitin' for me when I step in the place?
F6/9 G13sus G9
My friend James Madison, red in the face
Bm7 D7/B
He grabs my arm and
G7
I respond
C/G G9 C9 D9
"??What's goin' on?"
MADISON:
(D9) Gm9 D9
Thomas, we are engaged in a battle for our nation's very soul
Gm9
Can you get us out of the mess we're in?
ENSEMBLE:
C7 D7
Aaa-ooo!
MADISON:
(D7) Gm9
Hamilton's new financial plan is nothing less
C9 D9
Than government control
Gm11
I've been fighting for the South alone
E/G#
Where have you been?
ENSEMBLE: JEFFERSON:
A13
Aaa-ooo! Uh...France.
MADISON:
A13
We have to win
JEFFERSON:
D9
What'd I miss?
What'd I miss?
G13 D9
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
Bm7 Dmaj7(#5)/A# Bm/A
I'm already on my way
G#m7(b5) Gm7
Let's get to the bottom of this
ENSEMBLE:
(notes) F G A D
What did I miss?
(chords) C9
Ahhh
WASHINGTON:
Bm7 Dmaj7/A Gmaj7 Dmaj7/A
Mr. Jefferson, welcome home
HAMILTON:
Bbaug C9 Bm7
Mr. Jefferson? Alexander Hamilton.
WASHINGTON AND ENSEMBLE:
Dmaj7/A Gmaj7/D Dmaj7 Daug A6/C#
Mr. Jefferson, welcome home
Bm7 Bm7 A#m7 Bm7
COMPANY:
Gmaj9
Mr. Jefferson, welcome home
Fmaj9 Emaj9 Ebmaj9 F6/9 C9
Sir, you've been off in Paris for so long!
JEFFERSON:
D
So what did I miss?