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What'd I Miss Chords by Lin-Manuel Miranda

What'd 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?

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