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Verse: 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 F# Grow up to be a hero and a scholar 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 F# By fourteen they placed him in charge of a trading charter 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 F# The brother was ready to beg steal borrow or barter 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# And he wrote his first refrain a testament to his pain 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 F# And the world is gonna know your name What's your name man 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 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 n/a And Alex got better but his mother went quick 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 Alex you gotta fend for yourself D F# He started retreatin' and readin' every treatise on the shelf 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 F# 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 F# In New York you can be a new man Bm In New York you can be a new man F# In New York you can be a new man Bm In New York you can be a new man F# In New York Just you wait Bm Alexander Hamilton G7 We are waiting in the wings for you Em You could never back down F# You never learned to take your time Bm Oh 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 G D F# The world will never be the same oh Bm The ship is in the harbor now See if you can spot him D Another immigrant Em Comin' up from the bottom Em His enemies destroyed his rep America forgot him F# We fought with him F# Me I died for him F# Me I trusted him Em Me I loved him Bm F# And me I'm the damn fool that shot him Em D There's a million things I haven't done F# But just you wait What's your name man Bm Alexander Hamilton Bm
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