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HAMILTON:
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 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/A 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 D# 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/A 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 D# "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 (once) 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/A 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 D# 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/A 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:
Hamilton - My Shot Chords Info
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Chords: Gm, Am, Bb, Bdim, Cm, Dm, Eb, D, A, E, D#, G5