CHORDSUPAlexander Hamilton - Hamilton chords
Key:
Bm
Singer/Band:
Hamilton
Tone: [Bm]
(BURR)
How does a Bmbastard, orphan, son of a whore and a
F#Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a
Forgotten Gspot in the Caribbean by providence
Impoverished, in Dsqualor
Grow up to be a Bbdimhero and a scholar?
(LAURENS)
The Bmten-dollar founding father without a father
Got a F#lot farther by working a lot harder
By being a Glot smarter
By being a self-starter
By Dfourteen, they placed him in Bbdimcharge of a trading charter
(JEFFERSON)
And Bmevery day while slaves were being slaughtered and carted
F#Away across the waves, he struggled and kept his guard up
GInside he was longing for something to be a part of
The Dbrother was ready to beg, Bbdimsteal, borrow, or barter
(MADISON)
Then a Bmhurricane came, and devastation reigned
Our F#man saw his future drip, dripping down the drain
Put a Gpencil to his temple, connected it to his brain
And he Dwrote his first refrain, a F#sus4testament to his F#pain
(BURR)
Well the Bmword 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
and the Dworld is gonna know your Bbdimname. What's your name, man?"
(HAMILTON)
BmAlexander Hamilton
My name is F#Alexander Hamilton
And there's a Gmillion things I haven't done
But just you Dwait, just you F#wait...
(ELIZA)
When he was Bmten his father split, full of it, debt-ridden
Two F#years later, see Alex and his mother bed-ridden Ghalf-dead
Sittin' in their own sick, the scent thick
(COMPANY)
N/A
And Alex got better but his mother went quick
(WASHINGTON)
BmMoved in with a cousin, the cousin committed suicide
F#Left him with nothin' but ruined pride, something new inside
A Gvoice saying
(WASHINGTON) // (COMPANY)
"You gotta fend for yourself" //
"Alex, you gotta fend for yourself"
(WASHINGTON)
He started Dretreatin' and readin' every Bbdimtreatise on the shelf
(BURR)
BmThere would have been nothing left to do
For someone less astute, he woulda been
F#Dead or destitute without a sense of restitution
Started Gworkin', clerkin' for his late mother's landlord
DTradin' sugar cane and rum and Bbdimall the things he can't afford
BmScammin' for every book he can get his hands on
F#Plannin' for the future see him now as he stands on
The Gbow of a ship headed for a new land
In DNew York you can Bbdimbe a new man
(COMPANY)
BmIn New York you can // (HAMILTON)
Be a new man // Just you wait
In G7New York you can // (HAMILTON)
Be a new man // Just you wait
In Em9New York you can
Be a new man
(WOMEN)
In F#New York--
(MEN)
New York
(HAMILTON)
Just you wait!
(COMPANY)
BmAlexander Hamilton (Alexander Hamilton)
We are G7waiting in the wings for you (waiting in the wings for you)
You could Emnever back down
You never learned to take your F#time
Oh, BmAlexander Hamilton (Alexander Hamilton)
When G7America sings for you
Will they Emknow what you overcame?
Will they Dknow you rewrote the Emgame?
The Bm/F#world will Em/Gnever be D/Athe same,F#7/A oh
(BURR)
BmThe ship is in the harbor now // (COMPANY)
Bm/C#See if you can spot him // Just you wait
Bm/DAnother immigrant
EmComin' up from the bottom // Just you wait
His Em/Genemies destroyed his rep
Em/C#America forgot him
(MULLIGAN/MADISON & LAFAYETTE/JEFFERSON)
F#sus4We F#fought with him
(LAURENS/PHILLIP)
F#sus4Me? I died F#for him
(WASHINGTON)
Bm9/F#Me? I F#trusted him
(ELIZA & ANGELICA & PEGGY/MARIA)
Em6/F#Me? I loved F#him
(BURR)
And F#me? I'm the damn fool that shot him
(COMPANY)
There's a Em/Gmillion things I haven't done D
But just you Em6/F#wait!
(BURR)
F#7What's your name, man?
(COMPANY)
BmAlexander Hamilton!
Bm
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