CHORDSUPAlexander Hamilton Parody - Lin-Manuel Miranda chords
Key:
Bm
Singer/Band:
Lin-Manuel Miranda
How does a Bmrandom peasant, some elder son
Of a F#woodsman, dropped in the middle of a forgotten
Gspot in the Central Region by Providence, impoverished, in squalor
DGrow up to be a F#/A#hero and a martyr?
BmThe no-collar home defender without a honor
F#Got a lot farther
By workin' a lot harder
GBy bein' a lot smarter
By bein' a self-starter
DBy thirties, they had placed him in F#/A#charge of the trade with China
BmAt middle age, while men were being slaughtered and carted away
F#across the waves, He struggled and kept his guard up
GAt site he was hunting for someone who was a part of
The robbers arriving to Dbeg, steal, borrow F#/A#or barter
BmThen the slanderers came and
Reputation reigned
F#Our man saw his future drip, drippin’ drown the drain
GPut an ink brush to his temple
Connected it to his brain
DAnd he wrote his first refrain
F#/A#A testament to his pain
BmWhen the word got around, they said, “This guy is insane, man!”
F#Broke up Thai’s invasion and added more to the mainland
GGetcha recognition, don’t forget from whence you came
DAnd the king is giving you a name!
F#/A#What’s your name, man?”
BmAlexander Hamilton’s his new full name
F#/A#They say that Alexander Hamilton’s his new full name
GAnd there's a million things he hasn't done
DBut just you wait, F#/A#just you wait
BmIn ’58, arrived the ships
Full of shit, French-ridden
F#Few days later, see Alexander and his soldiers panicking,
GHalf-dead, losing to the French super-weapons,
And he tried everythin’ but the nation fell quick
BmFighting with his brother, the brother committed suicide
F#Left him with nothin’ but ruined pride
Somethin’ new inside
GA voice saying “Alexander, protect for yourseft”
DHe started retreatin' and readin' every F#/A#treatise on the shelf
BmThere would've been nothin' left to do
For someone less astute
F#He would've been dead or destitute
Without a cent of restitution
GStarted leadin', fightin' the bandits on the far North
DTradin’ blood and sweat and tears for all F#/A#the peace he can afford
BmStanding for every thief he can get his stance through
F#lannin' for the future, see him now as he heads to
GThe town of New York ready for a new man
DIn New York you can F#/A#be a new man
BmIn New York you can be a new man
G7In New York you can be a new man
Em9In New York you can be a new man
F#7sus4In New York
BmAlexander Hamilton the general,
G7We are waiting at the front for you
Em9You should never back down
You always shouldn’t waste your time F#7sus4 F#7/C#
Oh, BmAlexander Hamilton the general
G7When we siege your old capital
Em9Will you win and reclaim your fame?
Bm/DWill you win and leave us Emto shame?
Bm/F#Vietnam will never Em9/Gbe Dthe same F#7/A#, oh
BmFrance’s looking for him now
Bm/C#See if you can spot him
Bm/DA fearless general comin’ Em7up from the bottom
Em/GHis enemies destroyed his son, Em/C#their rifles pointed at him
C#m7And then? I’m the F#damn fool who shot him
BmAlexander Hamilton the general,
G7He was dyin’ but he wanted to
Em9My men had to back down
He didn’t let them save his F#7sus4life F#7/C#
BmAlexander Hamilton the general,
G7He would never take a hand from me
Em9The courageous, he’d rather die
Bm/DSo his name ends up Emin a shrine
Bm/F#NY will Em9/Gnever be Dthe same F#7/A#when he falls!
C#m7Yeah, I'm the F#damn French that shot him.
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