Hamilton - Alexander Hamilton

BURR 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 Bbdim Grow up to be a hero and a scholar? LAURENS 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 Bbdim By fourteen, they placed him in charge of a trading charter JEFFERSON 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 Bbdim The brother was ready to beg, steal, borrow, or barter MADISON 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#sus4 F# And he wrote his first refrain, a testament to his pain BURR 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 Bbdim and the world is gonna know your name." What's your name, man? HAMILTON 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... ELIZA 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 COMPANY N.C. And Alex got better but his mother went quick WASHINGTON 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 WASHINGTON // COMPANY "You gotta fend for yourself" // "Alex, you gotta fend for yourself" WASHINGTON D Bbdim He started retreatin' and readin' every treatise on the shelf BURR 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 Bbdim Tradin' sugarcane and rum and all the things he can't afford Bm Scannin' 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 Bbdim In New York you can be a new man COMPANY Bm In New York you can // (HAMILTON) Be a new man // Just you wait G7 In New York you can // (HAMILTON) Be a new man // Just you wait Em9 In New York you can Be a new man WOMEN F# In New York-- MEN New York HAMILTON Just you wait! COMPANY Bm Alexander Hamilton (Alexander Hamilton) G7 We are waiting in the wings for you (waiting in the wings for you) Em You could never back down F# You never learned to take your time Bm Oh, Alexander Hamilton (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/F# Em/G D/A F#7/A# The world will never be the same, oh BURR Bm The ship is in the harbor now // (COMPANY) Bm/C# See if you can spot him // Just you wait Bm/D Another immigrant Em Comin' up from the bottom // Just you wait Em/G His enemies destroyed his rep Em/C# America forgot him MULLIGAN/MADISON & LAFAYETTE/JEFFERSON F#sus4 F# We fought with him LAURENS/PHILLIP F#sus4 F# Me? I died for him WASHINGTON Bm9/F# F# Me? I trusted him ELIZA & ANGELICA & PEGGY/MARIA Em6/F# F# Me? I loved him BURR F# And me? I'm the damn fool that shot him COMPANY Em/G D There's a million things I haven't done Em6/F# But just you wait! BURR F#7 What's your name, man? COMPANY Bm Alexander Hamilton! Bm