Misc Musicals - Hamilton - alexander hamilton

^BmHow does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore and a ^F#Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a forgotten ^GSpot in the Caribbean by Providence, impoverished, in squalor ^DGrow up to be a ^F#/A#hero and a scholar?

^BmThe ten-dollar Founding Father without a father ^F#Got a lot farther by workin’ a lot harder ^GBy bein’ a lot smarter, By bein’ a self-starter ^DBy fourteen, they placed him in c^F#/A#harge of a trading charter

^BmAnd every 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 ^DThe brother was ready to beg, ^F#/A#steal, borrow, or barter

^BmThen a hurricane came, and devastation reigned ^F#Our man saw his future drip, drippin’ down the drain ^GPut a pencil to his temple, connected it to his brain ^DAnd he wrote his first refrain, a t^F#/A#estament to his pain

^BmWell 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, and ^DThe world’s gonna know your name!^F#/A# What’s your name, man?"

^BmAlexander Hamilton ^F#/A#My name is Alexander Hamilton ^GAnd there’s a million things I haven’t done ^DBut just you wait, just you ^F#/A#wait

^BmWhen he was ten, his father split, full of it, debt-ridden ^F#Two years later, see Alex and his mother, bed-ridden ^GHalf-dead, sittin’ in their own sick, The scent thick

^DAnd Alex got better but his m^F#/A#other went quick

^BmMoved in with a cousin, the cousin committed suicide ^F#Left him with nothin’ but ruined pride, somethin’ new inside

^GA voice saying "(Alex) you gotta fend for yourself"

^DHe started retreatin’ and readin’ every t^F#/A#reatise 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 workin’, clerkin’ for his late mother’s landlord ^DTradin’ sugar cane and rum and o^F#/A#ther 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 (pooh) ^GThe bow of a ship headed for a new land ^DIn New York you can^F#/A# be a new man

^BmIn New York you can be a new man (Just you wait) ^G7In New York you can be a new man (Just you wait) ^Em9In New York you can be a new man ^F#7susIn New York ^F#/A#Just you wait

^BmAlexander Hamilton (Alexander Hamilton) ^G7We are waiting in the wings for you (waiting in the wings for you) ^Em9You could never back down You never learned to take your ^F#7sustime ^F#7/C#Oh ^BmAlexander Hamilton (Alexander Hamilton) ^G7When America sings for you ^Em9Will they know what you overcame? ^Bm/DWill they know you rewrote th^Eme game? ^Bm/F#The world will ^Em9/Gnever b^D/De the s^F#7/A#ame, oh

^BmThe ship is in the harbor now, ^Bm/C#see if you can spot him ^Bm/DAnother immigrant comi^Em7n’ up from the bottom ^Em/GHis enemies destroyed his rep, ^Em/C#America forgot him

^F#7susWe ^F#7fought with him [LAURENS/PHILIP]

^F#7susMe? I ^F#7died for him [WASHINGTON]

^Bm9/F#Me? I ^F#7trusted him [ELIZA & ANGELICA & PEGGY/MARIA]

^Em6/F#Me? I ^F#loved him [BURR]

^C#m7And me? I’m the damn ^F#fool that shot him

^Em/GThere’s a million things I haven’t d^Done But just yo^Em6/F#u wait

^F#7What’s your ^Bm/Dname, ^F#7/C#man?

^BmAlexander Hamilton!