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Alexander Hamilton from Hamilton (written by Lin-Manuel Miranda) [BURR]
How does a bBmastard, orphan, son of a whore and a F#Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a Forgotten sGpot in the Caribbean by providence Impoverished, in sqDualor Grow up to be a Bbdimhero and a scholar?
[LAURENS]
The tBmen-dollar founding father without a father Got a lF#ot farther by working a lot harder By being a lGot smarter
By being a self-starter
By fouDrteen, they placed him in cBbdimharge of a trading charter
[JEFFERSON]
And eBmvery day while slaves were being slaughtered and carted AF#way across the waves, he struggled and kept his guard up InGside he was longing for something to be a part of The bDrother was ready to beg, sBbdimteal, borrow, or barter
[MADISON]
Then a hBmurricane came, and devastation reigned Our mF#an saw his future drip, dripping down the drain Put a pGencil to his temple, connected it to his brain And he wDrote his first refrain, a tF#sus4estament to his F#pain
[BURR]
Well the wBmord 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 woDrld is gonna know your Bbdimname. What's your name, man?"
[HAMILTON]
BmAlexander Hamilton My name is AF#lexander Hamilton And there's a Gmillion things I haven't done But just you wDait, just you wF#ait...
[ELIZA]
When he was Bmten his father split, full of it, debt-ridden Two yF#ears later, see Alex and his mother bed-ridden half-dGead
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 retrDeatin' and readin' every tBbdimreatise on the shelf
[BURR]
ThereBm would have been nothing left to do For someone less astute, he woulda been F#Dead or destitute without a sense of restitution Started wGorkin', 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]
InBm 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 wG7aiting in the wings for you (waiting in the wings for you) You could nEmever back down You never learned to take your tF#ime Oh, ABmlexander Hamilton (Alexander Hamilton) When AG7merica sings for you Will they kEmnow what you overcame? Will they kDnow you rewrote the Emgame? The wBm/F#orld will nEm/Gever be D/Athe same,F#7/A oh
[BURR]
TheBm ship is in the harbor now // (COMPANY) Bm/C#See if you can spot him // Just you wait ABm/Dnother immigrant ComiEmn' up from the bottom // Just you wait His eEm/Gnemies destroyed his rep Em/C#America forgot him
[MULLIGAN/MADISON & LAFAYETTE/JEFFERSON]
F#sus4We foughtF# with him
[LAURENS/PHILLIP]
F#sus4Me? I died fF#or him
[WASHINGTON]
Bm9/F#Me? I trustedF# him
[ELIZA & ANGELICA & PEGGY/MARIA]
Em6/F#Me? I loved hF#im
[BURR]
And meF#? I'm the damn fool that shot him
[COMPANY]
There's a mEm/Gillion things I haven't done D But just you Em6/F#wait!
[BURR]
F#7What's your name, man?
[COMPANY]
BmAlexander Hamilton! Bm
*as far as I can tell, the bassline in this part moves up Em like this:
EalF#l tGheA wBayC# thDroEugh "america forgot him"