Misc Musicals - Hamilton - its quiet uptown
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Tuning: E A D G B E
[Intro]
e|10-10-10-10-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-1-1-2-|
B|-------------------------3--------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------| x2 (or 4, if you're using a piano.
Just play the normal chord progression.)
[Verse 1]
DThere are moments that the words don't Bmreach
There is suffering too terrible to Gname
You hold your child as tight as you Acan
And push away the unimaginable D
The moments when you're in so Bmdeep
It feels easier to just swim Gdown
The Hamiltons move uptoAwn
D (hold)
And learn to live with the unimaginable
[Verse 2]
I spend hours in the gardenG
I walk alone to the storBme
And it's quiet uptown A
I never liked the quiet before D
I take the children to church on BmSunday
A sign of the cross at the Gdoor
And I prayA
That never used to happen before
[Chorus 1]
DIf you see him in the street, Bmwalking by
Himself, talking to himself, have Gpity
Philip, you would like it uptown
It's Aquiet uptown
He is working through the unimaginable
[Chorus 2]
DHis hair has gone grey. He Bmpasses every day
They say he walks the Glength of the city
You knock me outA, I fall apart
Can you imagine?
[Bridge 1]
DLook at where we are
BmLook at where we started G
I know I don't deserve you, Eliza
ABut hear me out. That would be enough
DIf I could spare his life
BmIf I could trade his life for mine G
He'd be standing here right now
AAnd you would smile, and that would be enough
DI don't pretend to Bmknow
The challenges we're Gfacing
I know there's no replaAcing what we've lost
And you need time D
But I'm not afraid Bm
I know who I married
G A (repeat, and grow faster. stop when the line is sung)
Just let me stay here by your side
That would be enough
[Chorus 3]
DIf you see him in the street, wBmalking by her
Side, talking by her side, have Gpity
Eliza, do you like it uptown? It's Aquiet uptown
He is trying to do the unimaginable
[Chorus 4]
DSee them walking in the park, Bmlong after dark
Taking in the sights of the Gcity
A (grow stronger through the next line, then go to single strums)
Look around, look around, Eliza
They are trying to do the unimaginable
[Bridge 2]
DThere are moments that the words don't reach
BmThere is a grace too powerful to Gname
We push away what we can never underAstand
We push away the unimaginable
DThey are standing in the gardBmen
Alexander by Eliza's Gside
She takes his hand A
It's quiet uptown
[Outro]
DForgiveness. BmCan you imagine?
DForgiveness. BmCan you imagine?
DIf you see him in the street, Bmwalking by her
Side, talking by her side, have Gpity
AThey are going through the unimaginable
[Ending]
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