Misc Musicals - Hamilton - its quiet uptown
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Tuning: E A D G B E
[Chorus]
FThere are moments that the words don’t rF/Aeach
There is suffering too terrible to nF/Bbame
You hold your child as tight as you cF/Dan
And puF/Csh away the unimaginable
FThe moments when you’re in soC4/E deep
It feels easier to just swim dBb9/Fown
The Hamiltons move upDmtown
And learn to lCsusive with the uCnimaginable
[Verse]
FI spend hours in the garC/Eden
I walk alone to the stBbsus/Fore
And it’s quiet uDmptown
I neveC/Er liked the quiet before
FI take the children to church on SC/Eunday
A sign of the cross at the doBb9or
And I prayDm
That neCver used to happen befoFre
FIf you see him in the street,
C/Ewalking by Himself, talking to himself,
Bb9Have pity Philip, you would like it uptown
It's quDmiet uptown He is wCorking through the unimaginable
FHis hair has gone grey. He pC/Easses every day They say he walks the length of the city
Bb9You knock me out, I fall apart
DmCan you imagCsusine? C
FLook at where we are
C/ELook at where we started
Bbsus2/FI know I don’t deserve you, Eliza
DmBut hear me out. TChat would be enough
FIf I could spare his life
C/EIf I could trade his life for mine
Bb9/DHe’d be standing here right noDm/Aw
And you would sCsus/Gmile, and that woulC/Gd be enough
F/CI don’t pretend to know
DmThe challenges we’re facing
F/AI know there’s no repBb9/Dlacing what we’ve lBbm/Dbost
And you need timFsus2e
But I’m not afraiC/Ed
I know who I marrBbmaj9/Died
Just let me staBb/Dy here by your sDm/Aide
CsusThat would beC enough
FIf you see him in the street,
C/EWalking by her Side, talking by her side,
Bbmaj9Have pity, Eliza, do you like it uptown?
It’s Dmquiet uptown He is Csustrying to do the unimaCginable
FSee them walking in the park, lC/Eong after dark
Taking in the sights of the Bb9city
Bb9Look around, look arounDmd, Eliza
They are tCsusrying to do the uCnimaginabFle
[Chorus]
FThere are moments that the words don’t Fmaj9/Areach
There is a grace too powerful to Bbsus2name
We push away what we can never undeDmrstand
We pusCsush away the unCimaginabFle
They are standing in the gC/Earden
Alexander by Eliza’s Bbsus2side
She takes his Dmhand
CIt’s quiet uptown
Fsus2Forgiveness. CC/Ean you imagine?
Bb/DForgiveness. CDm/Aan you CsusimaginCe?
FIf you see him in the street, wC/Ealking by her side
Talking by her side, have pBb9ity
DmThey are gCoing through the unimFaginable