Misc Musicals - Hamilton - its quiet uptown
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Tuning: E A D G B E
(Harmony)
[Intro]
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(Vocals)
[Hook]
* let ring *let ring
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There are moments that the words don't reach
There is suffering too terrible to name
You hold your child as tight as you can
--Second round--
The moments when you're in so deep
It feels easier to just swim down
Play * to * let ring
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And push away the unimaginable
(got to --Second round--
The Hamiltons move uptown
And learn to live with the unimaginable
[Verse]
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I spend hours in the garden
I walk alone to the store
And it's quiet uptown
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I never liked the quiet before
I take the children to church on Sunday
let ring let ring
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A sign of the cross at the door
And I pray
That never used to happen before
[Chorus]
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If you see him in the street, walking by
Himself, talking to himself, have pity
let ring
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Philip, you would like it uptown
It's quiet uptown
He is working through the unimaginable
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His hair has gone grey. He passes every day
They say he walks the length of the city
let ring let ring
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You knock me out, I fall apart
Can you imagine?
[Verse]
Repeat once
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Look at where we are
Look at where we started
I know I don't deserve you, Eliza
But hear me out. That would be enough
Repeat once
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If I could spare his life
If I could trade his life for mine
He'd be standing here right now
And you would smile, and that would be enough
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I don't pretend to know
The challenges we're facing
I know there's no replacing what we've lost
And you need time
let ring
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But I'm not afraid
I know who I married
Just let me stay here by your side
That would be enough
[Chorus]
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If you see him in the street, walking by her
Side, talking by her side, have pity
let ring
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Eliza, do you like it uptown
It's quiet uptown
They are trying to do the unimaginable
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See them walking in the park, long after dark
Taking in the sights of the city
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Look around, look around, Eliza
let ring
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They are trying to do the unimaginable
[Hook]
* let ring *let ring
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There are moments that the words don't reach
There is a grace too powerful to name
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We push away what we can never understand
We push away the unimaginable
let ring let ring
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They are atanding in the garden
Alexander by Eliza's side
She takes his hand
It's quiet uptown
[Outro]
Repeat once
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Forgiveness. Can you imagine?
Forgiveness. Can you imagine?
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If you see him in the street, walking by her
Side, talking by her side, have pity
let ring
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They are going through the unimaginable
(Harmony)
[Outro]
F (Slow Strum)
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