Misc Musicals - Hamilton - yorktown the world turned upside down

^DmThe^C b^Gattle of Yorktown ^Dmsev^Cen^Gteen-eighty-one

^DmMonsieur Hamilton Monsieur Lafayette ^CIn ^Gcommand where you belong How you say, no sweat ^DmWe're finally on the field We've had quite a r^Cun ^GImmigrants We get the job done ^DmSo what happens if we win? I go back to France ^CI bring ^Gfreedom to my people if I'm given the chance ^DmWe'll be with you when you do Go lead your me^Cn See you o^Gn the other side 'Til we meet again, let's go

^DmI am not throwin' away ^Fmy s^Ghot ^F/AI am not throwin' away ^Cmy s^Dmhot ^DmHey yo, I'm just like my country, I'm y^Foung Scrappy and h^Gungry ^F/AAnd I'm not throwin' away ^Cmy s^Dmhot ^DmI am not throwin' away ^Fmy s^Ghot ^F/A'Til the world turns up^Cside^Dm down ^F'Til the world turns upside ^Gdown

^DmI imagine death so much it feels more like a memory T^Chis is where it g^Gets me: on my feet The enemy ahead of me ^DmIf this is the end of me, at least I have a ^Cfriend with me We^Gapon in my hand, a command, and my men with me ^DmThen I remember my Eliza's expe^Ccting me N^Got only that, my Eliza's expecting ^DmWe gotta go, gotta get the job d^Cone Gotta s^Gtart a new nation, gotta meet my son

^DmTake the bullets out your gun (what?) T^Fhe bullets out your gu^Gn (what?) ^F/AWe move under cover and we mo^Cve a^Dms one ^DmThrough the night, we have one sho^Ft to live another d^Gay ^F/AWe cannot let a stray gunsh^Cot give us a^Dmway ^DmWe will fight up close, seize the ^Fmoment and stay in ^Git ^F/AIt's either that or meet the business e^Cnd of a ^Dmbayonet ^DmThe code word is 'Rochambeau,' dig^F me? Rochamb^Geau ^F/AYou have your orders now,^C go, m^Dman, go

^DmAnd so the American experiment begin^Cs With my f^Griends all scattered to the winds ^DmLaurens is in South Carolina, redefining brav^Cery We'll n^Gever be free until we end slavery ^DmWhen we finally drive the British aw^Cay Lafayett^Ge is there waiting In Chesapeake Bay ^DmHow did we know that this plan would wor^Ck? We had a ^Gspy on the inside That's right

^DmHercules Mulligan A tailor spyin' o^Fn the British go^Gvernment ^F/AI take their measurements, in^Cformation and then I s^Dmmuggle it (up) ^DmTo my brother's revolution^Fary covena^Gnt ^F/AI'm runnin' with the Sons of ^CLiberty and I am lo^Dmvin' it ^DmSee, that's what happens wh^Fen you up against the ru^Gffians ^F/AWe in the shit now, som^Cebody gotta sh^Dmovel it ^DmHercules Mulligan, I ne^Fed no introd^Guction ^F/AWhen you knock me down I get ^Cthe fuck back up again^Dm

^DmAfter a week of fighting, a young man in a red coat stands on a parapet ^DmWe lower our guns as he frantically waves a white handkerchief ^DmAnd just like that, it's over We tend to our wo^G/Dunded, we count our dead ^F/DBlack and white soldiers wonder alike if this r^G/Deally means freedom ^N.C.Not yet

^DmWe negotiate the terms of surrender ^CI see George ^GWashington smile ^DmWe escort their men out of Yorktown ^FThey stagger ^Ghome single file ^DmTens of thousands of people flood the ^Cstreets There are screams and church bells ringing ^G/BAnd as our fallen foes retreat I hear the d^Arinking song they're singing ^DmThe world turned upside ^Gdown ^DmThe world turned upside ^Gdown ^DmThe world turned upside ^Gdown ^F/DThe world turned upside ^G/Ddown

^DmDown, D^Fown, d^Gown, d^G/Aown Freedom for America, freedom for France ^DmDown, d^Fown, d^Gown G^G/Aotta start a new nation Gotta meet my son ^DmDown, d^Fown, d^Gown We^G/A won, We won, We won, We won ^FThe world turned u^Gpside ^Dmdown