Misc Soundtrack - Hamilton - right hand man

^CmBritish Admiral Howe's got troops on the ^Cm7water ^Cm6Thirty-two thousand troops in New York Ha^Abmaj7rbour… ^CmThirty-two thousand troops in New York Ha^Cm7rbour… ^Cm6When they surround our troops! They surround our ^Abmaj7troops! (They surround our troops!)

^CmAs a kid in the Caribbean I wished for a war ^Cm/DI knew that I was poor, I knew it was the only way to ^Cm/Eb(Rise up), if they tell my story I am ^Cm/Feither gonna die on the battlefield in glory or ^Cm(Rise up), I will fight for this land but there's ^Cm/DOnly one man Who can give us a command, so we can ^Cm/Eb(Rise up), understand, it's the only way to (^Cm/Frise up, rise up)

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Here he comes!

^Cm(Here comes the general!) ^AbLadies and gentlemen! ^F/A(Here comes the general!) ^AbThe moment you've been waiting for! ^Cm(Here comes the general!) ^AbThe Pride of Mount Vernon! ^F/A(Here comes the general!) ^AbGeorge Washington! ^CmWe are out-gunned! (what!) ^AbOut-manned! (what!) ^F/AOut-numbered, ^About-planned! ^CmWe gotta make an all-out ^Abstand Hey yo ^F/AI'm gonna need a right-hand ^Abman

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Can I be real a second? For just a millisecond? Let down my guard and tell the people how I feel a second? Now I'm the model of a modern major general The venerated Virginian veteran whose men are all

Lining ^Cmup to put me up on a p^Abedestal, writing letters to ^F/ARelatives embellishing my el^Abegance and eloquence ^CmBut the elephant is in the r^Aboom, the truth is in your ^F/AFace When you hear the British c^Abannons go (BOOM!) ^CmAny hope of success is f^Ableeting How can I keep ^F9/ALeading when the people I'm l^Abeading keep retreating? ^CmWe put a stop to the ble^Abeding as the British take ^F/ABrooklyn Knight takes r^Abook, but look

^CmWe are out-gunned! (what!) ^AbOut-manned! (what!) ^F/AOut-numbered, ^About-planned! ^CmWe gotta make an all-out ^Abstand Hey yo ^F/AI'm gonna need a right-hand ^Abman

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Incoming!

^CmThey're battering down the Battery, check the damages (brrah!) ^Cm/DWe gotta stop ‘em and rob ‘em of their advantages (brrah!) ^Cm/EbLet's take a stand with the stamina God has granted us ^Cm/FHamilton won't abandon ship, yo, let's steal their cannons!

^Cm(BOOM) goes the cannon, ^Cm/Dwatch the blood and the shit spray, and ^Cm/Eb(BOOM) goes the cannon, we're a^Cm/Fbandoning Kips Bay, and ^Cm(BOOM) there's another ship, and ^Cm/D(BOOM) we just lost the southern tip and ^Cm/Eb(BOOM) we've gotta run to Harlem quick, we can't afford another slip ^CmGuns and horses giddy up, ^Cm/DI decide to divvy up ^Cm/EbMy forces, they're skittish as the ^Cm/FBritish cut the city up ^CmThis close to giving up, ^Cm/DFacing mad scrutiny ^Cm/EbI scream in the face of this mass ^Cm/Fmutiny: ^Cm9"Are these the men with which I am to defend America?" ^Cm9/DWe ride at midnight, Manhattan in the distance ^Cm/EbI cannot be everywhere at once, people ^Cm/FI'm in dire need of assistance

^CmYour Excellency, sir Who are you? Aaron Burr, sir ^GmPermission to state my case? As you were...Sir, ^AbI was a captain under General Montgomery Until he caught a ^Ab6/FBullet in the neck in Queb^Bbec, and well, in summary ^CmI think that I could be of some assistance ^GmI admire how you keep firing on the British from a distance ^AbI have some questions, a couple of suggestions ^Ab6/FOn how to fight instead of fleeing ^Bbwest Yes?

^CmYour Excellency? You wanted to see me? Hamilton,^Gm come in. Have you met Burr? Yes, sir We keep meeting... ^AbAs I was saying, sir I look forward to seeing your strategy ^Ab6/Fplay out—Burr? Sir? Close the door on your way out ^{Bb Cm}Have I done something wrong, sir? On the contrary ^GmI called you here because our odds are beyond scary ^AbYour reputation precedes you, but I have to laugh ^Ab6/FHamilton, how come no o^Bbne can get you on their staff?

^CmDon't get me wrong, you're a young man of great renown ^GmI know you stole British cannons when we were still downtown ^AbNathanael Greene and Henry Knox wanted to hire you— To ^Ab6/Fbe their secretary! I don't think so ^BbNow why are you ^CmUpset? I'm not It's alright you want to fight, you've got a ^GmHunger I was just like you when I was younger ^AbHead full of fantasies of dying like a martyr ^Ab6/FDying is easy, young man; l^Bbiving is harder ^CmWhy are you telling me this? I'm being honest ^GmI'm working with a third of what our Congress has promised ^AbWe are a powder keg about to explode ^Ab6/FI need someone like you to lighten the l^Bboad

^Cm/GI am not throwing away my s^Abhot ^F/AI am not throwing away my s^Abhot ^Cm/GHey yo I'm just like my country I'm yo^Abung, scrappy and hungry ^F/AI am not throwing away my shot ^Cm/GSon, we are outgunned! Outmanned! You need ^Aball the help you can get, ^F/AI have some friends, Laurens, Mulligan, Marqu^Abis de Lafayette! Okay, what else? ^Cm/GOutnumbered, out pl^Abanned! We'll need some spies on the ^F/AInside Some king's men who m^Abight let some things slide ^Cm/GI'll write to Congress and tell th^Abem we need supplies You rally the gu^F/Ays, master the element of surpris^Abe ^Cm/GI'll rise above my station, or^Abganize your information ‘Til we ^F/Arise to the occasion ^Abof our new nation, sir! ^Cm/GHere comes the general! Ri^Abse up! (What!) ^F/AHere comes the general! Ri^Abse up! (What!) ^Cm/GHere comes the general! Ri^Abse up! (What!) ^F/AHere comes the general! Wh^Abat!

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And his right-hand man! ^CmBOOM!