Misc Soundtrack - Hamilton - yorktown the world turned upside down

The battle of Yorktown ^{Dm C G}1781

^DmMonsieur Hamilton Monsieur Lafay^Cette In ^Gcommand where you belong How you say no sweat ^DmWe're finally on the field We've had quite a r^Cun ^GImmigrants

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We get the job done ^DmSo what happens if we win? I go back to F^Crance I bring ^Gfreedom to my people if I'm given the chance ^DmWe'll be with you when you do Go lead your ^Cmen See you ^Gon the other side 'Til we meet again let's go

^DmI am not throwin' ^Faway my shot^{G Am}I am not throwin' away my shot ^DmHey yo I'm just like my country I'm y^Foung Scrappy and h^Gungry ^AmAnd I'm not throwin' away my^C shot^{Dm Dm}I am not throwin'^F away my shot 'Til the wo^Amrld turns ups^Cide down 'Til the w^Dmorld turns ^Fupside ^Gdown

I imagine de^Dmath 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 ^DThen I remember my Eliza's expecting me Not only that my Eliza's expecting We gotta go gotta get the job done Gotta ^Gstart a new nation gotta meet my son

Take the ^Dmbullets out your g^Fun (what?) The bullets out your g^Gun (what?) We ^Amove under cover and we move as one ^DThrough the night we have one s^Fhot to live another day We cann^Aot let a stray gunshot give us away We will ^Dmfight up c^Flose seize the moment and ^Gstay in it It's ^Ameither that or meet the business end^C of a bayo^Dmnet ^FThe code word is 'Rochambeau ' dig me? Rochambeau^G

And so the ^DmAmerican experiment beg^Cins With my f^Griends all scattered to the winds Laurens is in ^DmSouth Carolina redefining bra^Cvery We'll ^Gnever be free until we end slavery ^Dm When we finally drive the British away^C Lafaye^Gtte 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

Hercules ^DmMulligan A ^Ftailor spyin' on the British ^Ggovernment ^AmI take their measurements informati^Con and then I smuggle it (^Dmup) ^FTo my brother's revolutionary ^Gcovenant ^AI'm runnin' with the Sons of Libert^Cy and I am lovin' it ^DSee that's what ^Fhappens when you up against the ^Gruffians ^AmWe in the shit now somebody gotta shovel it ^FHercules Mulligan I need no introduction ^GWhen you knock me down I get the f*** back up again

^DmAfter a week of fighting a young man in a ^Dred 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 wounded we count our dead

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Not yet ^DmWe negotiate the terms of surrender^C I see George ^GWashington smile ^DmWe escort their men out of Yorktown^Bb They stagger home single ^Cfile ^DmTens of thousands of people flood the streets^Bb There are screams and church bells ringing And as our fallen f^Aoes retreat I hear the drinking song they're singing ^DThe world ^Amturned upside d^Gown ^DmThe world turned upside ^Gdown ^DmThe world turned upside ^Bbdown ^AmThe world turned upside down

^DmDown D^Fown d^Gown down ^GFreedom for Am^America ^Dfreedom for France Down ^Fdown down Gotta ^Gstart a new nation Gotta ^Dmmeet my son Down^F down down ^AWe won We won We won We won The ^Fworld turned upsid^Ge down^D