Відключити рекламу[BURR]
AmHow does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore and a
EScotsman, dropped in the middle of a
FForgotten spot in the Caribbean by providence
CImpoverished, in squalor
AbdimGrow up to be a hero and a scholar?
[LAURENS]
AmThe ten-dollar founding father without a father
EGot a lot farther by working a lot harder
FBy being a lot smarter
By being a self-starter
C AbdimBy fourteen, they placed him in charge of a trading charter
[JEFFERSON]
AmAnd every day while slaves were being slaughtered and carted
EAway across the waves, he struggled and kept his guard up
FInside he was longing for something to be a part of
C AbdimThe brother was ready to beg, steal, borrow, or barter
[MADISON]
AmThen a hurricane came, and devastation reigned
EOur man saw his future drip, dripping down the drain
FPut a pencil to his temple, connected it to his brain
C Esus4 EAnd he wrote his first refrain, a testament to his pain
[BURR]
AmWell the word got around, they said, "This kid is insane, man"
ETook up a collection just to send him to the mainland
F"Get your education, don't forget from whence you came
C Abdimand the world is gonna know your name. What's your name, man?"
[HAMILTON]
AmAlexander Hamilton
EMy name is Alexander Hamilton
FAnd there's a million things I haven't done
C EBut just you wait, just you wait...
[ELIZA]
AmWhen he was ten his father split, full of it, debt-ridden
E FTwo years later, see Alex and his mother bed-ridden half-dead
Sittin' in their own sick, the scent thick
[COMPANY]
N/AAnd Alex got better but his mother went quick
[WASHINGTON]
AmMoved in with a cousin, the cousin committed suicide
ELeft him with nothin' but ruined pride, something new inside
FA voice saying
[WASHINGTON] // [COMPANY]
"You gotta fend for yourself" // "Alex, you gotta fend for yourself"
[WASHINGTON]
C AbdimHe started retreatin' and readin' every treatise on the shelf
[BURR]
AmThere would have been nothing left to do
For someone less astute, he woulda been
EDead or destitute without a sense of restitution
FStarted workin', clerkin' for his late mother's landlord
C AbdimTradin' sugar cane and rum and all the things he can't afford
AmScammin' for every book he can get his hands on
EPlannin' for the future see him now as he stands on
FThe bow of a ship headed for a new land
C AbdimIn New York you can be a new man
[COMPANY]
AmIn New York you can // (HAMILTON)
Be a new man // Just you wait
F7In New York you can // (HAMILTON)
Be a new man // Just you wait
Dm9In New York you can
Be a new man
[WOMEN]
EIn New York--
[MEN]
New York
[HAMILTON]
Just you wait!
[COMPANY]
AmAlexander Hamilton (Alexander Hamilton)
F7We are waiting in the wings for you (waiting in the wings for you)
DmYou could never back down
EYou never learned to take your time
AmOh, Alexander Hamilton (Alexander Hamilton)
F7When America sings for you
DmWill they know what you overcame?
C DmWill they know you rewrote the game?
Am/E Dm/F C/G E7/GThe world will never be the same, oh
[BURR]
AmThe ship is in the harbor now // (COMPANY)
Am/BSee if you can spot him // Just you wait
Am/CAnother immigrant
DmComin' up from the bottom // Just you wait
Dm/FHis enemies destroyed his rep
Dm/BAmerica forgot him
[MULLIGAN/MADISON & LAFAYETTE/JEFFERSON]
Esus4 EWe fought with him
[LAURENS/PHILLIP]
Esus4 EMe? I died for him
[WASHINGTON]
Am9/E EMe? I trusted him
[ELIZA & ANGELICA & PEGGY/MARIA]
Dm6/E EMe? I loved him
[BURR]
Dm/BAnd me? I'm the damn fool that shot him
[COMPANY]
Dm/F CThere's a million things I haven't done
Dm6/EBut just you wait!
[BURR]
E7What's your name, man?
[COMPANY]
AmAlexander Hamilton!
Am
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