Tonalité : A minor
Verse 1
F#m
After the war I went back to New York
After the war I went back to New York
I finished up my studies and I practiced law
I practiced law, burr work next door
Even though we started at the
very same time
Alexander Hamilton began to climb
How to account for his rise to the top?
D
Man, the man is non -stop
Bm
Gentlemen of the jury,
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I'm curious, bear with me
Are you aware that we're
making history?
D
Bm
This is the first murder trial
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of our brand new nation
In the liberty behind deliberations
D
Bm
I intend to prove beyond
a shadow of a doubt
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With my assistant counsel
Pro -counsel Hamilton, sit down
D
A client Larry Weeks is innocent
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Bm
Call your first witness
A
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That's all you had to say
Okay, one more thing
Bm
D
F#m
Why do you assume you're
Bm
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the smartest in the room?
do you assume you're
the smartest in the room?
D
Why do you assume
Bm
you're the smartest in the room?
D
Assume that attitude
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D
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may be your doom
A
D
Why do you write
Bm
like you're running out of time?
F#m
Write day and night
like you're running out of time
D
Every day you fight
Bm
like you're running out of time
D
A
Keep on fighting in the meantime
Non -stop
D
Bm
Corruption's such an old song
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that we can sing along in harmony
And nowhere is it stronger
D
Bm
E
than in Al bany
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It's colonies,
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economies increasingly stalling
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And honestly that's why
public service
seems to be calling it -stop
D
I practiced the law,
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practically perfected it
I've seen injustice in the world
and I've corrected it
E
D
Bm
Now for a strong central democracy
If not then I'll be
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Socrates throwing verbal rocks
at these mediocrities
Hamilton at the Constitutional Convention
I was chosen for the
Constitutional Convention
There is a New York Junior Delegate
Now what I'm gonna say
may sound indelicate
Goes and proposes his own
form of government
What? His own plan for a new
form of government
What? Talks for six hours,
the convention is listless
Bright young man
Yo, who the F is this?
D
Bm
Why do you always say
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what you believe?
Why do you always say
what you believe?
D
Bm
Every proclamation guarantees free
D
A
ammunition for your enemies
D
Why do you riot
Bm
like it's going out of style?
F#m
Riot day and night
like it's going out of style.
D
Every day you fight
Bm
like it's going out of style.
D
Bm
Do what you do. Alexander?
A
Aaron Burr, sir.
Bm
Well, it's the middle of the night.
D
Bm
Can we confer, sir?
Is this a legal matter?
A
Yes, and it's important to me.
What do you need?
Bm
D
Burr, you're a better lawyer than me.
Bm
Okay. I know I talk too much,
A
I'm abrasive.
Bm
You're incredible in court.
D
You're succinct, persuasive.
Bm
My client needs a strong defense.
A
D
You're the solution.
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Who's your client?
D
Bm
Cm
The new U .S. Constitution?
Bb
No. Hear me out! No way!
Gm
A series of essays anonymously
published
Cm
defending the document
to the public.
Bb
No one will read it.
I disagree.
Eb
And if it fails?
Bro, that's why we need it.
Cm
The Constitution's a mess.
Bb
So it needs amendments?
Gm
It's full of contradictions.
So is independence.
Cm
We have to start somewhere.
Bb
No. No way.
Gm
G
You're making a mistake.
Good night.
Hey, what are you waiting for?
What do you stall for?
What? We won the war.
What was it all for?
Do you support this constitution?
Of course!
Then defend it!
Gm
And what if you're backing
the wrong horse?
Burr, we studied and we fought
and we killed
For the notion of a nation
Cm
we now get to build
For once in your life
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take a stand with pride
D
I don't understand how
you stand to the side
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Bb
Cm
Gm
I'll keep all my pens close to my chest
Eb
Cm
I'll wait here and see which
Gm
way the wind will blow
Eb
Cm
I'm taking my time watching
Eb
Bb
At the birth of a nation,
Ab
Eb
Cm
watching the tension grow
I am sailing off to London
Eb
I am accompanied by
Cm
someone who always pays
I have found a wealthy husband
Eb
Who will keep me in comfort
Cm
for all my days
He is not a lot of fun
Eb
But there's no one who can match you
for turn of phrase
Ab
My Alexander,
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Bb
Cm
don't forget to rhyme.
Bb
Eb
Look at where you are.
Ab
Look at where you started.
Cm
Bb
The fact that you're alive is a miracle.
Eb
Ab
Cm
To stay alive, that would be enough.
Bb
Eb
And if your wife could share
Ab
Cm
a fraction of your time,
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if I could grant you peace of mind,
would that be enough?
Cm
Alexander joins forces
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with James Madison and John Jay
to write a series of essays
Cm
defending the new United
States Constitution
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entitled the Federalist Papers.
Cm
The plan was to write a total of 25 essays,
Eb
the work divided evenly
among the three men.
Cm
In the end, they wrote 85 essays
Eb
in the span of six months.
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E
John Jay got sick after writing five.
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James Madison wrote 29.
E
Hamilton wrote the other 51.
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How do you ride
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E
like you're running out of time?
Ride day and night
Bm
like you're running out of time.
C#m
Every day you fight
Abm
E
like you're running out of time.
Like you're running out of time.
A
Abm
Are you running out of time?
C#m
How do you ride
Abm
Ebm
like tomorrow won't arrive?
E
How do you ride
A
like you need it to survive?
C#m
How do you ride
Ebm
every second you're alive?
E
Every second you're alive.
A
Every second you're alive.
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E
They're asking me to leave.
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I'm doing the best I can
to get the people that I need
Ab
I'm asking you to be my
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right hand man or State?
I know it's a lot to ask
E
Treasury or State?
To leave behind the world, you know
Sir, do you want me to run the Treasury
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or State Department?
Treasury
D
Ab
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Let's go Alexander
Eb
I have to leave Alexander
E
Look around, look around
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at how lucky we are
to be alive right now
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B
How glad they are asking me to leave
E
F#m
Look around, isn't this enough?
E
A
He will never be satisfied
E
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He will never be satisfied,
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satisfied, satisfied
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E
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E
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History has shown
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E
He will never be sat isfied, satisfied, He
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The world has one funny -luck history
Has its eyes on you
I am not throwing away my, just you wait
A
I am not throwing away my, just you wait
I am Alexander Hamilton,
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Hamilton just you wait
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I am not throwing away my shot!
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