Chords
[Burr]
F# F#7 Bm How F#does a Bmbastard, orphan, son of a whore and a
F#Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a forgotten
GSpot in the Caribbean by providence, impoverished, in Dsqualor
Grow up to be a F#7hero and a scholar?
[Laurens]
The Bmten-dollar Founding Father without a father
Got a F#lot farther by working a lot harder
By being a Glot smarter
By being a self-starter
By fourteen,D they placed him in charge F#7of a trading charter
[Jefferson]
And Bmevery day while slaves were being slaughtered and carted
AwayF# across the waves, he struggled and kept his guard up
InGside, he was longing for something to be a part of
The broDther was ready to beg, steal,F#7 borrow, or barter
[Madison]
Then a Bmhurricane came, and devastation reigned
Our manF# saw his future drip, dripping down the drain
Put a Gpencil to his temple, connected it to his brain
And he Dwrote his first refrain, a tesF#7tament to his pain
[Burr]
Well, the Bmword got around, they said, "This kid is insane, man"
F#Took up a collection just to send him to the mainland
G"Get your education, don't forget from whence you came, and
The Dworld's gonna know your name.F# What's your name, man?"
[Hamilton]
BmAlexander Hamilton
My name is F#Alexander Hamilton
And there's a Gmillion things I haven't done
But just you Dwait, just youF#7 wait...
[Eliza]
When he was Bmten his father split, full of it, debt-ridden
Two yearsF# later, see Alex and his mother bed-ridden
Half-Gdead sittin' in their own sick, the scent thick
And DAlex got better but his F#7mother went quick
[Washington]
BmMoved in with a cousin, the cousin committed suicide
F#Left him with nothin' but ruined pride, something new inside
A Gvoice saying
"Alex, you gotta fend for yourself."
He started Dretreatin' and readin' every F#7treatise on the shelf
[Burr]
There Bmwould have been nothin' left to do
For someone less astute
He woulda been F#dead or destitute
Without a cent of restitution
Started Gworkin', clerkin' for his late mother's land-lord
DTradin' sugar cane and rum F#7and all the things he can't afford
BmScammin' for every book he can get his hands on
F#Plannin' for the future see him now as he stands on
The Gbow of a ship headed for a new land
In DNew York you can F#7be a new man
Bm Just you wait
Bdim/F Just you wait
Em F# Just you wait!
[All]
BmAlexander Hamilton
We are Bdim/Fwaiting in the wings for you
You could Emnever back down
You never learned to take yourF# time!
Oh, BmAlexander Hamilton
When ABdim/Fmerica sings for you
Will they Emknow what you overcame?
Will they knowBm you rewrote the game? Em
The worldBm will neGver beD the same,F#7 oh
The Bmship is in the harbor now
See if you can spot him
Another immigrant
Comin' up from the bottom
His Emenemies destroyed his rep
America forgot him
F#We fought with him
Me? I died for him
Me? I trusted him
Me? I loved him
And me?Em I'm the damn fool that shot him
There's a Gmillion things I haven't done D
But just you Emwait! F#
What's your name, man
Alexander Hamilton! Bm
