Key: A minor
Verse 1
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?
Are you aware that we're
making history?
G
Em
This is the first murder trial
In the liberty behind deliberations
G
Em
I intend to prove beyond
a shadow of a doubt
Pro -counsel Hamilton, sit down
F#m
Em
Call your first witness
D
Bm
That's all you had to say
Okay, one more thing
Em
G
Bm
Why do you assume you're
Em
Bm
the smartest in the room?
do you assume you're
the smartest in the room?
F#m
G
F#m
may be your doom
D
G
Why do you write
like you're running out of time
G
D
Keep on fighting in the meantime
Non -stop
G
Em
Corruption's such an old song
And nowhere is it stronger
G
Em
A
than in Al bany
public service
seems to be calling it -stop
Em
Bm
practically perfected it
I've seen injustice in the world
and I've corrected it
A
G
Em
Now for a strong central democracy
If not then I'll be
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?
G
Em
Why do you always say
Why do you always say
what you believe?
G
Em
Every proclamation guarantees free
G
D
ammunition for your enemies
like it's going out of style.
G
Em
Do what you do. Alexander?
G
Em
Can we confer, sir?
Is this a legal matter?
What do you need?
Em
G
Burr, you're a better lawyer than me.
D
I'm abrasive.
D
G
You're the solution.
G
Em
Fm
The new U .S. Constitution?
published
to the public.
I disagree.
Bro, that's why we need it.
So is independence.
Cm
C
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!
the wrong horse?
Burr, we studied and we fought
and we killed
For the notion of a nation
For once in your life
you stand to the side
Ab
Eb
Fm
Cm
I'll keep all my pens close to my chest
Ab
Fm
I'll wait here and see which
Ab
Fm
I'm taking my time watching
Ab
Eb
At the birth of a nation,
Db
Ab
Fm
watching the tension grow
I am sailing off to London
I have found a wealthy husband
He is not a lot of fun
for turn of phrase
Ab
Eb
Fm
don't forget to rhyme.
Eb
Ab
Look at where you are.
Fm
Eb
The fact that you're alive is a miracle.
Ab
Db
Fm
To stay alive, that would be enough.
Eb
Ab
And if your wife could share
Db
Fm
a fraction of your time,
Eb
Csus4
if I could grant you peace of mind,
would that be enough?
to write a series of essays
States Constitution
Fm
The plan was to write a total of 25 essays,
among the three men.
F#m
Abm
A
John Jay got sick after writing five.
Em
F#m
James Madison wrote 29.
Dbm
A
like you're running out of time?
Ride day and night
Dbm
A
like you're running out of time.
Like you're running out of time.
D
Dbm
Are you running out of time?
Dbm
Abm
like tomorrow won't arrive?
F#m
A
They're asking me to leave.
to get the people that I need
I know it's a lot to ask
To leave behind the world, you know
Sir, do you want me to run the Treasury
Treasury
G
Db
F#
Let's go Alexander
to be alive right now
F#m
E
How glad they are asking me to leave
A
Bm
Look around, isn't this enough?
A
D
He will never be satisfied
A
E
He will never be satisfied,
Dbm
A
F#m
A
F#m
History has shown
A
F#m
A
He will never be sat isfied, satisfied, He
F#m
A
The world has one funny -luck history
Has its eyes on you
I am not throwing away my, just you wait
I am Alexander Hamilton,
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