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Alexander Hitchens
Alexander Hitchens

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Verse 1
E
Am

How does a bastard, orphan,

son of a whore and a
E

Scotsman

Dropped in the middle of a
Am
F

forgotten spot in the

Caribbean

By
C
Am
C

Providence, impoverished and squalor
G#

Grow up to be a hero and a scholar?
Am

The ten dollar founding

father without a father
E

Got a lot farther by working a lot harder
F

By being a lot smarter,

by being a self -starter
C
G#

by 14 they placed him in charge of a trading charter
Am

and every day while slaves were being
E

slaughtered and carted away across the waves he
F

struggled and kept his guard up inside he was
C

longing for something to be a part of the brother was
E

ready to beg steal borrow or barter then a
Am
E

hurricane came and devastation reigned our man

saw his future drip dripping down the drain
F

Put a pencil to his temple,

connected it to his brain
C

And he wrote his first refrain,
E

a testament to his pain
Am

Well the word got around,
E

they said this kid is insane, man

Took up a collection just to

send him to the main, man
F

Get your education,

don't forget from whence you came
C

And the world's gonna know your name,
E

what's your name, man?
Am

Alexander

Hamilton

My name is
E

Alexander

Hamilton
Am
F

And there's a million

things I haven't done
C
E

But just you wait, just you wait
Am

When he was ten, his father split

Full of it, debt ridden
E

Two years later, see

Alex and his mother

Bedridden, half dead
F

Sittin' in their own sick, the scent thick

And
E
Am

Alex got better, but his mother wiped
F

Quack
Am

Moved in with a cousin,

the cousin committed suicide
E

Left him with nothing but rue and pride,
F

something new inside a voice saying

Alex, you gotta fend for yourself
C

He started retreating and reading
E

every treatise on the shelf
Am

But there would've been nothing

left to do for someone less astute
C
E

He would've been dead or destitute
C

without a cent or restitution
F

Started working,
Am

working for his late mother's landlord
C
E

Trading sugarcane and rum and all

the things he can't afford
Am

Scamming for every book he

can get his hands on
E

Waiting for the future,
F

see him now with his hands on the bow of a ship

Heading for a new land, in
C

New
E

York you can be a new man

In
Am

New

York you can be a new man

In
F

New

York you can be a new man

In

New
Dm
Am
Dm

York you can be a new man

In
E

New
Esus4

York,

New
E

York, just you wait
Am

Alexander

Hamilton,

Alexander

Hamilton
F

We are waiting in the wings for you

Waiting in the wings for you
Dm

Nev er back down and never
E
F
E

learn to take your time

Oh,
Am

Alexander

Hamilton

Alexander

Hamilton

When
F

America sings for you
Dm

Will they know what you overcame?
F
Am
Dm

Will they know you deroged the game?
Am
F
G
C

The world will never be the same,
E
G#dim
E

oh
Am

Ship is in the harbor now,

see if you can spot him
C

Another immigrant coming
Dm

up from the bottom
F

His enemies destroyed his rep,
Bdim

Amer ica forgot him
E

We fought with him

Me, I died for him
Am

Me, I trusted him
E
Bdim

Me, I loved him
E
Bdim

And me, I'm the damn

fool that shot him
E
F
Gsus4

There's a million things I haven't done,
C
E
Dm
E

but just you wait
Am
E

What's your name, man?

Alexander

Hamilton
Am

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Chords
  • E

  • Am

  • F

  • C

  • G#

    4
  • Dm

  • Esus4

  • G

  • G#dim

    6
  • Bdim

  • Gsus4

Capo: 2

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