{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1781890,"song":"Hamilton - My Shot","artist":"Misc Musicals","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11391431-hamilton-my-shot-chords-by-misc-musicals/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1781890?type=chord","rating":4.84817,"votes":164,"content":"(This is my first tab/chord, so be forewarned of some slight miscalculations with beat.\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Gm[/ch]                       [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI am not throwing away my shot[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bb[/ch]                       [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nI am not throwing away my shot[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bdim[/ch]    [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nHey yo, I'm just like my country[/tab]\r\nI'm young, scrappy, and hungry\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm not throwing away my shot[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nI'mma get a scholarship to King's College[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Gm[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nI probably shouldn't brag, but dag, I amaze and astonish[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bb[/ch]        [ch]Bdim[/ch]    [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nThe problem is I got a lot of brains, but no polish[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Cm[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nI gotta holler just to be heard[/tab]\r\nWith every word I drop knowledge\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nI'm a diamond in the rough, a shiny piece of coal[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]Bb[/ch]                                            [ch]Bdim[/ch]     [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nTryin' to reach my goal, my power of speech: unimpeachable[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nOnly nineteen, but my mind is older[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Eb[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThese New York City streets getting colder, I shoulder[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nEv'ry burden, ev'ry disadvantage[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nI have learned to manage. I don't have a gun to brandish[/tab]\r\n                       N.C.\r\n[tab]    [ch]Cm[/ch]                  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThe plan is to fan this spark into a flame[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Eb[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut damn, it's getting dark, so let me spell out my name[/tab]\r\nI am the—\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nA-L, E-X, A-N, D[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nE-R—we are—meant to be[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Cm[/ch]                       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nA colony that runs independently[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Eb[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMeanwhile, Britain keeps shitting on us endlessly[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nEssentially, they tax us relentlessly[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThen King George turns around, runs a spending spree[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bdim[/ch]     [ch]Cm[/ch]                  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nHe ain't never gonna set his descendants free[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Eb[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo there will be a revolution in this century[/tab]\r\n\r\nN.C.\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\n(He says in parentheses)[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nDon't be shocked when your history book mentions me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bdim[/ch]   [ch]Cm[/ch]               [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI will lay down my life if it sets us free[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Eb[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nEventually you'll see my ascendancy[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]Gm[/ch]                        [ch]Gm[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd I am not throwing away my shot (my shot)[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bb[/ch]                       [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nI am not throwing away my shot (my shot)[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bdim[/ch]    [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nHey yo, I'm just like my country[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]Eb[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm not throwing away my shot[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]                        [ch]Gm[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI am not throwing away my shot[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                        [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nI am not throwing away my shot[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bdim[/ch]    [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nHey yo, I'm just like my country[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]Eb[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm not throwing away my shot[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nIt's time to take a shot![/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]                               [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI dream of life without the monarchy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                                    [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]Bdim[/ch]\r\nThe unrest in France will lead to \"onarchy\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]                                    [ch]Cm[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\n\"Onarchy?\" How you say, how you s—Oh, anarchy![/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen I fight I make the other side panicky[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nShot![/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]                           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYo, I'm a tailor's apprentice[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bb[/ch]                                  [ch]Bdim[/ch]\r\nAnd I got y'all knuckleheads in loco parentis[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Cm[/ch]                                          [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI'm joining the rebellion cuz I know it's my chance[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Eb[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo socially advance, instead of sewin' some pants[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nShot![/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]              [ch]Gm[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nEh, but we'll never be truly free[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bb[/ch]                                                   [ch]Bdim[/ch]\r\nUntil those in bondage have the same rights as you and me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]                                        [ch]Dm[/ch]     [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nYou and I, do or die, wait till I sally in on a stallion[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith the first black battalion[/tab]\r\nHave another\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nShot![/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]                      [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nGeniuses, lower your voices[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]                                 [ch]Bb[/ch]    [ch]Bdim[/ch]\r\nYou keep out of trouble, and you double your choices[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Cm[/ch]                      [ch]Cm[/ch]    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI'm with you, but the situation is fraught[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nYou've got to be carefully taught:[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nIf you talk, you're gonna get shot![/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBurr, check what we got[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]                               [ch]Bdim[/ch]\r\nMr. Lafayette hard rock like Lancelot[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nI think your pants look hot[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nLaurens, I like you a lot[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Eb[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLet's hatch a plot blacker than the kettle callin' the pot[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Gm[/ch]                                         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhat are the odds the gods would put us all in one spot[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nPoppin' a squat on conventional wisdom, like it or not[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bdim[/ch]       [ch]Cm[/ch]                 [ch]Dm[/ch]        [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nA bunch of revolutionary manumission abolitionists[/tab]\r\nN.C.\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Gm[/ch]                        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI am not throwing away my shot[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nI am not throwing away my shot[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bdim[/ch]    [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nHey yo, I'm just like my country[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Eb[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm not throwing away my shot[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Gm[/ch]                        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI am not throwing away my shot[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nI am not throwing away my shot[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bdim[/ch]    [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nHey yo, I'm just like my country[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Eb[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm not throwing away my shot[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]Everybody sing\r\n[ch]Gm[/ch]                                         [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nWoah-woah, wo-oh-oh (Woah-woah, wo-oh-oh)\r\nHey[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nWo-oh-oh (Wo-oh-oh)\r\nWooh!![/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nWo-oh-oh (Wo-oh-oh)[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSing let 'em hear ya (Yeah)[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]Gm[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nLet's go! (Woah-woah, wo-oh-oh)[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Bdim[/ch]   [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\n(Wo-oh-oh)[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\n(Wo-oh-oh)[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n(Yeah)[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nRise up[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nWhen you're living on your knees, you rise up[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]Bdim[/ch]   [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nTell your brother that he's got to rise up[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]Dm[/ch]     [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nTell your sister that she's got to rise up[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nWhen are these colonies gonna rise up[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nWhen are these colonies gonna rise up (Woah)[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]Bdim[/ch]  [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nWhen are these colonies gonna rise up (Woah)[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]Dm[/ch]    [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nWhen are these colonies gonna rise up (Woah)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nRise up[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nI imagine death so much it feels more like a memory[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nWhen's it's gonna get me?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nIf I see it coming, do I run or do I let it be?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIs it like a beat without a melody?[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nSee, I never thought I'd live past twenty[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nWhere I come from some get half as many[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nAsk anybody why we livin' fast and we laugh, reach for a flask[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]                                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe have to make this moment last, that's plenty[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nScratch that[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThis is not a moment, it's the movement[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                   [ch]Bdim[/ch]\r\nWhere all the hungriest brothers with something to prove went[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]                                 [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nFoes oppose us, we take an honest stand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe roll like Moses, claimin' our Promised Land[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]                         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd? If we win our independence?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                                        [ch]Bdim[/ch]\r\n'Zat a guarantee of freedom for our descendants?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]                                     [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nOr will the blood we shed begin an endless[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCycle of vengeance and death with no defendants?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nI know the action in the street is excitin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nBut Jesus, between all the bleedin' 'n fightin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nI've been readin' 'n writin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWe need to handle our financial situation[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAre we a nation of states? What's the state of our nation?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]                               [ch]Gm[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nI'm past patiently waitin'! I'm passionately smashin' every expectation[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Bb[/ch]     [ch]Bdim[/ch]\r\nEvery action's an act of creation[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nI'm laughin' in the face of casualties and sorrow[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nFor the first time, I'm thinkin' past tomorrow[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Gm[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd I am not throwin' away my shot[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nI am not throwin' away my shot[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bdim[/ch]    [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nHey, yo, I'm just like my country[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Eb[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm not throwin' away my shot[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nrise up; time to take a shot[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe gonna[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nrise up; time to take a shot[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bdim[/ch]\r\nWe gonna[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\n(rise up, rise up)[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\n(Rise up, rise up)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nA-yo, it's time to take a shot (Woah, oh-oh oh)\r\nTime to take a shot (Woah-oh)\r\nAnd I am (And I am)[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G5[/ch]\r\nNot throwing away my shot!      (the above is the button at the very end)[/tab]","plain_text":"(This is my first tab/chord, so be forewarned of some slight miscalculations with beat.\n\n\n\n\n\nI'm young, scrappy, and hungry\n\n\nD\n\n\n\n\n\nWith every word I drop knowledge\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n                       N.C.\n\n\nI am the—\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nN.C.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHave another\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nN.C.","chords":["Gm","Am","Bb","Bdim","Cm","Dm","Eb","D","C","A","E","G5"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Cm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,3,5,5,4,3]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}