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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1859940,"song":"Hamilton - Non Stop","artist":"Misc Musicals","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1859940-hamilton-non-stop-chords-by-misc-musicals/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1859940?type=chord","rating":4.67251,"votes":91,"content":"[tab][Intro]\r\nN.C.\r\nAfter the war I went back to New York\r\nA-After the war I went back to New York[/tab]\r\nI finished up my studies and I practiced law\r\nI practiced law, Burr worked next door\r\nEven though we started at the very same time\r\nAlexander Hamilton began to climb\r\nHow to account for his rise to the top?\r\nMaaaaan, the man is\r\nNon-stop!\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]Fmaj7/C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGentlemen of the jury, I’m curious, bear with me, Are you aware that we’re making history?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]F/C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThis is the first murder trial of our brand-new nation The liberty behind deliberation—[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]Fmaj7/C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI intend to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt With my assistant counsel—Co-counsel, Hamilton, sit down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Fmaj7/C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOur client Levi Weeks is innocent. Call your first witness That’s all you had to say! Okay! One more thing[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]F/E[/ch] [ch]Dm7[/ch] [ch]Dm/C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhy do you assume you’re the smartest in the room? Why do you assume you’re the smartest in the room?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]F/E[/ch] [ch]Dm7[/ch] [ch]Dm/C[/ch] [ch]C9/A[/ch]\r\nWhy do you assume you’re the smartest in the room? Soon that attitude may be your doom![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]F/E[/ch] [ch]Dm7[/ch] [ch]Dm/C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhy do you write like you’re running out of time? Write day and night like you’re running out of time?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]F/E[/ch] [ch]Dm7[/ch] [ch]Dm/C[/ch] [ch]C9/A[/ch]\r\nEvry day you fight like you’re running out of time Keep on fighting. In the meantime[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]Fmaj7/C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCorruption’s such an old song that we can sing along in harmony And nowhere is it stronger than in Albany[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]Fmaj7/C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThis colony’s economy’s increasingly stalling and Honestly, that’s why public service seems to be calling me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]Fmaj7/C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI practiced the law, I practic’ly perfected it I’ve seen injustice in the world and I’ve corrected it[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]Fmaj7/C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNow for a strong central democracy If not, then I’ll be Socrates Throwing verbal rocks at these mediocrities[/tab]\r\n\r\nN.C.\r\nHamilton, at the Constitutional Convention I was chosen for the Constitutional Convention!\r\nThere as a New York junior delegate Now what I’m going to say may sound indelicate…\r\nGoes and proposes his own form of government!\r\nHis own plan for a new form of government!\r\nTalks for six hours! The convention is listless!\r\nBright young man… Yo, who the f is this?\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]F/E[/ch] [ch]Dm7[/ch] [ch]Dm/C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhy do you always say what you believe? Why do you always say what you believe?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]F/E[/ch] [ch]Dm7[/ch] [ch]Dm/C[/ch] [ch]C9/A[/ch]\r\nEv’ry proclamation guarantees free ammunition for your enemies![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]F/E[/ch] [ch]Dm7[/ch] [ch]Dm/C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhy do you write like it’s Going out of style? Write day and night like it’s Going out of style?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]F/E[/ch] [ch]Dm7[/ch] [ch]C9/A[/ch]\r\nEv’ry day you fight like it’s Going out of style Do what you do[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C/E[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]F/Bb[/ch]\r\nAlexander? Aaron Burr, sir It’s the middle of the night Can we confer, sir?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C/E[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIs this a legal matter? Yes, and it’s important to me What do you need? Burr, you’re a better lawyer than me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C/E[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]F/Bb[/ch]\r\nI know I talk too much, I’m abrasive You’re incredible in court. You’re succinct, persuasive[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C/E[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nMy client needs a strong defense. You’re the solution Who’s your client? The new U.S. Constitution?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Ebm[/ch] [ch]C#/F[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]F#/B[/ch]\r\nNo, Hear me out, No way! A series of essays, anonymously published defending the[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Ebm[/ch] [ch]C#/F[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]F#/B[/ch]\r\ndocument to the public No one will read it I disagree And if it fails? Burr, that’s why we need it[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Ebm[/ch] [ch]C#/F[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]F#/B[/ch]\r\nThe constitution’s a mess So it needs amendments It’s full of contradictions So is independence[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Ebm[/ch] [ch]C#/F[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nWe have to start somewhere No. No way You’re making a mistake Good night Hey[/tab]\r\n\r\nN.C.\r\nWhat are you waiting for?\r\nWhat do you stall for?\r\nWhat?\r\nWe won the war\r\nWhat was it all for?\r\nDo you support this constitution?\r\nOf course\r\nThen defend it\r\nAnd what if you’re backing the wrong horse?\r\nBurr, we studied and we fought and we killed\r\nFor the notion of a nation we now get to build\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Eb5[/ch] [ch]Db5[/ch] [ch]Bb5[/ch]\r\nFor once in your life, take a stand with pride I don’t understand how you stand to the side[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch] [ch]C#/Ab[/ch] [ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\nI’ll keep all my plans Close to my chest[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch] [ch]Fm7/Ab[/ch] [ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\nI’ll wait here and see Which way the wind Will blow[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch] [ch]Fm7/Ab[/ch] [ch]C#6/Bb[/ch] [ch]Bmaj7[/ch] [ch]Bmaj7/C#[/ch] [ch]C#[/ch]\r\nI’m taking my time Watching the Afterbirth of a nation Watching the tension grow[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Ebm[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nI am sailing off to London I’m accompanied by someone who always pays[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Ebm[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nI have found a wealthy husband Who will keep me in comfort for all my days[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Ebm[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nHe is not a lot of fun, but there’s no one Who can match you for turn of phrase[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bmaj7[/ch] [ch]C#[/ch]\r\nMy Alexander Angelica Don’t forget to write[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Ebm[/ch] [ch]C#/F[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]F#/B[/ch]\r\nLook at where you are Look at where you started[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Ebm[/ch] [ch]C#/F[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]F#/B[/ch]\r\nThe fact that you’re alive is a miracle Just stay alive, that would be enough[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Ebm[/ch] [ch]C#/F[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]F#/B[/ch]\r\nAnd if your wife could share a fraction of your[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Ebm[/ch] [ch]C#/F[/ch] [ch]Bb4[/ch]\r\nTime If I could grant you peace of mind Would that be enough?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Ebm[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nAlexander joins forces with James Madison and John Jay to write a series of essays[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Ebm[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nDefending the new United States Constitution, entitled The Federalist Papers.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Ebm[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nThe plan was to write a total of twenty-five essays, the work divided evenly among the [/tab]\r\nthree men.\r\n[tab][ch]Ebm[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nIn the end, they wrote eighty-five essays, in the span of six months.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D/F#[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G/C[/ch]\r\nJohn Jay got sick after writing five. James Madison wrote twenty-nine.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D/F#[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G/F#[/ch]\r\nHamilton wrote the other fifty-one![/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch]\r\nHow do you write like you’re Running out of time? Write day and night like you’re running out of time?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch]\r\nEv’ry day you fight like you’re Running out of time Running out of time Are you running out of time?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G9[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch]\r\nHow do you write like tomorrow won’t arrive? How do you write like you need it to survive?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]D/F#[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em/A[/ch]\r\nHow do you write ev’ry second you’re alive? Ev’ry second you’re alive? Ev’ry second you’re alive?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em9[/ch] [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]\r\nThey are asking me to lead I am doing the best I[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am9[/ch] [ch]Em/C[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\nCan to get the people that I need I’m asking you to be my right hand man[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em9[/ch] [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]\r\nTreasury or State? I know it’s a lot to ask Treasury or State? To leave behind the world you know[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am9[/ch] [ch]Em/C[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\nSir, do you want me to run the Treasury or State department? Treasury Let’s go[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D9/F#[/ch]\r\nAlexander… I have to leave[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em/A[/ch]\r\nAlexander— Look around, look around at how lucky we are to be alive right now[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D9/F#[/ch]\r\nHelpless… They are asking me to lead[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]C/A[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLook around, isn’t this enough? He will never be satisfied[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G/D[/ch]\r\nHe will never be satisfied[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nSatisfied[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHistory has it's eyes on you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe will never be satisfied[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSatisfied… Satisfied...[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhy do you assume you're the smartest in the room[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G/E[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHistory has it's eyes on you[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am/B[/ch]\r\nI am not throwin’ away my shot![/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am/C[/ch] [ch]Am/D[/ch]\r\nI am not throwin’ away my shot![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAlexander Hamilton! Hamilton[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nJust you wait![/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI am not throwing away my shot[/tab]","plain_text":"I finished up my studies and I practiced law\nI practiced law, Burr worked next door\nEven though we started at the very same time\nAlexander Hamilton began to climb\nHow to account for his rise to the top?\nMaaaaan, the man is\nNon-stop!\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nN.C.\nHamilton, at the Constitutional Convention I was chosen for the Constitutional Convention!\nThere as a New York junior delegate Now what I’m going to say may sound indelicate…\nGoes and proposes his own form of government!\nHis own plan for a new form of government!\nTalks for six hours! The convention is listless!\nBright young man… Yo, who the f is this?\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nN.C.\nWhat are you waiting for?\nWhat do you stall for?\nWhat?\nWe won the war\nWhat was it all for?\nDo you support this constitution?\nOf course\nThen defend it\nAnd what if you’re backing the wrong horse?\nBurr, we studied and we fought and we killed\nFor the notion of a nation we now get to build\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nthree men.","chords":["C","A","F","Fmaj7/C","Am","G","F/C","F/E","Dm7","Dm/C","C9/A","Dm","C/E","F/Bb","Ebm","C#/F","F#","F#/B","Eb5","Db5","Bb5","C#/Ab","Bbm","Fm7/Ab"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"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]},"Dm7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,1]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"Em7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,0,3,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,3,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G/B":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,0,0,2],"frets":[-1,2,0,0,0,3]},"Gmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,2]}}}