{"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":1862705,"song":"Hamilton - Yorktown The World Turned Upside Down","artist":"Misc Musicals","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1862705-hamilton-yorktown-the-world-turned-upside-down-chords-by-misc-musicals/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1862705?type=chord","rating":4.68174,"votes":107,"content":"[Intro]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe battle of Yorktown [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nseventeen-eighty-one[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                   [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMonsieur Hamilton Monsieur Lafayette In command where you belong How you say, no sweat[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                            [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe're finally on the field We've had quite a run Immigrants We get the job done[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                             [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo what happens if we win? I go back to France I bring freedom to my people if I'm given the chance[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                           [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe'll be with you when you do Go lead your men See you on the other side 'Til we meet again, let's go[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI am not throwin' away my shot[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F/A[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI am not throwin' away my shot[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                     [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHey yo, I'm just like my country, I'm young Scrappy and hungry[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F/A[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm not throwin' away my shot[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI am not throwin' away my shot[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F/A[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n'Til the world turns upside down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\n'Til the world turns upside down[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                                   [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI imagine death so much it feels more like a memory This is where it gets me: on my feet The enemy ahead of me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                          [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf this is the end of me, at least I have a friend with me Weapon in my hand, a command, and my men with me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen I remember my Eliza's expecting me Not only that, my Eliza's expecting[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe gotta go, gotta get the job done Gotta start a new nation, gotta meet my son[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                     [ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTake the bullets out your gun (what?) The bullets out your gun (what?) [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F/A[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWe move under cover and we move as one[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThrough the night, we have one shot to live another day [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F/A[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWe cannot let a stray gunshot give us away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe will fight up close, seize the moment and stay in it[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F/A[/ch]                                    [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nIt's either that or meet the business end of a bayonet[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe code word is 'Rochambeau,' dig me? Rochambeau[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F/A[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nYou have your orders now, go, man, go[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                  [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd so the American experiment begins With my friends all scattered to the winds[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                           [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLaurens is in South Carolina, redefining bravery We'll never be free until we end slavery[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                  [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen we finally drive the British away Lafayette is there waiting In Chesapeake Bay[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                      [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHow did we know that this plan would work? We had a spy on the inside That's right[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                 [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHercules Mulligan A tailor spyin' on the British government[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F/A[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI take their measurements, information and then I smuggle it (up)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo my brother's revolutionary covenant[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F/A[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI'm runnin' with the Sons of Liberty and I am lovin' it[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSee, that's what happens when you up against the ruffians[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F/A[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWe in the shit now, somebody gotta shovel it[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHercules Mulligan, I need no introduction[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F/A[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWhen you knock me down I get the fuck back up again[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAfter a week of fighting, a young man in a red coat stands on a parapet[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWe lower our guns as he frantically waves a white handkerchief[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                             [ch]G/D[/ch]       \r\nAnd just like that, it's over We tend to our wounded, we count our dead[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F/D[/ch]                                            [ch]G/D[/ch]\r\nBlack and white soldiers wonder alike if this really means freedom[/tab]\r\nN.C.\r\nNot yet\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                  [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe negotiate the terms of surrender I see George Washington smile[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                  [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe escort their men out of Yorktown They stagger home single file[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTens of thousands of people flood the streets There are screams and church bells ringing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G/B[/ch]                                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd as our fallen foes retreat I hear the drinking song they're singing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe world turned upside down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe world turned upside down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe world turned upside down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F/D[/ch]                     [ch]G/D[/ch]\r\nThe world turned upside down[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]G/A[/ch]\r\nDown, Down, down, down Freedom for America, freedom for France [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]G/A[/ch]\r\nDown, down, down  Gotta start a new nation Gotta meet my son [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]G/A[/ch]\r\nDown, down, down We won, We won, We won, We won[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThe world turned upside down[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nN.C.\nNot yet","chords":["Dm","C","G","F","F/A","A","G/D","F/D","G/B","G/A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"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]}}}