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Alexander Hamilton from Hamilton (written by Lin-Manuel Miranda)
[BURR]
How does a bBmastard, orphan, son of a whore and a
F#Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a
Forgotten sGpot in the Caribbean by providence
Impoverished, in sqDualor
Grow up to be a Bbdimhero and a scholar?
[LAURENS]
The tBmen-dollar founding father without a father
Got a lF#ot farther by working a lot harder
By being a lGot smarter
By being a self-starter
By fouDrteen, they placed him in cBbdimharge of a trading charter
[JEFFERSON]
And eBmvery day while slaves were being slaughtered and carted
AF#way across the waves, he struggled and kept his guard up
InGside he was longing for something to be a part of
The bDrother was ready to beg, sBbdimteal, borrow, or barter
[MADISON]
Then a hBmurricane came, and devastation reigned
Our mF#an saw his future drip, dripping down the drain
Put a pGencil to his temple, connected it to his brain
And he wDrote his first refrain, a tF#sus4estament to his F#pain
[BURR]
Well the wBmord got around, they said, "This kid is insane, man"
F#Took up a collection just to send him to the mainland
G"Get your education, don't forget from whence you came
and the woDrld is gonna know your Bbdimname." What's your name, man?
[HAMILTON]
BmAlexander Hamilton
My name is AF#lexander Hamilton
And there's a Gmillion things I haven't done
But just you wDait, just you wF#ait...
[ELIZA]
When he was Bmten his father split, full of it, debt-ridden
Two yF#ears later, see Alex and his mother bed-ridden half-dGead
Sittin' in their own sick, the scent thick
[COMPANY]
N.C.
And Alex got better but his mother went quick
[WASHINGTON]
BmMoved in with a cousin, the cousin committed suicide
F#Left him with nothin' but ruined pride, something new inside
A Gvoice saying
[WASHINGTON] // [COMPANY]
"You gotta fend for yourself" // "Alex, you gotta fend for yourself"
[WASHINGTON]
He started retrDeatin' and readin' every tBbdimreatise on the shelf
[BURR]
There Bmwould have been nothing left to do
For someone less astute, he woulda been
F#Dead or destitute without a sense of restitution
Started wGorkin', clerkin' for his late mother's landlord
DTradin' sugarcane and rum and Bbdimall the things he can't afford
BmScammin' for every book he can get his hands on
F#Plannin' for the future see him now as he stands on
The Gbow of a ship headed for a new land
In DNew York you can Bbdimbe a new man
[COMPANY]
In BmNew York you can // (HAMILTON)
Be a new man // Just you wait
In G7New York you can // (HAMILTON)
Be a new man // Just you wait
In Em9New York you can
Be a new man
[WOMEN]
In F#New York--
[MEN]
New York
[HAMILTON]
Just you wait!
[COMPANY]
BmAlexander Hamilton (Alexander Hamilton)
We are wG7aiting in the wings for you (waiting in the wings for you)
You could nEmever back down
You never learned to take your tF#ime
Oh, ABmlexander Hamilton (Alexander Hamilton)
When AG7merica sings for you
Will they kEmnow what you overcame?
Will they kDnow you rewrote the Emgame?
The wBm/F#orld will nEm/Gever be D/Athe same, F#7/A#oh
[BURR]
The Bmship is in the harbor now // (COMPANY)
Bm/C#See if you can spot him // Just you wait
ABm/Dnother immigrant
ComiEmn' up from the bottom // Just you wait
His eEm/Gnemies destroyed his rep
Em/C#America forgot him
[MULLIGAN/MADISON & LAFAYETTE/JEFFERSON]
F#sus4We fought F#with him
[LAURENS/PHILLIP]
F#sus4Me? I died fF#or him
[WASHINGTON]
Bm9/F#Me? I trusted F#him
[ELIZA & ANGELICA & PEGGY/MARIA]
Em6/F#Me? I loved hF#im
[BURR]
And meF#? I'm the damn fool that shot him
[COMPANY]
There's a mEm/Gillion things I haven't doneD  
But just you Em6/F#wait!
[BURR]
F#7What's your name, man?
[COMPANY]
BmAlexander Hamilton!
Bm
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