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Hamilton - The Schuyler Sisters

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[Intro]
BmThere’s nothing rich folks love more
F#Than going downtown and slummin’ it with the poor
GThey pull up in their carriages and gawk
DAt the students in the common
A#Just to watch them talk
BmTake Philip Schuyler: the man is loaded
F#Uh-oh, but little does he know that
GHis daughters, Peggy, Angelica, Eliza
DSneak into the city just to watF#7/A#ch all the guys at—
Bm7Work, work! Angelica!
DWork, work! Eliza!
Bm7And Peggy! The Schuyler sisters!
DAngelica!
N.C.
Peggy!
N.C.
Eliza!
Bm7Work!
[Verse]
Bm7Daddy said to be home by sundown
DDaddy doesn’t need to know
Bm7Daddy said not to go downtown
DLike I said, you’re free to go
Bm7But—look around, look around, the
DRevolution’s happening in NGmaj9ew York New York Angelica
F#7/A#Work!
Bm7It’s bad enough daddy wants to go to war
DPeople shouting in the square
Bm7It’s bad enough there’ll be violence on our shore
DNew ideas in the air
Bm7Look around, look around—
DAngelica, remind me what we’re loGmaj9oking for…
N.C.
She’s lookin’ for me!
[Chorus]
Eliza, I’m lookin’ for a F#7/A#mind at worBm7k
I’m lookin’ for a mind at wDork!
I’m lookin’ for a mind at woBm7rk!
DWhooaaaaa! Whooaaaaa!
Bm7Work!
[Verse]
Bm7There’s nothin’ like summer in the city
D/ASomeone in a rush next to someone lookin’ pretty
Gmaj7Excuse me, miss, I know it’s not funny
D/ABut your perfume smells like your daddy’s got money
EmWhy you slummin’ in the city in your fancy heels
D/F#You searchin for an urchin who can give you ideals?
Gmaj7Burr, you disgust me
N.C.
Ah, so you’ve discussed me
F#7/A#I’m a trust fund, baby, you can trust me!
Bm7I’ve been reading Common Sense by Thomas Paine
D/ASo men say that I’m intense or I’m insane
Gmaj9You want a revolution? I want a revelation
F#m7/ASo listen to my declaration:
Em9“We hold these truths to be self-evident
Dmaj7/F#That all men are created equal”
Gmaj9And when I meet Thomas Jefferson
F#7/A#I’m ‘a compel him to include women in the sequel!
Bm7Work!
[Chorus]
Bm7Look around, look around at how
D/ALucky we are to be alive right now!
Gmaj9Look around, look around at how
F#m7Lucky we are to be alive right now!
Em9History is happening in Dmaj7/F#Manhattan and we just happen to be
Gmaj9In the greatest city in the world!
In the greatest city in A#maj7the world!
[Verse]
Bm7Cuz I’ve been reading Common Sense by Thomas Paine
D6/ASo men say that I’m intense or I’m insane
Gmaj9You want a revolution? I want a revelation
F#m7So listen to my declaration:
Bm7We hold these truths to be self evident
D6/AThat all men are created equal
Gmaj7Look around, look around
F#m7At how lucky we are to be alive right now!
Em9History is happening in Dmaj7/F#Manhattan and we just happen to be
Gmaj7In the greatest city in the world
A#maj7In the greatest city in the world!
[Outro]
Bm7Work, work! Angelica!
DEliza!
Bm7And Peggy! The Schuyler sisters!
DWe’re looking for a mind at
Bm7work!
D6/AWhoa!
Gmaj9In the greatest
City in the AworldD  
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