Hamilton - The World Was Wide Enough

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N.C.
[Company]:One, two, three, four, five
Six, seven, eight, nine...
[Burr] :There are ten things you need to know...
Fm
[Company]:Number one!
Cm/G
[Burr] :We rowed across the Hudson at dawn
Fm/Ab Bbm
My friend William. P Van Ness signed on as my-
Fm
[Company]:Number two!
Cm/G
[Burr] :I watched Hamilton arrive with his crew
Fm/Ab Bbm
Nathaniel Pendleton and a doctor that he knew
Fm
[Company]:Number three!
Cm/G
[Burr] :I watched Hamilton examine the terrain
Fm/Ab Bbm
I wish I could tell you what was happening in his brain
Fm Cm/G
This man has poisoned my political pursuits
Fm Cm/G Fm/Ab Bbm
[Company]:Most disputes die and no one shoots!
Fm
Number four!
Cm/G
[Burr] :Hamilton drew first position
Fm/Ab Bbm
Looking to the world like a man on a mission
Fm Cm/G
This is a soldier with a marksman's ability
Fm/Ab Bbm
The doctor turned around so he could have deniability
Fm
[Company]:Five!
Cm/G
[Burr] :Now I didn't know this at the time but we were-
Fm/Ab Bbm
[Burr & :Near the same spot your son died is that why-
Hamilton]
Fm
[Company]:Six!
Cm/G
[Burr] :He examined his gun with such rigor
Fm/Ab Bbm
I watched as he methodically fiddled with the trigger
Fm
[Company]:Seven!
Cm/G
[Burr] :Confession time! Here's what I got
Fm/Ab Bbm
My fellow soldiers will tell you I'm a terrible shot
Fm
[Company]:Number eight!
Cm/G
[Burr & :Your last chance to negotiate
Fm/Ab Bbm
Hamilton]
Send in your seconds, see if they can set the record straight
N.C.
[Burr] :They won't teach you this in your classes
But look it up Hamilton was wearing his glasses
Why? If not to take deadly aim
It's him or me, the world will never be the same
I had only one thought before the slaughter
This man will not make an orphan of my daughter
Fm
[Company]:Number nine!
Cm/G
[Burr] :Look him in the eye, aim no higher
Fm/Ab Bbm
Summon all the courage you require
Then count-
N.C.
[Company]:One, two, three, four, five
Six, seven, eight, nine-
Number ten! Paces! FIRE!
N.C.
[Hamilton]:I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory
Is this where it gets me? On my feet, several feet ahead of me
I see it coming do I run or fire my gun or let it be?
There is no beat, no melody
Burr, my first friend, my enemy
Maybe the last face I ever see
If I throw away my shot is this how you'll remember me?
What if this bullet is my legacy? Legacy?!?!
What is a legacy?
It's planting seeds in a garden you never get to see
I wrote some notes at the beginning of a song a someone will sing for me
America, you great unfinished symphony, you sent for me
You let me make a difference
A place where even orphaned immigrants can leave their fingerprints
And rise up
I'm running out of time, I'm running and my time's up
Wise up! Eyes up!
I catch a glimpse of the other side
Laurens leads a soldiers chorus on the other side
My son is on the other side
He's with my mother on the other side
Washington is watching from the other side
Teach me how to say goodbye, rise up, rise up
Rise up, Eliza!
My love take your time, I'll see you on the other side
Rise a glass to freedom...
N.C.
[Burr] : He aims his pistol at the sky wait!
Db, Bbm, Fm/C
I strike him right between his ribs
Db, Bbm, Fm
I walk towards him but I am ushered away
Db, Bbm, Fm/C
They row him back across the Hudson
Db, Bbm, Fm
I get a drink
Db, Bbm, Fm/C
I hear wailing in the streets
Db, Bbm, Fm
Somebody tells me "you'd better hide"
Db, Bbm, Fm/C
They say Angelica and Eliza
Db, Bbm
Were both at his side when he died...
Bbm Dbsus Db
Death doesn't discriminate between the sinners and the saints
Absus Ab
It takes and it takes and it takes and
Bbm Dbsus Db Gbsus
History obliterates, in every picture it paints
Gb
It paints me and all my mistakes
Bbm Dbsus Db Absus Ab
When Alexander aimed at the sky, he may have been the first one to die
Bbm Dbsus
But I'm the one who paid for it
Db Ab
I survived but I paid for it
Bbm Dbsus Db Absus Ab
Now I'm the villian in your history
Bbm Dbsus Db Gbsus Gb
I was too young and blind to see
Bbm Dbsus Db Absus Ab
I should've known, I should've known
Bbm Dbsus Db Absus Ab
The world was wide enough for both Hamilton and me
Bbm Db Gb
The world was wide enough for both Hamilton and me...

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N.C.
[Company]:One, two, three, four, five
          Six, seven, eight, nine...
[Burr]   :There are ten things you need to know...
Hamilton]
          N.C.
[Burr]   :They won't teach you this in your classes
          But look it up Hamilton was wearing his glasses
          Why? If not to take deadly aim
          It's him or me, the world will never be the same
          I had only one thought before the slaughter
          This man will not make an orphan of my daughter
          Then count-
          N.C.
[Company]:One, two, three, four, five
          Six, seven, eight, nine-
          Number ten! Paces! FIRE!
           N.C.
[Hamilton]:I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory
           Is this where it gets me? On my feet, several feet ahead of me
           I see it coming do I run or fire my gun or let it be?
           There is no beat, no melody
           Burr, my first friend, my enemy
           Maybe the last face I ever see
           If I throw away my shot is this how you'll remember me?
           What if this bullet is my legacy? Legacy?!?!
           What is a legacy?
           It's planting seeds in a garden you never get to see
           I wrote some notes at the beginning of a song a someone will sing for me
           America, you great unfinished symphony, you sent for me
           You let me make a difference
           A place where even orphaned immigrants can leave their fingerprints
           And rise up
           I'm running out of time, I'm running and my time's up
           Wise up! Eyes up!
           I catch a glimpse of the other side
           Laurens leads a soldiers chorus on the other side
           My son is on the other side
           He's with my mother on the other side
           Washington is watching from the other side
           Teach me how to say goodbye, rise up, rise up
           Rise up, Eliza!
           My love take your time, I'll see you on the other side
           Rise a glass to freedom...
           N.C.
[Burr]   : He aims his pistol at the sky wait!
           Db, Bbm, Fm/C
                         I strike him right between his ribs

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