Chords for #14 Hamilton - Stay Alive [[VIDEO LYRICS]]
Tempo:
79.9 bpm
Chords used:
Ab
Cm
C
G
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C]
[Cm] [C]
[Cm] I [Ab] have never seen the general so [C] despondent.
I have taken over writing all his correspondence.
Congress [G] writes, George, attack the British forces.
[C] I shoot back, we have resorted to eating our horses.
[Cm] Local merchants deny us [Ab] equipment, assistance.
[F] They only take British money, [Ab] so sing a song of sixpence.
[Cm] The cavalry's not coming.
[Ab] But sir.
Alex, listen, [A] there's only one way for us [Ab] to win this.
[C] Provoke outrage.
Outrage? That's right. That's right.
Don't engage.
Strike [Ab] by night.
[C] Remain relentless till their troops take flight.
[F] Make it impossible to justify the cost of [Cm] the fight.
Outrun.
Outrun.
[Ab] Outlast.
Outlast.
[A] Hit them quick, get out [Ab] fast.
Take back.
[Cm] Stay alive until this horror show [D] is past.
We're gonna fly a lot of flags half-mast.
[Cm] Raise a glass.
I go back to New York in [Ab] my apprenticeship.
I [Cm] ask for French aid.
I play the Francis Saint-Eustache.
I stay at work with Hamilton.
We write [Ab] essays against slavery.
[Cm] And every day's a test of [Ab] our camaraderie and bravery.
[Cm] We cut supply lines.
We [Ab] steal contraband.
[Cm] We pick and choose our battles and [Ab] places to take a stand.
[Cm] And every day, sir, [D] entrust me with a command.
[G] And every day, no, he [Ab] dismisses me out of hand.
[Cm] Instead of me, he promotes Charles Lee, makes [Cm] him second in command.
I'm [Ab] a general.
Whee!
[C] Yeah, he's not the choice I would've gone with.
He shits the bed at the Battle [G] of Monmouth. Everyone attack!
Retreat!
Attack!
Retreat!
[Am] What are you doing, Lee?
[Ab] Get back on your feet!
You're under [G] so many offense, darling.
Is this not your speed?
[Cm] Hamilton!
Get ready, sir.
Have Lafayette take the lead.
Yes, sir.
A thousand soldiers die in [Ab] a hundred-degree heat.
As we snatch our stalemates from the jaws of defeat.
Charles Lee was left behind without a plot to piss in.
He started saying this to anybody who would listen.
[C] Washington cannot be left alone to his devices.
Indecisive from crisis to crisis.
The best thing he can do for the revolution is turn and go back to planting tobacco in Mount Vernon.
[Cm] Don't do a thing.
History will prove him wrong.
But, sir!
We have a war to fight.
Let's move along.
Strong words from Lee.
Someone ought to hold him to it.
I can't disobey direct orders.
Then I'll do it.
[F] Alexander, you're the closest friend I've got.
Lawrence, do not throw away your shot.
[Cm] [C]
[Cm] I [Ab] have never seen the general so [C] despondent.
I have taken over writing all his correspondence.
Congress [G] writes, George, attack the British forces.
[C] I shoot back, we have resorted to eating our horses.
[Cm] Local merchants deny us [Ab] equipment, assistance.
[F] They only take British money, [Ab] so sing a song of sixpence.
[Cm] The cavalry's not coming.
[Ab] But sir.
Alex, listen, [A] there's only one way for us [Ab] to win this.
[C] Provoke outrage.
Outrage? That's right. That's right.
Don't engage.
Strike [Ab] by night.
[C] Remain relentless till their troops take flight.
[F] Make it impossible to justify the cost of [Cm] the fight.
Outrun.
Outrun.
[Ab] Outlast.
Outlast.
[A] Hit them quick, get out [Ab] fast.
Take back.
[Cm] Stay alive until this horror show [D] is past.
We're gonna fly a lot of flags half-mast.
[Cm] Raise a glass.
I go back to New York in [Ab] my apprenticeship.
I [Cm] ask for French aid.
I play the Francis Saint-Eustache.
I stay at work with Hamilton.
We write [Ab] essays against slavery.
[Cm] And every day's a test of [Ab] our camaraderie and bravery.
[Cm] We cut supply lines.
We [Ab] steal contraband.
[Cm] We pick and choose our battles and [Ab] places to take a stand.
[Cm] And every day, sir, [D] entrust me with a command.
[G] And every day, no, he [Ab] dismisses me out of hand.
[Cm] Instead of me, he promotes Charles Lee, makes [Cm] him second in command.
I'm [Ab] a general.
Whee!
[C] Yeah, he's not the choice I would've gone with.
He shits the bed at the Battle [G] of Monmouth. Everyone attack!
Retreat!
Attack!
Retreat!
[Am] What are you doing, Lee?
[Ab] Get back on your feet!
You're under [G] so many offense, darling.
Is this not your speed?
[Cm] Hamilton!
Get ready, sir.
Have Lafayette take the lead.
Yes, sir.
A thousand soldiers die in [Ab] a hundred-degree heat.
As we snatch our stalemates from the jaws of defeat.
Charles Lee was left behind without a plot to piss in.
He started saying this to anybody who would listen.
[C] Washington cannot be left alone to his devices.
Indecisive from crisis to crisis.
The best thing he can do for the revolution is turn and go back to planting tobacco in Mount Vernon.
[Cm] Don't do a thing.
History will prove him wrong.
But, sir!
We have a war to fight.
Let's move along.
Strong words from Lee.
Someone ought to hold him to it.
I can't disobey direct orders.
Then I'll do it.
[F] Alexander, you're the closest friend I've got.
Lawrence, do not throw away your shot.
Key:
Ab
Cm
C
G
F
Ab
Cm
C
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Cm] I _ _ _ _ [Ab] have never seen the general so [C] despondent.
I have taken over writing all his correspondence.
Congress [G] writes, George, attack the British forces.
[C] I shoot back, we have resorted to eating our horses.
[Cm] Local merchants deny us [Ab] equipment, assistance.
[F] They only take British money, [Ab] so sing a song of sixpence.
[Cm] The cavalry's not coming.
[Ab] But sir.
Alex, listen, [A] there's only one way for us [Ab] to win this.
[C] Provoke outrage.
Outrage? That's right. That's right.
Don't engage.
Strike [Ab] by night.
[C] Remain relentless till their troops take flight.
[F] Make it impossible to justify the cost of [Cm] the fight.
Outrun.
Outrun.
[Ab] Outlast.
Outlast.
[A] Hit them quick, get out [Ab] fast.
Take back.
[Cm] Stay alive until this horror show [D] is past.
We're gonna fly a lot of flags half-mast.
[Cm] Raise a glass.
I go back to New York in [Ab] my apprenticeship.
I [Cm] ask for French aid.
I play the Francis Saint-Eustache.
I stay at work with Hamilton.
We write [Ab] essays against slavery.
[Cm] And every day's a test of [Ab] our camaraderie and bravery.
[Cm] We cut supply lines.
We [Ab] steal contraband.
[Cm] We pick and choose our battles and [Ab] places to take a stand.
[Cm] And every day, sir, [D] entrust me with a command.
[G] And every day, no, he [Ab] dismisses me out of hand.
[Cm] Instead of me, he promotes Charles Lee, makes [Cm] him second in command.
I'm [Ab] a general.
Whee!
[C] Yeah, he's not the choice I would've gone with.
He shits the bed at the Battle [G] of Monmouth. Everyone attack!
Retreat!
Attack!
Retreat!
[Am] What are you doing, Lee?
[Ab] Get back on your feet!
You're under [G] so many offense, darling.
Is this not your speed?
[Cm] Hamilton!
Get ready, sir.
Have Lafayette take the lead.
Yes, sir.
A thousand soldiers die in [Ab] a hundred-degree heat.
As we snatch our stalemates from the jaws of defeat.
Charles Lee was left behind without a plot to piss in.
He started saying this to anybody who would listen.
[C] Washington cannot be left alone to his devices.
Indecisive from crisis to crisis.
The best thing he can do for the revolution is turn and go back to planting tobacco in Mount Vernon.
[Cm] Don't do a thing.
History will prove him wrong.
But, sir!
We have a war to fight.
Let's move along.
Strong words from Lee.
Someone ought to hold him to it.
I can't disobey direct orders.
Then I'll do it.
[F] _ Alexander, you're the closest friend I've got.
Lawrence, do not throw away your shot. _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Cm] I _ _ _ _ [Ab] have never seen the general so [C] despondent.
I have taken over writing all his correspondence.
Congress [G] writes, George, attack the British forces.
[C] I shoot back, we have resorted to eating our horses.
[Cm] Local merchants deny us [Ab] equipment, assistance.
[F] They only take British money, [Ab] so sing a song of sixpence.
[Cm] The cavalry's not coming.
[Ab] But sir.
Alex, listen, [A] there's only one way for us [Ab] to win this.
[C] Provoke outrage.
Outrage? That's right. That's right.
Don't engage.
Strike [Ab] by night.
[C] Remain relentless till their troops take flight.
[F] Make it impossible to justify the cost of [Cm] the fight.
Outrun.
Outrun.
[Ab] Outlast.
Outlast.
[A] Hit them quick, get out [Ab] fast.
Take back.
[Cm] Stay alive until this horror show [D] is past.
We're gonna fly a lot of flags half-mast.
[Cm] Raise a glass.
I go back to New York in [Ab] my apprenticeship.
I [Cm] ask for French aid.
I play the Francis Saint-Eustache.
I stay at work with Hamilton.
We write [Ab] essays against slavery.
[Cm] And every day's a test of [Ab] our camaraderie and bravery.
[Cm] We cut supply lines.
We [Ab] steal contraband.
[Cm] We pick and choose our battles and [Ab] places to take a stand.
[Cm] And every day, sir, [D] entrust me with a command.
[G] And every day, no, he [Ab] dismisses me out of hand.
[Cm] Instead of me, he promotes Charles Lee, makes [Cm] him second in command.
I'm [Ab] a general.
Whee!
[C] Yeah, he's not the choice I would've gone with.
He shits the bed at the Battle [G] of Monmouth. Everyone attack!
Retreat!
Attack!
Retreat!
[Am] What are you doing, Lee?
[Ab] Get back on your feet!
You're under [G] so many offense, darling.
Is this not your speed?
[Cm] Hamilton!
Get ready, sir.
Have Lafayette take the lead.
Yes, sir.
A thousand soldiers die in [Ab] a hundred-degree heat.
As we snatch our stalemates from the jaws of defeat.
Charles Lee was left behind without a plot to piss in.
He started saying this to anybody who would listen.
[C] Washington cannot be left alone to his devices.
Indecisive from crisis to crisis.
The best thing he can do for the revolution is turn and go back to planting tobacco in Mount Vernon.
[Cm] Don't do a thing.
History will prove him wrong.
But, sir!
We have a war to fight.
Let's move along.
Strong words from Lee.
Someone ought to hold him to it.
I can't disobey direct orders.
Then I'll do it.
[F] _ Alexander, you're the closest friend I've got.
Lawrence, do not throw away your shot. _ _ _ _
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