Chords for #24 Hamilton - What'd I Miss [[MUSIC LYRICS]]

_ _ _ _ _ [F#] 17, 17 [G] 17, 17, 17, [D] 17, [F] 1789
[B] How does the bastard, orphan immigrant, decorated [F#] war vet
Unite [F#m] the colonies through more [G] debt
Fight the other founding fathers, till he has to forfeit
[D] Have it all, lose it all, [A#] you ready for more [Bm] yet?
Treasury Secretary, Washington's the [F#] President
Every American experiment sets [G] a precedent
Not so fast, someone came along to resist [D] him
Pissed him off until [A#m] we had a two-party [Bm] system
You haven't met him yet, [B] you haven't had the chance
[F#m] Cause he's been kicking ass as the ambassador to [G] France
But someone's gotta keep the American [D] promise
You simply must [F#] meet Thomas, [Bm] Thomas
[A] Thomas Jefferson's coming [A#] home
Thomas Jefferson's [Bm] coming home
Thomas [A] Jefferson's coming home
[A] Thomas Jefferson's [Bm] coming home
[D] Thomas [G] Jefferson's coming home
Lord, [C#m] he's been off [D#] in Paris for [D] so long _ _ _
[Gm] _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] France is following us to [Gm] revolution
There is no more [D] status quo
But the sun comes [Gm] up and the world still [C] spits
_ [D] I helped Lafayette draft a [Gm] declaration
Then I said, I [D] gotta go
I gotta be in [Gm] Monticello
Now the work at [E] home begins
Hello
[A] _ _ So [D] what did I [B] miss?
[A] What did I [B] miss?
_ _ Virginia, my home sweet [D] home, I wanna give you a kiss [B] Mwah
I've [A] been in Paris meeting lots of different ladies
[G] I guess I basically missed [Dm] the late 80s
[Bm] I traveled the wide, wide [A] world and came back [Dm] to this
_ _ [C] _
[Am] There's a letter on my [D] desk from the president
[Am] I haven't even put my bag down yet
[B] Sally, me a [E] lamb, darling, won't you open it?
[Am] This is the president assembling a cabinet
And [A] I am to be the Secretary of State
Great, and I'm already planning to prove
[D] I just got home and now I'm heading up to New York
Heading to New York, [Dm] heading to New York
[F#] Looking at the rolling fields, I can't believe that [Dm] we are free
Ready to [Bm] face whatever's [D] awaiting me in [Dm] NYC
The fool's waiting for me [A] when I step in the place
[Dm] My friend James [G] Madison, red in the [D] face
He grabs my arm and I [G] respond, let's [C] go
_ [D] Thomas, we are engaged [Gm] in a battle for our nation's [D] very soul
Can you get us [Gm] out of the mess [C] we're in?
[D] Hamilton's new financial [Gm] plan is nothing [C] less than government [D] control
I've been fighting [Gm] for the South alone
[E] Where have you been? Uh, France
[A] We have to win
[D] Well, what did I miss?
What, what, what did I miss?
What did I miss?
I've scum-moled the [Dm] list
Headfirst into a political [D] abyss
Headfirst into the abyss
[A] I had my first cabinet meeting [Dm] today
I guess I better think of [G] something to say
I'm already gone [D] my [Bm] way
To get to the bottom of this
[D] Looking at NYC Ah
Mr.
Jefferson, welcome home
[A#] Mr.
Jefferson, I'll [D] attend to Hamilton
Mr.
Jefferson, welcome home _ _
[Bm] _ Mr.
Jefferson, welcome [G] home, sir
You've [E] been up [D#] in Paris [Dm] for so _ [Gm] long
_ [D] So what did I miss? _ _