Chords for #28 Hamilton - The Room Where It Happens [[VIDEO LYRICS]]

[Em] _ _ [Fm] Ah, Mr.
[N] Secretary.
Mr.
Burr, sir.
And did you hear the news about good old General Mercer?
No.
You know Claremont Street?
Yeah.
He renamed it after him, the Mercer Legacy of Secure.
Sure.
And all he had to do was die.
Yeah, that's a lot less work.
We ought to give it a try.
Ha, now how you gonna get your debt plan through?
[Am] I guess I'm gonna finally have to listen to you.
Really?
Talk [F] less, [Eb] _ [G] smile [Am] more.
Do [F] whatever it takes to [Cm] get my plan on the Congress [Am] floor.
The Madison [F] and Jefferson [Cm] are merciless.
Well, hate [G] the sin, love [Am] the sinner.
Hamilton.
[F] I'm sorry, Burr, I gotta [Em] go.
But_
[C] Decisions are happening over [Em] dinner.
_ _ [Fm] _ [Am]
Two Virginians and an immigrant [Cm] walk into a room.
Diametrically [Bm] opposed.
[Am] Foes.
They emerge with a compromise, [Eb] having opened doors that were previously [Bm] closed.
[Am] Rows.
The immigrant [F] emerges with unprecedented [Eb] financial power, a system he can [G] shape however [Am] he wants.
The [F] Virginians emerge with the [Em] nation's [C] capital.
And here's the pièce de résistance.
[Am]
No one [A] else was in the room where it happened, the [Gbm] room where it [F] happened, the room where it [Am] happened.
No one [Cm] else was in the room where it [D] happened, the room where it [B] happened, the room where it [Am] happened.
No one really knows how the game is [D] played, the art of the [E] trade, how the [A] sausage gets made.
We just assume that it happens.
[G] No one else is in the room where it [Em] happens.
_ [Fm] _ _ [Am] Thomas [F] Plains.
Alexander was on [Eb] Washington's doorstep one day in [C] distress [Am] and disarray.
Thomas [F] Plains.
Alexander said,
I've [Cm] nowhere else to turn.
And basically begged me to [Am] join the fray.
Thomas [F] Plains.
I approached Madison [Eb] and said, I know you [G] hate him, but let's hear what he [Am] has to say.
Thomas [F] Plains.
Well, I arranged the [G] meeting.
[C] I arranged the menu, the venue, the [Am] seating.
But_
No one [A] else was in the room where it [Gbm] happened, the room where it [D] happened, the room where it [Am] happened.
No one else [A] was in the room where it [Am] happened, the room where it [Ab] happened, the room where it [Am] happened.
No one really knows how the art is [Gb] DTS, the pieces that are [Am] sacrificed in every game of [Cm] chess.
We just assume that it happens.
[G]
No one else is in the [Em] room where it happens.
_ [Fm] _ _ [Am]
Meanwhile.
[F] Madison is grappling with the [Eb] fact that not every issue [C] can be settled by committee.
[Am]
Meanwhile.
[F] Congress is fighting over where [Eb] to put the Capitol [Am] SILENCE!
It isn't pretty
Then Jefferson approaches [F] with a dinner and [Cm] invite
And Madison responds [Bm] with Virginia [Am] and insight
Maybe we can solve [F] one problem with another
[Em] And win the [C] victory for the Southerners and other worlds Oh oh
A quid pro quo [N] I suppose
Wouldn't you like to work a little closer to home?
Actually I would
Well I propose the Potomac
And you'll provide him his votes
Well we'll see how it goes Let's go No
What else [Cm] was in the room [Am] where it happened?
The room [Eb] where it happened
[D] The room [Am] where it happened
What else was [A] in the room where it [Gb] happened?
The room where it [E] happened
The room where it [Am] happened My God
It got to trust
But we'll never really know what got discussed
[A] Click Boom
And it [Gb] happened
[G] And no one else was [E] in the room where it happened Alexander [Am] Hamilton
What did they say to you that led you to sail New York City down the [Em] river?
[C] Alexander Hamilton
Did Washington know about the dinner?
Was there presidential pressure to deliver?
[F]
Alexander Hamilton
[Dm] Or did you know even then it doesn't matter where you put the US capital?
[E] Cause we'll have the banks, we're in the same spot
You got more than you gave
And I wanted what I got
When you got skin in the [F] game, you stay in the game
[E] But you don't get a win unless you play in the game
Oh you get love for it
You get hate for it
You get nothing if you [C] wait for it, wait for it, [E] wait
[F] God help and [Em] forgive me
I wanna build something [F] that's gonna outlive me
[E] What did you want, bird?
What did you want, bird?
If you stand for nothing, bird, what did you fall for?
[Am]
[F] I want to be in the room where it happened
The room where it happened
[C] I want [D] to be in [E] the room where it happened
The room [Ab] where it [Am] happened
[A] I want [Gb] to be in [F] the [Am] room where it happened
I [A] want to [Am] be in the room where it [E] happened _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[Am] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ [Am] _
The art of the public [Dm] eyes.
Hold your nose and [Am] close your eyes.
You wanna lead us to safety [Dm] net.
You [Am] don't get a say in what they trade away.
We dream of a brand new [D] start!
But we [Am] dream in the dark for the [F] most part.
Now that's the truth when it [D] happens!
I've got to be in the [E] room when it [Am] happens!
I've got to [E] be in the room when it [Am] happens!
I've got to be in the room when it happens!
I've got to be in the room when it happens!
I gotta be, [D] I gotta be, [Ab] when it [Am] happens.
[Em] _ [Gb] _ [F] _ [E] OOoOoOOoOoOoOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
[Am] Click [Bm] Booms! _ _ _ _ _ _ _