Alexander Hamilton Chords by Lin-Manuel Miranda
Tempo:
135.7 bpm
Chords used:
F#
Bm
G
D
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F#] [Bm]
[F#] How [B] does a bastard, orphan, son of a [F#] whore and a Scotsman,
dropped in the middle of a forgotten [G] spot in the Caribbean
by Providence, [D] impoverished and squalor, grow up [A#] to be a hero and a scholar?
[B] The ten dollar founding father without a father [F#] got a lot farther
by working a lot harder, by being [G] a lot smarter, by being a self-starter.
[D] By 14, they placed [A#] him in charge of a trading charter.
[B] And every day while slaves were being slaughtered and carted [F#] away,
across the waves he struggled and kept his guard up.
[G] Inside he was longing for something to be a part of.
[D] The brother was ready to beg, [F#] steal, borrow, or [B] barter.
Then a hurricane came and devastation reigned.
[F#] Our man saw his future drip, dripping down the drain.
But [G] a pencil to his temple connected it to his brain.
[D] And he wrote his first refrain, [Bm] the [F#] testament to his name.
Well [Bm] the word got around, they said this kid is [F#] insane, man.
Took up a collection just to send him to the [G] mainland.
Get your education, don't forget from whence you came.
[D] And the world's gonna know your [F#] name.
What's your name, man?
[Bm] Alexander Hamilton.
My [F#] name is Alexander Hamilton.
And [G] there's a million things I haven't done.
But just [D] you wait, just [F#] you wait.
He [Bm] knew his teenage father smoked full of it.
Dead to Britain, [F#] two years later, see Alex and his mother bedridden, [G] half dead.
Sitting in their own sick, the scent thick.
[Bm] And Alex got better, but his mother went quick.
Moving with a cousin, the cousin committed suicide.
[F#] Left him with nothing but rue and pride.
Something new [G] inside a voice saying, Alex, you got a thing for yourself.
He [D] started to treat the beat, [F#] never treat us on the [B] shelf.
There would have been nothing left to do for someone less astute.
He [F#] would have been dead or destitute without a cent or restitution.
[G] Started working, [D] working for his late mother's landlord.
Slaving sugarcane and [F#] rum and all the things he can't [Bm] afford.
Standing for every book he can get his hands [F#] on.
Waiting for the future, see him now with his hands [G] on the bow of a ship.
Heading for a new land.
[D] In New York, you [F#] can be a new man.
[Bm] In New York, you can be a new man.
[G] In New York, you can [Bm] be a new man.
In New York, you can be a new man.
[F#] Just you wait.
[Bm] Alexander Hamilton, Alexander Hamilton.
[G] You'll be waiting in the wings, you'll be waiting in the wings.
[Bm] You'll never ride around, you'll [Em] never learn to take [F#] your time.
[Bm] Oh, Alexander Hamilton, Alexander [D] Hamilton.
[G] When America sings for [Bm] you, [Em] will they know what you overcame?
[Bm] Will they know you [Em] overcame the [Bm] world?
You'll [Em] never
[D] be the [F#] same, [A#] oh.
[Bm] The ship is in the harbor now, see if you can spot him.
Another immigrant [Em] coming up from the bottom.
[G] His enemies destroyed his [C#] rep, America forgot him.
[F#] We fought with him.
Me, I died for [Bm] him.
Me, I trusted [C#] him.
Me, I loved [F#] him.
And me, [C#] I'm the damn [F#] fool that shot him.
[G] There's a million things I haven't [D] done.
Just [C#] you wait.
[F#]
[Bm] What's your name, man?
Alexander Hamilton.
[F#] How [B] does a bastard, orphan, son of a [F#] whore and a Scotsman,
dropped in the middle of a forgotten [G] spot in the Caribbean
by Providence, [D] impoverished and squalor, grow up [A#] to be a hero and a scholar?
[B] The ten dollar founding father without a father [F#] got a lot farther
by working a lot harder, by being [G] a lot smarter, by being a self-starter.
[D] By 14, they placed [A#] him in charge of a trading charter.
[B] And every day while slaves were being slaughtered and carted [F#] away,
across the waves he struggled and kept his guard up.
[G] Inside he was longing for something to be a part of.
[D] The brother was ready to beg, [F#] steal, borrow, or [B] barter.
Then a hurricane came and devastation reigned.
[F#] Our man saw his future drip, dripping down the drain.
But [G] a pencil to his temple connected it to his brain.
[D] And he wrote his first refrain, [Bm] the [F#] testament to his name.
Well [Bm] the word got around, they said this kid is [F#] insane, man.
Took up a collection just to send him to the [G] mainland.
Get your education, don't forget from whence you came.
[D] And the world's gonna know your [F#] name.
What's your name, man?
[Bm] Alexander Hamilton.
My [F#] name is Alexander Hamilton.
And [G] there's a million things I haven't done.
But just [D] you wait, just [F#] you wait.
He [Bm] knew his teenage father smoked full of it.
Dead to Britain, [F#] two years later, see Alex and his mother bedridden, [G] half dead.
Sitting in their own sick, the scent thick.
[Bm] And Alex got better, but his mother went quick.
Moving with a cousin, the cousin committed suicide.
[F#] Left him with nothing but rue and pride.
Something new [G] inside a voice saying, Alex, you got a thing for yourself.
He [D] started to treat the beat, [F#] never treat us on the [B] shelf.
There would have been nothing left to do for someone less astute.
He [F#] would have been dead or destitute without a cent or restitution.
[G] Started working, [D] working for his late mother's landlord.
Slaving sugarcane and [F#] rum and all the things he can't [Bm] afford.
Standing for every book he can get his hands [F#] on.
Waiting for the future, see him now with his hands [G] on the bow of a ship.
Heading for a new land.
[D] In New York, you [F#] can be a new man.
[Bm] In New York, you can be a new man.
[G] In New York, you can [Bm] be a new man.
In New York, you can be a new man.
[F#] Just you wait.
[Bm] Alexander Hamilton, Alexander Hamilton.
[G] You'll be waiting in the wings, you'll be waiting in the wings.
[Bm] You'll never ride around, you'll [Em] never learn to take [F#] your time.
[Bm] Oh, Alexander Hamilton, Alexander [D] Hamilton.
[G] When America sings for [Bm] you, [Em] will they know what you overcame?
[Bm] Will they know you [Em] overcame the [Bm] world?
You'll [Em] never
[D] be the [F#] same, [A#] oh.
[Bm] The ship is in the harbor now, see if you can spot him.
Another immigrant [Em] coming up from the bottom.
[G] His enemies destroyed his [C#] rep, America forgot him.
[F#] We fought with him.
Me, I died for [Bm] him.
Me, I trusted [C#] him.
Me, I loved [F#] him.
And me, [C#] I'm the damn [F#] fool that shot him.
[G] There's a million things I haven't [D] done.
Just [C#] you wait.
[F#]
[Bm] What's your name, man?
Alexander Hamilton.
Key:
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[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm]
[F#] How [B] does a bastard, orphan, son of a [F#] whore and a Scotsman,
dropped in the middle of a forgotten [G] spot in the Caribbean
by Providence, [D] impoverished and squalor, grow up [A#] to be a hero and a scholar?
[B] The ten dollar founding father without a father [F#] got a lot farther
by working a lot harder, by being [G] a lot smarter, by being a self-starter.
_ [D] By 14, they placed [A#] him in charge of a trading charter.
[B] And every day while slaves were being slaughtered and carted [F#] away,
across the waves he struggled and kept his guard up.
[G] Inside he was longing for something to be a part of.
[D] The brother was ready to beg, [F#] steal, borrow, or [B] barter.
Then a hurricane came and devastation reigned.
[F#] Our man saw his future drip, dripping down the drain.
But [G] a pencil to his temple connected it to his brain.
[D] And he wrote his first refrain, [Bm] the [F#] testament to his name.
Well [Bm] the word got around, they said this kid is [F#] insane, man.
Took up a collection just to send him to the [G] mainland.
Get your education, don't forget from whence you came.
[D] And the world's gonna know your [F#] name.
What's your name, man?
[Bm] Alexander Hamilton. _
_ My [F#] name is Alexander Hamilton.
_ _ And [G] there's a million things I haven't done.
_ But just [D] you wait, just [F#] you wait.
He [Bm] knew his teenage father smoked full of it.
Dead to Britain, [F#] two years later, see Alex and his mother bedridden, [G] half dead.
Sitting in their own sick, the scent thick.
[Bm] And Alex got better, but his mother went quick.
Moving with a cousin, the cousin committed suicide.
[F#] Left him with nothing but rue and pride.
Something new [G] inside a voice saying, Alex, you got a thing for yourself.
He [D] started to treat the beat, [F#] never treat us on the [B] shelf.
There would have been nothing left to do for someone less astute.
He [F#] would have been dead or destitute without a cent or restitution.
[G] Started working, [D] working for his late mother's landlord.
Slaving sugarcane and [F#] rum and all the things he can't [Bm] afford.
Standing for every book he can get his hands [F#] on.
Waiting for the future, see him now with his hands [G] on the bow of a ship.
Heading for a new land.
[D] In New York, you [F#] can be a new man.
[Bm] In New York, you can be a new man.
[G] In New York, you can [Bm] be a new man.
In New York, you can be a new man.
[F#] _ _ _ _ Just you wait.
[Bm] _ Alexander Hamilton, Alexander Hamilton.
[G] You'll be waiting in the wings, you'll be waiting in the wings.
[Bm] You'll never ride around, you'll [Em] never learn to take [F#] your _ time. _ _ _
[Bm] Oh, Alexander Hamilton, _ Alexander [D] Hamilton.
[G] When America sings for _ [Bm] you, [Em] will they know what you _ overcame?
[Bm] Will they know you _ _ [Em] _ overcame the [Bm] world?
_ You'll [Em] _ never _
[D] be the [F#] same, [A#] oh.
[Bm] The ship is in the harbor now, see if you can spot him.
_ Another immigrant [Em] coming up from the bottom.
[G] His enemies destroyed his [C#] rep, America forgot him.
[F#] We fought with him.
Me, I died for [Bm] him.
Me, I trusted [C#] him.
Me, I loved [F#] him.
And me, [C#] _ I'm the damn [F#] fool that shot him.
_ [G] There's a million things I haven't [D] done.
Just [C#] you wait.
_ [F#] _ _
[Bm] What's your name, man?
Alexander Hamilton. _ _
[F#] How [B] does a bastard, orphan, son of a [F#] whore and a Scotsman,
dropped in the middle of a forgotten [G] spot in the Caribbean
by Providence, [D] impoverished and squalor, grow up [A#] to be a hero and a scholar?
[B] The ten dollar founding father without a father [F#] got a lot farther
by working a lot harder, by being [G] a lot smarter, by being a self-starter.
_ [D] By 14, they placed [A#] him in charge of a trading charter.
[B] And every day while slaves were being slaughtered and carted [F#] away,
across the waves he struggled and kept his guard up.
[G] Inside he was longing for something to be a part of.
[D] The brother was ready to beg, [F#] steal, borrow, or [B] barter.
Then a hurricane came and devastation reigned.
[F#] Our man saw his future drip, dripping down the drain.
But [G] a pencil to his temple connected it to his brain.
[D] And he wrote his first refrain, [Bm] the [F#] testament to his name.
Well [Bm] the word got around, they said this kid is [F#] insane, man.
Took up a collection just to send him to the [G] mainland.
Get your education, don't forget from whence you came.
[D] And the world's gonna know your [F#] name.
What's your name, man?
[Bm] Alexander Hamilton. _
_ My [F#] name is Alexander Hamilton.
_ _ And [G] there's a million things I haven't done.
_ But just [D] you wait, just [F#] you wait.
He [Bm] knew his teenage father smoked full of it.
Dead to Britain, [F#] two years later, see Alex and his mother bedridden, [G] half dead.
Sitting in their own sick, the scent thick.
[Bm] And Alex got better, but his mother went quick.
Moving with a cousin, the cousin committed suicide.
[F#] Left him with nothing but rue and pride.
Something new [G] inside a voice saying, Alex, you got a thing for yourself.
He [D] started to treat the beat, [F#] never treat us on the [B] shelf.
There would have been nothing left to do for someone less astute.
He [F#] would have been dead or destitute without a cent or restitution.
[G] Started working, [D] working for his late mother's landlord.
Slaving sugarcane and [F#] rum and all the things he can't [Bm] afford.
Standing for every book he can get his hands [F#] on.
Waiting for the future, see him now with his hands [G] on the bow of a ship.
Heading for a new land.
[D] In New York, you [F#] can be a new man.
[Bm] In New York, you can be a new man.
[G] In New York, you can [Bm] be a new man.
In New York, you can be a new man.
[F#] _ _ _ _ Just you wait.
[Bm] _ Alexander Hamilton, Alexander Hamilton.
[G] You'll be waiting in the wings, you'll be waiting in the wings.
[Bm] You'll never ride around, you'll [Em] never learn to take [F#] your _ time. _ _ _
[Bm] Oh, Alexander Hamilton, _ Alexander [D] Hamilton.
[G] When America sings for _ [Bm] you, [Em] will they know what you _ overcame?
[Bm] Will they know you _ _ [Em] _ overcame the [Bm] world?
_ You'll [Em] _ never _
[D] be the [F#] same, [A#] oh.
[Bm] The ship is in the harbor now, see if you can spot him.
_ Another immigrant [Em] coming up from the bottom.
[G] His enemies destroyed his [C#] rep, America forgot him.
[F#] We fought with him.
Me, I died for [Bm] him.
Me, I trusted [C#] him.
Me, I loved [F#] him.
And me, [C#] _ I'm the damn [F#] fool that shot him.
_ [G] There's a million things I haven't [D] done.
Just [C#] you wait.
_ [F#] _ _
[Bm] What's your name, man?
Alexander Hamilton. _ _