Alexander Hamilton W/ Lyrics Chords

_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
[F#] How does [B] a bastard, orphan, son of a [F#] whore and a Scotsman, dropped in [G] the middle of a forgotten spot in the Caribbean by Providence and [D] Poverist 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 [G] being a lot smarter, by being a self-starter.
By [D] fourteen, 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 [F#] 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 barter.
[B] Then a hurricane came and devastation reigned.
[F#] A man saw his future drip, dripping down the drain.
[G] Put a pencil to his temple, connected it to his brain, [D] and he wrote his first refrain, [C#] the testament [F#] to his dream.
[Bm] Well the word got around, they said this kid is [F#] insane man, took up a collection just to send him to the mainland.
[G] Get your education, don't forget from whence you came, [D] and the world's gonna know your [F#] name, what's your name [Bm] man?
Alexander Hamilton, _ _ my [F#] name is Alexander Hamilton, _ _ _ [G] and there's a million things I haven't done, _ but [D] just you wait, just [F#] you wait.
[Bm] When he was ten, his father slept full of [B] it, dead to Britain.
[F#] Two years later, see Alex in his mother bed, [G] ridden 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 [F#] suicide.
Left him with nothing but rue and pride.
Something new [G] inside her voice, saying Alex, you gotta think for yourself.
He [D] started to treat him, the beat [F#] never treated so he shall.
[Bm] There would be [F#] nothing left to do for someone less astute.
He would have been dead or destitute without a cent or [G] restitution.
Started working, working for his late [D] mother's landlord.
Blading sugar, painting, [F#] rumming all the things he can't [Bm] afford.
Saving for every book he can get his [F#] hands on.
Waiting for the future, see him now as he [G] stands on the bow of a ship, headed for a new [D] land.
In New York, you [F#] can be a new man.
[Bm] In New York, you can be a new [G] man.
In New York, you can be a new [Bm] man.
In New York, you can be a new [C#] man.
_ _ _ Just [F#] you wait.
[Bm] _ Alexander Hamilton.
Alexander Hamilton.
[G] When you're waiting in the wings.
Or you're waiting in the wings.
You [Bm] never back down.
You never learn to take [F#] your feet [G] high.
_ [F#] _ _ _
[Bm] _ Alexander Hamilton.
Alexander [A] Hamilton.
When [G] America sings for you.
[Em] Will they know what you _ overcame?
[Bm] Will they know you conquered the _ _ world? _
[Em] We'll never _ [D] be the [F#] same.
[A#] The [Bm] ship is in the [C#] harbor now, see if you can [D] spot him.
Another [Em] immigrant 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 [C#] trusted him.
Me, I [F#] love him.
And [C#] me, _ I'm the damn [F#] fool that shot him.
[G] There's a million things I haven't [D] done.
Just [F#] you wait. _ _
[Bm] What's your name, man?
Alexander Hamilton.