Chords for Hamilton - My Shot lyrics

[Gm] I am not throwing away my [F] shot.
[Bb] I am not throwing away my [G] shot.
[Cm] Hey, I want just like my country, I'm young, scrappy, and hungry, and I'm not [Eb] throwing away [D] my shot.
I might [Gm] get a scholarship to King's College.
[F] I probably [Bb] shouldn't brag, but dag-eyed me is astonished.
The problem is, [Cm] I got a lot of brains, but no polish.
[Dm] I got a [Ebm] holler just to be heard with every word.
[G] I drop knowledge.
I'm a diamond in the rough, a shining [F] piece of gold.
[Bb] Trying to reach my goal, my power of speech, [G]
unimpeachable.
Only [Cm] 19, but my mind is older.
These New [Gb] York City streets get cold.
I shoulder [G] every burden, every disadvantage.
[A] I've learned to [Bb] manage.
I don't have a gun to brandish.
I walk these streets [C] famished.
The plan is to fan this spark [Dm] into a flame.
[Cm] But damn, [D] it's getting hot, so let me spell out the name.
[Gm] I am the A-N-E-X-A [F]-N [Bb]-D-E-R.
We are [C] meant to be a colony that runs independently.
Meanwhile, [D] Britain keeps sitting on us endlessly.
[G] Essentially, they tax us relentlessly.
[Bb] Then King George turns around, runs a [G] spending spree.
[Cm] He ain't never gonna set his descendants free.
So there will be [D] a revolution in this century.
[G] Enter me.
He stares in [Bb] parentheses.
Don't be shocked when your history book [G] mentions me.
[C] I will lay down my life if it [Eb] sets us free.
Eventually, you'll see [D] my ascendancy.
[Gm] And I am not throwing away my [F] shot.
[Bb] I am not throwing away my [G] shot.
[Cm] And you know I'm just [Am] like my country.
[Dm] I'm young, scrappy, and hungry.
[Eb] And I'm not throwing away [D] my shot.
[Gm] I am not throwing away my [F] shot.
[Bb] I am not throwing away my [G] shot.
[Cm] And you know I'm just [Am] like my country.
[Bb] I'm young, scrappy, and hungry.
[Cm] And I'm not throwing away [D] my shot.
[Gm] You know I'm not taking shot.
I dream of life [A] without [Bb] anarchy.
The unrest [Bm] in France will lead to anarchy.
[Gbm] Anarchy.
I use they, I use our anarchy.
When I fight, I make the other side [Gm] panicky with my shot.
Yo, I'm a [D] tailor's apprentice.
[Bb] And I got chalupa [Bm] heads and local parentis.
I'm joining the rebellion, cause I know it's my chance to socially advance.
Instead of sewing some pants, you [Gm] gon' take shot.
And but we'll never [D] be truly [Bb] free until those in bondage have the same rights as you and me.
[Gm] You and I do or die.
Wait till I sally in on a stallion.
And we're the first black battalion ever.
Geniuses, lower [F] your voices.
[Bb] You keep out of trouble and you double your choices.
[Cm] I'm with you, but the situation [Dm] is [Cm] fraught.
You've [D] got to be [Gm] carefully taught.
If you talk, you're gonna get shot.
Bird, check [Bb] what we got.
Mr.
Lafayette, hard rock like [Ab] Lancelot.
[Cm] I think your pants look hot.
Lawrence, I like you a lot.
Let's hatch a [D] plot.
Blacker than the kettle calling the pot.
[Gm] What are the odds that God will put us all [Dm] in one spot?
[Bb] Put a swat on conventional wisdom, [G] like it or not.
[Cm] A bunch of revolutionary manumission abolitionists.
Give [N] me a position.
Show me where the ammunition is.
Oh, am I talking too loud?
Sometimes I get over excited.
Shoot off at the mouth.
I never had a group of friends before.
I promise that I'll make y'all proud.
Let's get this guy in front of a [Gm] crowd.
I am not throwing my shot
[Bb] I am not throwing my shot
[Cm] ain't no work that's just like my country
I'm known as frat be and hungry
and I'm not throwing [D] my shot
[Gm] I am, not throwing my shot
[Bb] I am, not throwing my shot
[Cm] ain't no work just like my country
I'm known as frat be and hungry
and I am, not throwing [D] my shot Everybody sing!
[Gm] Woah, _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ woah, yeah
[D] Let them hear you.
[Gm]
Let's go.
_ _ [Bb] I see you shouting to them.
Tap. _
[Eb] I see you shouting to them.
Tap.
_ [C] Now come [D] on.
Now come on.
Let's go.
[Gm] Rise up.
When you're [Am] living on your [Bb] knees, you rise up.
Tell your [D] brother that [Eb] he's gotta rise up.
Tell your [F] sister that [Gb] she's gotta [D] rise up.
When the beast comes, the [Gm] beast's gonna rise up.
_ [Dm] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ [D] I [Gm] imagine death so much it feels [Gb] more like a memory.
When's [Bb] it gonna get me?
In my sleep, [Eb] seven feet ahead of me.
If I see it [D] coming, do I run or do I let it be?
Is it like a beat without a [Bb] melody?
See, [Gm] I never thought I'd live past twenty.
Where I [Bb] come from, some get half as many.
[Eb] Ask anybody why we're living fast and we laugh, reach [D] for a blast.
We have to make this moment last.
[Gm] That's plenty.
Scratch that.
This is not a [A] moment, it's the [Bb] movement.
Where all the hungriest brothers were sucking the [Eb] poo went.
Foes oppose us.
We take an [D] honest stand.
We roll like Moses, claiming our [Gm] promised land.
And if we win our [Bb] independence,
let it guarantee a freedom for our [Eb] descendants.
Or will the blood we shed begin [D] an endless cycle of vengeance and death with no [G] defendants?
I know the action in the street is [Bb] exciting,
but Jesus, between all the bleeding and fighting,
I've been [C] reading and writing.
We need to handle our financial [D] situation.
[Eb] A [Gb] real nation of [G] states, what's [D] the state of our [Gm] nation?
A past patiently waiting, [F] imagining, [Bb] smashing.
Every expectation, every [G] action's an act of [Dm] creation.
I'm laughing in the face of [F] casualties of sorrow.
[D] For the first time I'm thinking past tomorrow.
And [Gm] I am not throwing my [F] shot.
[Bb] I am not throwing my shot.
[Cm] Hey, yo, I'm just like my country.
I'm young, scrappy and hunkery and I'm not throwing away [D] my shot.
[Gm] We gonna rise up, take a [F] shot.
[Bb] We gonna rise up. _
_ [Cm] _ _ It's time to take a [Gm] shot.
Rise up.
Time to take [Cm] a shot.
Rise up.
It's time to take a shot.
[Gm] Rise up.
Take a shot.
Shot.
[D] We're gonna take a shot.
And I am not throwing away my, not throwing away my [G] shot.
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