Chords for Hamilton - Non-Stop (cover)

_ _ _ _ _ After the war I went back to New York.
After the war I went back [C] to New York.
I finished up my studies [A#] and I practiced law.
I practiced law.
Per work [G] next door.
Even though we started at the very same [Cm] time,
Alexander [G] Hamilton began to [N] climb.
How to account for his rise to the top?
_ Man, the man is [F] non-stop.
Gentlemen [D] of the jury, I'm [C] curious, fair?
[A] Are you aware [A#] that we're [G] making [F] history?
This is the [D] first murder trial of our [A] brand new
delivery line, [B] deliverer.
Non [F]-stop.
[D] I'm the shadow woman that you [A] please.
I'll hold Captain [A#] Hamilton to death.
[F] I'll kindly reach his innocence.
[D] Call your first [C] witness.
Say I had to say, okay.
One more [F] thing, what do you [D] assume?
You're the smartest [C] in the room.
[A] What do you [G] assume?
You're the smartest in the room.
[F] What do you assume?
[D] You're the smartest in the [N] room.
That attitude may be [C] your [F] downfall.
Why do you write [A#] when you're running [D] out of [Am] time?
Why do you write when you're [A] running out of [G] time?
[F] Every day you [G] write while you're [Dm] running out of [C] time.
[G#] Bond fighting in the meantime.
[F] Non-stop.
Such [Dm] an old song that we can [Am] sing along and harmony.
No one is [A#] stronger [G] than an all-in.
[F] _ Economies, [Dm] economies increasingly [C] strong.
[A] _
It's just [F] non-stop.
[Dm] Practice is fine, practically [C] perfect.
[B] There's human justice in the world and I've [F] corrected it.
Now for a strong [Dm] central democracy.
If [C] not, then I [A] was not.
No one forever will rock cities, maybe I will.
[B] Hamilton, at the cusp of decision, no [Gm] convention. _ _
_ Constitutional Convention.
There is a [Cm] New York junior [F#]
delegate.
What [E] I'm going to say may sound indelicate.
[Cm] He's chosen to oppose his own form of government.
What?
His own plan for his new form [A#] of government.
What?
[G] Talks for six hours, the convention is listless.
A bright young man.
Yo, who the F is this?
[F] Why do you [Dm] always say what you [Am] believe?
Why do you always [Dm] say what you believe?
[F] Every proclamation [Dm] _ [Am] guarantees free ammunition for your enemies.
[F] Why do you [Dm] write like it's going [Am] out of style?
Why do you write [F] like it's going out of style?
Every day you write [Dm] like it's going out [C] of style.
[F] You, what did you?
_ [Dm] _ _ Alexander.
[C] Aaron Burr, sir.
[F] Well, it's the middle of the night.
Can we confer, [Dm] sir?
Is this a legal matter?
Yes, it is.
[C] _ [F] What do you need?
[A#m] Burr, you're a better lawyer [Dm] than me.
Okay.
I know I [C] talk too much.
I'm abrasive.
[F] You're incredible in court.
You're succinct, [Dm] persuasive.
My client needs a strong [C] defense.
[F] You're the [Am] solution.
Who's your client?
The new Wisconsin.
Do you support the Constitution?
[D#m] No.
Hear me out.
No [C#] way.
A [A#m] series of essays, anonymously published, depending [D#m] on your document.
_ [C#] I don't want to read it.
I [F#] disagree.
And if it fails?
That's why we need it.
The [D#m] Constitution's a mess.
So [C#] it needs a big name.
[A#m] It's full of contradictions.
So is independence.
We [D#m] have to start [C#] somewhere.
No.
No way.
[A#] You're making a mistake.
Good night.
Hey, shh.
[C] What are you waiting for?
It's too slothful.
[Gm] What?
We won the war.
What was it all for?
You support this [G#] Constitution?
[C] Of course.
It's independence.
[Bm] And what if you're backing the wrong horse?
But [Cm] I need to build.
Build?
For the notion of a nation, you now get to build.
[D#] For once in your life, [C#] you can stand with pride.
[F] I don't know how you stand.
I'm just next.
_ [F#] I'll equal my plan.
[A#m] Because to my interests, to my glory, [F#] I'll be [A#m] here to see which way the wind will blow.
_ [F#] I'm taking [A#m] my time [F#] watching the outer birth [C#] of our nation, watching [B] the tension grow.
_ _ [F#] _ _ [C#] _ [D#m] _ _ _
I am sailing off to London.
I [F#] am accompanied by someone who [D#m] always pays.
I have found a wealthy husband who [F#] will keep me in comfort for all my [D#m] days.
He is not a lot of fun, but there is [F#] no one who can match you for turn of [B] praise.
My [C#] [B] Alexander.
_ [F#] _ _
Don't forget [D#m] to rhyme.
_ [F#] _ _
_ _ _ [B] Where you started.
[D#m] The fact that you're [F#] alive is a miracle.
To stay [B] alive.
Would that [D#m] be enough?
_ [C#] If you _ [F#] _
could share [B] a fraction of [D#m] your time.
[F#] I could grant you [D#m] peace of mind.
Would that be enough?
Alexander joins forces with [F#] James Madison and John Jay to write a series of [D#m] essays defending the new United States Constitution [F#] entitled The Federalist Papers.
_ _ The plan was to write a total of 25 essays, the work divided [D#m] evenly among the three men.
In the end, they wrote [F#] 85 essays in the span of six [Em] months.
_ [Bm] John Jay [F#m] got sick after [G] writing five.
[D] James Madison [G] wrote 29.
Hamilton wrote the other [B] 51.
_ [Em] How do you write when [D] you're running out of [G] time?
Write late at night [D] when you're running out of [Em] time.
[G] Everyday you write, you're running out of time.
Running out of [C] time.
[Bm] Running out of time.
[Em] How do you write if that tomorrow won't [D] arrive?
[G] How do you write if you need it to survive?
How do you write every [D] second you rely?
[G] Every second you rely.
Every second [C] you rely.
_ They are [G] asking me to leave.
I am doing the best [C] I can to get the people [Am] that I need.
[B] I'm asking you to be my [Em] right hand man.
I know it's a [G] lot to ask.
You're sitting behind the world, you know.
[F] Sir, you and I are in the treasury or state _
[Am] _ _ treasury.
[B] _ Let's go.
[E] _
_ _ _ Alexander.
[F#] I have to leave.
[G] _ Alexander.
Look around, look [A] around at how lucky we are to be [B] alive right [Em] now.
Help me.
[F#m] They are asking [G] me to leave.
Look [Am] around.
Is it just [G] enough?
He will [C] deny.
_ _ [G] _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ [B] _ _ [Em] He's [G] satisfied.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ [C] History [D] had its eyes on you.
I'm not throwing [F#] away my shot.
[Bm] I am [C] not throwing away my shot.
[G] I am Alexander Hamilton.
Hamilton, just [D] you wait. _
[D#] _ I'm [C] not throwing away my shot. _
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