Hamilton: Take A Break Chords
Tempo:
159.45 bpm
Chords used:
E
C#m
B
F
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E] [F#m] Un, deux, trois, [E] quatre, cinq, [B] six, sept, huit, neuf,
Good.
[E]
Un, [F] deux, trois, [Em] quatre, cinq, six, sept, [G] huit, neuf,
[D] [Em] [Bm]
[D] [Em] [D] One, [E]
[G#] two, [Em] three, four, five, six, seven, [B] eight, nine.
[C#m]
My dearest Angelica, tomorrow and tomorrow [E] and tomorrow
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day.
I trust you'll understand the reference to another Scottish tragedy
Without my having to name the [C#m] play.
They think me Macbeth, ambition is my [E] folly,
I'm a polymath, a pain in the ass, a massive pain.
Madison is Beauquot, Jefferson's Macduff,
And Burnham Wood is Congress on its way to [C#m]
Dunsinane.
If you are an ocean [E] away, you have to live an ocean away.
[C#m] Thoughts of you subside, then I get [E] another letter,
And I cannot put the notion away.
Take a break, I'm on my way.
There's a little surprise before supper, and it cannot wait.
I'll be there [B] in just a minute, save my plate.
Alexander, your son is [C#m] nine years old today.
He has something he'd like to say.
He's been practicing [B] all day.
Philip, take it away.
Daddy, daddy, look, my name is Philip.
I am a poet.
I wrote this poem just to show it.
And I just turned nine.
You can write rhymes, but you can't write [E] mine.
I practice French and play piano [Am] with my mother.
[E] I have a sister, but I want a little brother.
My daddy's trying to sell an [Am] American's bank.
[B] And [E] the twat cut the sound.
Take a break.
Hey, our kid is pretty great.
Run away with us for the summer, let's go [B] upstate.
Eliza, I've got so much on my plate.
We can all go stay with my father.
[E] There's a lake I know.
In a nearby park.
I'd love to go.
You and I can [F#] get stoned.
I will try to get [E] away.
My dearest Alexander, you must get through to Jefferson.
Sit down with him and compromise.
Don't stop till you [C#m] agree.
Your favorite older sister, [E] Angelica, reminds you.
There's someone in your [G#] corner all the way [C#m] across the sea.
In a letter I received from you two [E] weeks ago,
I noticed a comma in the middle of a [C#m] phrase.
It changed the meaning.
Did [E] you intend this?
Once it's broken, you've consumed my waking days.
[C#m] It says, My dearest Angelica.
[E]
With a comma after dearest,
[C#m] You've written, My dearest [A]
Angelica.
[G#m] [C]
Anyway, all [C#m] this to say,
I'm coming home this summer at my sister's [E] invitation.
I'll be there with your family if you make your way upstate.
I know you're very busy.
I know your work's important.
But I'm crossing the ocean and I just [C#m] can't wait.
You won't be an ocean away.
[E] You'll only be a moment away.
Alexander, come downstairs.
[A] Angelica's arriving [E] today.
[Am]
[C#m] Angelica, Elias.
[E] The Schuyler sisters.
[G#m] Alexander.
[A] It's good to see [C#m] your face.
Angelica, tell this [G#m] man,
[E]
John Adams spends the summer with [G#m] his family.
Angelica, tell my wife,
[E]
John [A] Adams doesn't have a [C#m] real job anyway.
You're not joining us, [E] wait.
I'm afraid I cannot join you upstate.
Alexander, I came all this way.
She came all [Am] this way.
All this way, [E] take a break.
You know I have to get my plan through Congress.
I know where you went last summer.
Let's go upstate.
I'd lose my job if we don't get this plan through Congress.
You know, we'll stay with our [B] father.
[E] There's a lake.
I know.
All this way.
I'm thinking plain life.
[F#]
[F]
[C]
You know I
[Dm]
[F] [G]
[F] [G]
[F] [G] [Fm]
have to get my plan through Congress.
I can't stop till I get this [Gm] plan through [Fm] Congress.
[F] [G#]
[C#]
Good.
[E]
Un, [F] deux, trois, [Em] quatre, cinq, six, sept, [G] huit, neuf,
[D] [Em] [Bm]
[D] [Em] [D] One, [E]
[G#] two, [Em] three, four, five, six, seven, [B] eight, nine.
[C#m]
My dearest Angelica, tomorrow and tomorrow [E] and tomorrow
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day.
I trust you'll understand the reference to another Scottish tragedy
Without my having to name the [C#m] play.
They think me Macbeth, ambition is my [E] folly,
I'm a polymath, a pain in the ass, a massive pain.
Madison is Beauquot, Jefferson's Macduff,
And Burnham Wood is Congress on its way to [C#m]
Dunsinane.
If you are an ocean [E] away, you have to live an ocean away.
[C#m] Thoughts of you subside, then I get [E] another letter,
And I cannot put the notion away.
Take a break, I'm on my way.
There's a little surprise before supper, and it cannot wait.
I'll be there [B] in just a minute, save my plate.
Alexander, your son is [C#m] nine years old today.
He has something he'd like to say.
He's been practicing [B] all day.
Philip, take it away.
Daddy, daddy, look, my name is Philip.
I am a poet.
I wrote this poem just to show it.
And I just turned nine.
You can write rhymes, but you can't write [E] mine.
I practice French and play piano [Am] with my mother.
[E] I have a sister, but I want a little brother.
My daddy's trying to sell an [Am] American's bank.
[B] And [E] the twat cut the sound.
Take a break.
Hey, our kid is pretty great.
Run away with us for the summer, let's go [B] upstate.
Eliza, I've got so much on my plate.
We can all go stay with my father.
[E] There's a lake I know.
In a nearby park.
I'd love to go.
You and I can [F#] get stoned.
I will try to get [E] away.
My dearest Alexander, you must get through to Jefferson.
Sit down with him and compromise.
Don't stop till you [C#m] agree.
Your favorite older sister, [E] Angelica, reminds you.
There's someone in your [G#] corner all the way [C#m] across the sea.
In a letter I received from you two [E] weeks ago,
I noticed a comma in the middle of a [C#m] phrase.
It changed the meaning.
Did [E] you intend this?
Once it's broken, you've consumed my waking days.
[C#m] It says, My dearest Angelica.
[E]
With a comma after dearest,
[C#m] You've written, My dearest [A]
Angelica.
[G#m] [C]
Anyway, all [C#m] this to say,
I'm coming home this summer at my sister's [E] invitation.
I'll be there with your family if you make your way upstate.
I know you're very busy.
I know your work's important.
But I'm crossing the ocean and I just [C#m] can't wait.
You won't be an ocean away.
[E] You'll only be a moment away.
Alexander, come downstairs.
[A] Angelica's arriving [E] today.
[Am]
[C#m] Angelica, Elias.
[E] The Schuyler sisters.
[G#m] Alexander.
[A] It's good to see [C#m] your face.
Angelica, tell this [G#m] man,
[E]
John Adams spends the summer with [G#m] his family.
Angelica, tell my wife,
[E]
John [A] Adams doesn't have a [C#m] real job anyway.
You're not joining us, [E] wait.
I'm afraid I cannot join you upstate.
Alexander, I came all this way.
She came all [Am] this way.
All this way, [E] take a break.
You know I have to get my plan through Congress.
I know where you went last summer.
Let's go upstate.
I'd lose my job if we don't get this plan through Congress.
You know, we'll stay with our [B] father.
[E] There's a lake.
I know.
All this way.
I'm thinking plain life.
[F#]
[F]
[C]
You know I
[Dm]
[F] [G]
[F] [G]
[F] [G] [Fm]
have to get my plan through Congress.
I can't stop till I get this [Gm] plan through [Fm] Congress.
[F] [G#]
[C#]
Key:
E
C#m
B
F
Em
E
C#m
B
[E] [F#m] Un, deux, trois, [E] quatre, cinq, [B] six, sept, huit, neuf,
_ _ _ _ Good.
[E] _
Un, [F] deux, trois, [Em] quatre, cinq, six, sept, [G] huit, neuf,
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ [Bm] _
_ [D] _ _ [Em] _ [D] One, _ [E] _
[G#] two, [Em] three, four, five, six, seven, [B] eight, _ nine.
_ _ _ [C#m] _
My dearest Angelica, tomorrow and tomorrow [E] and tomorrow
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day. _
I trust you'll understand the reference to another Scottish tragedy
Without my having to name the [C#m] play.
They think me Macbeth, ambition is my [E] folly,
I'm a polymath, a pain in the ass, a massive pain.
Madison is Beauquot, _ Jefferson's Macduff,
And Burnham Wood is Congress on its way to _ [C#m]
Dunsinane.
_ If you are an ocean [E] away, you have to live an ocean away. _ _
[C#m] Thoughts of you subside, then I get [E] another letter,
And I cannot put the notion _ away.
Take a break, I'm on my way.
There's a little surprise before supper, and it cannot wait.
I'll be there [B] in just a minute, save my plate. _
Alexander, _ your son is [C#m] nine years old today.
_ He has something he'd like to say.
_ He's been practicing [B] all day.
_ Philip, take it away.
Daddy, daddy, look, my name is Philip.
I am a poet.
_ I wrote this poem just to show it.
And I just turned nine.
You can write rhymes, but you can't write [E] mine.
I practice French and play piano [Am] with my mother.
[E] I have a sister, but I want a little brother.
My daddy's trying to sell an [Am] American's bank.
[B] And [E] the twat cut the sound.
Take a break.
Hey, our kid is pretty great.
Run away with us for the summer, let's go [B] upstate.
Eliza, I've got so much on my plate.
We can all go stay with my father.
[E] There's a lake I _ know.
In a nearby park.
I'd love to go.
You and I can _ _ _ [F#] get stoned.
_ I will try to get [E] away.
My dearest Alexander, you must get through to Jefferson.
Sit down with him and compromise.
Don't stop till you [C#m] agree.
Your favorite older sister, [E] Angelica, reminds you.
There's someone in your [G#] corner all the way [C#m] across the sea.
In a letter I received from you two [E] weeks ago,
I noticed a comma in the middle of a [C#m] phrase.
It changed the meaning.
Did [E] you intend this?
Once it's broken, you've consumed my waking days.
[C#m] It says, My dearest _ Angelica.
[E] _
With a comma after dearest,
[C#m] You've written, My dearest _ [A] _ _
Angelica.
_ _ _ [G#m] _ _ [C]
Anyway, all [C#m] this to say,
I'm coming home this summer at my sister's [E] invitation.
I'll be there with your family if you make your way upstate.
I know you're very busy.
I know your work's important.
But I'm crossing the ocean and I just [C#m] can't wait.
You won't be an ocean away.
[E] You'll only be a moment away. _
_ _ _ _ Alexander, come _ downstairs.
[A] Angelica's arriving _ [E] today.
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [C#m] _ Angelica, _ Elias. _
[E] _ _ _ The Schuyler sisters.
_ [G#m] _ _ _ Alexander. _
[A] _ _ _ It's good to see [C#m] your face.
Angelica, tell this [G#m] man,
[E]
John Adams spends the summer with [G#m] his family.
_ Angelica, tell my wife,
[E] _
John [A] Adams doesn't have a [C#m] real job anyway.
You're not joining us, [E] wait.
I'm afraid I cannot join you upstate.
_ Alexander, I came all this way.
She came all [Am] this way.
All this way, [E] take a break.
You know I have to get my plan through Congress.
I know where you went last summer.
Let's go upstate.
I'd lose my job if we don't get this plan through Congress.
You know, we'll stay with our [B] father.
[E] There's a lake.
I know.
All this way.
I'm _ _ _ thinking plain life.
_ [F#] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
You know I _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ have to get my plan through Congress.
I can't stop till I get this [Gm] plan through [Fm] Congress. _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G#] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Good.
[E] _
Un, [F] deux, trois, [Em] quatre, cinq, six, sept, [G] huit, neuf,
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ [Bm] _
_ [D] _ _ [Em] _ [D] One, _ [E] _
[G#] two, [Em] three, four, five, six, seven, [B] eight, _ nine.
_ _ _ [C#m] _
My dearest Angelica, tomorrow and tomorrow [E] and tomorrow
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day. _
I trust you'll understand the reference to another Scottish tragedy
Without my having to name the [C#m] play.
They think me Macbeth, ambition is my [E] folly,
I'm a polymath, a pain in the ass, a massive pain.
Madison is Beauquot, _ Jefferson's Macduff,
And Burnham Wood is Congress on its way to _ [C#m]
Dunsinane.
_ If you are an ocean [E] away, you have to live an ocean away. _ _
[C#m] Thoughts of you subside, then I get [E] another letter,
And I cannot put the notion _ away.
Take a break, I'm on my way.
There's a little surprise before supper, and it cannot wait.
I'll be there [B] in just a minute, save my plate. _
Alexander, _ your son is [C#m] nine years old today.
_ He has something he'd like to say.
_ He's been practicing [B] all day.
_ Philip, take it away.
Daddy, daddy, look, my name is Philip.
I am a poet.
_ I wrote this poem just to show it.
And I just turned nine.
You can write rhymes, but you can't write [E] mine.
I practice French and play piano [Am] with my mother.
[E] I have a sister, but I want a little brother.
My daddy's trying to sell an [Am] American's bank.
[B] And [E] the twat cut the sound.
Take a break.
Hey, our kid is pretty great.
Run away with us for the summer, let's go [B] upstate.
Eliza, I've got so much on my plate.
We can all go stay with my father.
[E] There's a lake I _ know.
In a nearby park.
I'd love to go.
You and I can _ _ _ [F#] get stoned.
_ I will try to get [E] away.
My dearest Alexander, you must get through to Jefferson.
Sit down with him and compromise.
Don't stop till you [C#m] agree.
Your favorite older sister, [E] Angelica, reminds you.
There's someone in your [G#] corner all the way [C#m] across the sea.
In a letter I received from you two [E] weeks ago,
I noticed a comma in the middle of a [C#m] phrase.
It changed the meaning.
Did [E] you intend this?
Once it's broken, you've consumed my waking days.
[C#m] It says, My dearest _ Angelica.
[E] _
With a comma after dearest,
[C#m] You've written, My dearest _ [A] _ _
Angelica.
_ _ _ [G#m] _ _ [C]
Anyway, all [C#m] this to say,
I'm coming home this summer at my sister's [E] invitation.
I'll be there with your family if you make your way upstate.
I know you're very busy.
I know your work's important.
But I'm crossing the ocean and I just [C#m] can't wait.
You won't be an ocean away.
[E] You'll only be a moment away. _
_ _ _ _ Alexander, come _ downstairs.
[A] Angelica's arriving _ [E] today.
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [C#m] _ Angelica, _ Elias. _
[E] _ _ _ The Schuyler sisters.
_ [G#m] _ _ _ Alexander. _
[A] _ _ _ It's good to see [C#m] your face.
Angelica, tell this [G#m] man,
[E]
John Adams spends the summer with [G#m] his family.
_ Angelica, tell my wife,
[E] _
John [A] Adams doesn't have a [C#m] real job anyway.
You're not joining us, [E] wait.
I'm afraid I cannot join you upstate.
_ Alexander, I came all this way.
She came all [Am] this way.
All this way, [E] take a break.
You know I have to get my plan through Congress.
I know where you went last summer.
Let's go upstate.
I'd lose my job if we don't get this plan through Congress.
You know, we'll stay with our [B] father.
[E] There's a lake.
I know.
All this way.
I'm _ _ _ thinking plain life.
_ [F#] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
You know I _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ have to get my plan through Congress.
I can't stop till I get this [Gm] plan through [Fm] Congress. _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G#] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _