Hamilton: The Room Where It Happens Chords

[Em] _ _ [Fm] Ah, Mr.
Secretary.
Mr.
Burr, sir.
Hey, did you hear the news about good old General Mercer?
No.
You know Claremont Street?
Yeah.
They renamed it after him.
The Mercer Legacy is secure.
Sure.
And all he had to do was die.
Yeah, that's a lot less work.
We ought to give it a try.
Ha!
Now how you gonna get your debt plan through?
I guess I'm gonna finally have to listen to [Am] you.
Really?
All.
_ [C] _
Smile.
[Am] More. Ha ha.
Do [F] whatever it takes to [G] get my [Cm] plan on the Congress floor.
[Am] _ Now Madison [F] and Jefferson [C] are merciless.
Well, hate the sin, love [F] the sinner.
Hamilton.
I'm sorry, Burr, I gotta [G] go.
[Cm] But.
Decisions are happening over [Em] dinner.
_ _ [Fm] _ [Am]
Two Virginians and an immigrant [C] walk into a room.
Diametrically opposed.
[Am] Foes.
They emerge with a compromise, [Cm] having opened doors that were previously [G] closed.
[Am] Bros.
The immigrant [F] emerges with unprecedented [D#] financial power, a system he can [G] shape however [Am] he wants.
The [F] Virginians emerge with [Em] the nation's [C] capital.
And here's the pièce de [A] résistance.
No one else was in the room where [F#m] it happened.
The room where [C#] it happened.
The room where it [Am] happened.
No [A] one else was in the room where [F#m] it happened.
The room where [B] it happened.
The room where [Am] it happened.
No one really knows how the game is [D] played.
The art of the [Am] trade, how the sausage gets [F] made.
You just assume that it happens.
[G] No one else is in the room where [Em] it happens.
_ [Fm] _ [Am] Thomas [F] claims.
Alexander was [D#] on Washington's doorstep one day [G] in distress [Am] and disarray.
Thomas [F] claims.
Alexander said, [Cm] I've nowhere else to turn.
And basically begged me [Am] to join the fray.
Thomas [F] claims.
I approached [D#] Madison and said, I know you hate him, but [G] let's hear what he [Am] has to say.
Thomas [F] claims.
Well, I arranged [C] the meeting.
I arranged the menu, the venue, the [Am] seating.
But.
No [A] one else was in the room where it [F#] happened.
The room where it [D] happened.
The room where it [Am] happened.
No one [A] else was in the room where [F#] it happened.
The room where it [G#] happened.
The room where it [Am] happened.
No one really knows how the party's [F#] BTS.
Pieces that are [Am] sacrificed in every game we [A] chess.
We just assume that it happens.
[G]
But no one else is in the room where it [Em] happens.
_ [Fm] _ _ [Am]
Meanwhile.
[F] Madison is grappling with the [Cm] fact that not every issue can be [C] settled by [Am] committee.
Meanwhile.
[F] Congress is fighting over [D#] where to put the Capitol.
[Am] It isn't pretty.
The Jefferson [F] approaches with the dinner and [D#] invite.
And Madison responds with [G] Virginia.
And [Am]
maybe we can [F] solve one problem with [Em] another and [C] win the victory for the Southerners.
In other words.
Oh, oh, quid pro quo.
I suppose.
Wouldn't you like to work a little closer to home?
Actually, I would.
Well, I propose the Potomac and you'll provide him his vote.
Well, we'll see how it goes.
Let's go.
No.
What [Cm] else was in the room where it [Am] happened?
The [D#] room where it [D] happened.
The room where it [Am] happened.
No, what [A] else was in the room where it [F#] happened?
The room where it [F] happened.
The room where it [Am] happened.
My God.
But we never really know what got [A] discussed.
Click boom and it [F#] happened.
[G] [E] And no one else is in the room where it [Am] happened.
Alexander Hamilton.
What did they say to you that let you to sell New York City down the [C] river?
Alexander Hamilton.
Did Washington know about the dinner was the presidential pressure to [F] deliver?
Alexander Hamilton!
But did you know even [Dm] then it doesn't matter where you put the U.S. Capitol?
Cause [C] we'll have the banks, we're [B] in the same spot.
You [E] got more than you gave.
And I wanted what I got when you got skin [F] in the game, [E] you stay in the game.
But you don't get a win unless [E] you play in the game.
Oh, you get love for it, you get hate for it, you get nothing if you wait [C] for it, wait [E] for it, wait.
[F] God help and [Em] forgive me, I want to build [F] something that's gonna [E] outlive me.
Or do you want her?
What if you want her?
If you stand for nothing, girl, what do you [Am] fall for?
I, I want to be [F] in the room where it happens, the [A] room where it happens.
[C] I want to [D] be in the room where [E] it happens, [G#] the room where [Am] it happens.
I want to be in the room where it happens, the room where it happens, [F] the room [Am] where it _ happens.
Man, I want to be in the room where it happens, [E] the room where it happens, where it happens.
[Am] I want to be in the room where it happens, the room where it happens, [D] the room where it happens,
[Am] I want to be in [A] the room where it [Am] happens, the room where it happens, [E] where it [Am] happens.
The art of the pumping [Dm] ice,
[Am] Hold your nose and close your eyes
You're gonna lead us to safety, yeah
[Dm] You don't [Am] get a say in what they trade away
We dream of a brand new [Dm] start
But we [Am] dream in the dark for the most [F] part
Dark as a tomb, where it [D] happens
I've got to [E] be in the [Am] room, where it happens
I've got to be in the room, where it happens
I've got to be in the room, where it happens
I've got to be in the room, where it happens
I've got to be, I've got to be in [G#] the room, where it happens
[Am] [G] Who will be [F#m] in the room, [F] where it [E] happens? _