Chords for Hamilton: The World Was Wide Enough

_ _ _ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
There are ten [F] things you need to know Number 1
We rode across the Hudson at dawn
My friend William P.
Van Ness signed on as my [Ab] number 2
Hamilton arrived with his crew
[C] Nathaniel Pendleton and a doctor that he [F] knew Number 3
I watched Hamilton examine the terrain
I wish I could tell you what was happening in his brain
[Ab] This man is poisoned by political [Db] pursuits
Most disputes [Bb] die and no one [F] shoots Number 4
Hamilton drew first position
Looking to [Fm] the world like a man on a mission
[Ab] This is a soldier with a marksman's ability
[Cm] His doctor turned around so he could have deniability [F] 5
Now I didn't know this at the time but he was
Near the same spot his son died, is that [Ab] why?
6
He examined his gun with such rigor
I [Dbm] watched as he methodically fiddled with the [F] trigger 7
Confess in time, here's what I got
My fellow soldiers will tell you I'm a terrible shot Number [Fm] 8
Your [Ab] last chance to negotiate
[C] Send in your seconds, see if they can set the record straight
[N] They won't teach you this in your classes
But look it up, Hamilton was wearing his glasses, why?
If not to take deadly aim
It's him or me, the world will never be the same
I [Fm] had only one thought before the slaughter
This man will not make an orphan of my daughter Number 9
Look [Ab] him in the eye, aim no higher
Summon all the [Bb] courage you require, then [C] count
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, [D] 9
Number [N] 10, pace the fire
I _ imagine death so much it feels more like a memory
Is this where it gets me?
On my feet, several feet ahead of me
I see it coming, do I run or fire my gun or let it be?
_ _ _ _ _ My first friend, my enemy
Maybe the last face I ever see
I throw away my shot, is this how you remember me?
What if this bullet is my legacy?
Legacy?
What is a legacy?
It's planting seeds in a garden you never get to see
I wrote some notes at the beginning of a song someone will sing for me
America, you great unfinished symphony you sent for me
You let me make a difference
A place where even orphan immigrants can leave their fingerprints and rise up
I'm running out of time, I'm running and my time's up
Wise up, eyes up
I catch a glimpse of the other side
Lawrence leads a soldier's chorus on the other side
My son is on the other side
He's with my mother on the other side
Washington is watching from the other side
Teach me how to say goodbye
Rise up, rise up, rise up _
Eliza, _ my love, take your time _
I'll see you on the other side
_ _ _ Raise a glass to freedom
[Bbm] He aims his pistol at the skyway
[F] I [D] _
_ [A] _ strike him right between his [F] ribs
[D] I _ [E] walk towards him, but I am [F] ushered away
_ [Dm] _
[Am] They row him back across the Hudson
[F] _ _ [E] _
_ I get a drink
_ [F] _ _ [C] _
_ [Am] _ I hear wailing in [F] the street
[C] _
_ _ Somebody tells me you'd better [F] hide
_ [C]
They [Am] _ say Angelica and [F] _ [C] Eliza
[E] Were both at his side when he died
[Dm] Death doesn't discriminate
[Cm] Between [F] the sinners and the saints
It takes and it takes and it takes [Dm] History obliterates
And every [Bb] picture it paints
It paints me and all my [Dm] mistakes
When Alexander aimed at the sky
[C] He may have been the first one to die
But I'm the [Bb] one who paid for it
I survived, but I paid for it
_ [F] _ [Dm] Now I'm the villain in [Am] your history
I [F] _ [Dm] was too young and [Am] blind to see
[Em] _ [F] I [Dm] should have [Am] known
I should have known
The world [F] was wide enough
For [C] both Hamilton [Am] and me
The [F] world was wide enough
For [C] both Hamilton [G] and me
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _