Chords for Hamilton: What'd I Miss

[B] _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
17 17 [G] 17, 17, _ [D] _ _
[A#] 1789
How [B] does the bastard Orphan, immigrant, [F#] decorated war vet
Unite [F#m] the colonies through more [G] debt
Fight the other founding fathers till he has to [D] forfeit
Have it all, [A#] lose it all, you ready [Bm] for more yet?
Treasury [C#] Secretary Washington's the [F#] President
Every American experiment [F#m] sets a [G] precedent
Not so fast, someone came along to resist [D] him
Pissed him [A#m] off until we had a two-party [Bm] system
You haven't met him yet, you [A] haven't had [F#m] the chance
Cause he's been kicking ass as the ambassador [G] to France
But someone's gotta keep the American promise
[D] You simply [F#] must meet Thomas [Bm] Thomas
[A] Thomas Jefferson's coming [G] [A#] home
Thomas [C] Jefferson's coming [Bm]
home
[A] Thomas Jefferson's [G] coming [D] home
Thomas [F#m] Jefferson's [Bm] coming home
[D] Thomas Jefferson's [G] coming home
[F] But [C#m] he's been [D#] off in Paris [F] for [D] so _ long
[Gm] _
_ [C] Ah, [D] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ [C] _ [D] ah
France is following a two [Gm]
-revolution
There is no more [D] status quo
But the sun [Gm] comes up and the world still [C] spits [D] Ah
[Dm] Lafayette draft [Gm] a declaration
Then I said I [D] gotta go
I gotta be in [Gm]
Monticello
Now the work at [E] home begins _ _ _
[F#m] Ah
[G] So what did [F#m] I [B] miss?
[F#] What did I [A] miss?
[B] _ [A] _ [G] Virginia my [F] home sweet [E] home
I [D] wanna give you a kiss
[B] _ _ [D] I've been in Paris meeting [G] lots of different ladies
I guess I basically [F] missed the late [Bm] 80s
I traveled the wide, wide world
And [Dm] came back to this
[C] _ [F#] Ah
There's a [C] letter on my desk from [F#] the president
I haven't even put my bag down yet
[G] Sally [E] Billing, darling [F] won't you open [G] it?
[Am] This is the president's [Em] assembly in the [F#] cabinet
And [F] then I am to be the [G] Secretary of State
[Dm] Great, and I'm [G] already Senate approved
[D] I just got home and now I'm headed up to New [Dm] York
Heading to New York
To New York
[F#] Looking at the rolling fields
I [D] can't believe [C] that [Dm] we [G#] are [Dm] free
Ready to [Em] face whatever's [D] awaiting me [Am] in [B] NYC
[Dm] Rose waiting for me when I step in the place
My friend James [G] Madison red in the [D] face
He grabs my arm and [G] I [C] respond [G] Let's [C] go
[D] Thomas we are engaged [Gm] in a battle for our nation's very [Am] soul
Can you get us out [Gm] of the mess [C] we're in?
_ [D] Hamilton's new financial plan [Gm] is nothing less [C] than government [Am] control
I've been fighting [Gm] for the south alone
Where [E] have you been?
Uh, France?
[A] Oh
We have to win
What [D] did I miss?
What did I miss?
What did I miss?
I'm so hopeless
[Dm] Headfirst into a political [D] abyss
Headfirst into the [G] abyss
I had my first cabinet meeting [F] today
I [G] guess I better think of something to say
I'm [Bm] already [A#] gone [D] my [G#] way
To get to the [G] bottom of this
What [D] did I [C] miss?
[D] Ah
Mr.
Jefferson welcome home
Mr. [E] Jefferson [D] Alexander Hamilton
Mr.
Jefferson welcome home
_ _ [F#m] _ [Bm] _
Mr.
[Em] Jefferson [G] welcome home
[F] Sir [E] you've been off [D#] in Paris for [Fm] [C] so long
[Gm] _
So what did I [D] miss? _ _ _ _