Chords for Hamilton: Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down)

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The Battle [Dm] of Yorktown, _ _ _ [G] _
1781
[Dm] Monsieur Hamilton!
Monsieur Lafayette!
In command where you belong!
Are you saying no [Dm] sweat?
We're finally on the field, we've had quite a run!
[G] Immigrants!
We get the job done!
So what happens if we win?
I [C] go back to [G] France!
I bring freedom to my people if I'm given the [Dm] chance!
We'll be with you when you do!
Go, lead your [G] men!
I'll see you on the other side!
Can we meet [D] again?
I am not throwing away my [G] shot!
I am not throwing [C] away my [Dm] shot!
Hey yo, I'm just like my country!
I'm young, [G] scrappy, and hurry!
And I'm not throwing away my [D] shot!
I am not throwing away my [G] shot!
Till the world turns [C] upside [F] down!
Till the world turns upside [G] _
_ down!
[Dm] I imagine death so much, it feels more like a [C] memory!
[G] This is where it gets me!
On my feet, the enemy ahead [Dm] of me!
If this is the end of me, at least I have a friend [G] with me!
I've been in my hand, in command, I'm remembering [Dm] with me!
Then I remember my [G] allies is expecting me!
Not only that, my allies is [Dm] expecting!
We gotta go, gotta get the job [G] done!
Gotta start a new nation, gotta lead by sight!
[D] Get the bullets out your gun!
The [G] bullets out your gun!
We move undercover [C] and we [D] move as one!
Through the night, we have one [F] shot to live another day!
[A] We cannot let a stray dog shot [D] give us away!
We will fight up close, seize the [G] moment and stay in [A] it!
It's either that or meet [C] the fist, the scent of a [F] bayonet!
The code word is POTE SHAMBO!
Take me!
POTE [G] SHAMBO!
You have your orders now, go man, go!
[Dm] And so the American [C] experiment begins!
[G] With my friends all scattered to the winds!
Lawrence [Dm] is in South Carolina, redefining [G] bravery!
We'll never be free until we end slavery!
[Dm] When we finally drive the British [C] away,
[G] Lafayette is there waiting in Chesapeake Bay!
[Dm] How did we know that this plan would work?
We [G] had a spy on the [D] inside, that's right!
OK, let's follow him!
I tell a squad on the British [A] government!
I take their measurements, [C] information, and [D] then I smuggle it!
To my brother's [F] revolutionary [A] government!
I'm on it with the sons of liberty and [D] I am loving it!
See that's what happens when you up [G] against the [A] Marines!
We in the Chanel, [G] somebody's gotta shovel [F] it!
Hercules Mulligan, I need no introduction!
[A] But you knock me down, I get the fork back, I'm in it!
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_ _ After a week of fighting, a young man in a red coat stands on a parapet!
We lower our guns as he frantically waves their white handkerchief!
[Dm] And just like [D] that it's over, we tend [Gm] to our wounded, we [Dm] count our dead!
Black and white soldiers wonder alike if this really means freedom!
Not yet!
We negotiate the terms of [G] surrender!
I see George Washington [Dm] smile!
We escort the men out of [Bb] Yorktown!
They stag a home single [Dm] file, tens of thousands of people [Bb] flood the streets!
There are screams and church bells [Dm] ringing!
And as our fallen foes retreat, [A] I hear the drinking song they're singing!
[Dm] The world turned [C] _ [G] _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ upside [G]
down!
_ _ [Dm] The world turned [D] upside [Bb]
down!
[G] _ [Dm] The world [A] turned upside down!
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Freedom for [D] America, freedom for France!
Down, down, [A] down!
You're a son of a bitch, you're gonna [Dm] meet my son!
Down, down, [D] down!
We won!
We [F] won!
We won!
We won!
The world [G] turned upside _ _ down!
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