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After the war I went back to New York.
After the war I went back to New York.
I finished up my studies and I practiced law.
I practiced law, burr work next door.
Even though we started at the very same time, Alexander Hamilton began to climb.
How to account for his rise to the top?
Man, the man [F] is non-stop.
[D] Gentlemen of the jury, I'm [A] curious, bear with me.
Are you [A#] aware that we're making [F] history?
This is [D] the first murder trial of [Am] our brand new nation.
The liberty behind a [F] liberation.
I intend [D] to prove beyond a shadow of a [A] doubt with my assistant counsel.
Co-counsel [A#] Hamilton, sit [F] down.
A client family reeks [D] of innocence.
Call your [F] first witness.
That's all you had to say.
Okay, one more thing.
Why do you [D] assume you're the smartest in [A] the room?
_ [Dm] _ _
[F] That [D] _ _ [F] _ attitude may be your doom.
Why do [Dm] you ride like you're running out of [Am] time?
Ride day and night like [A] you're running out of [F] time.
Every day you [Dm] fight like you're running out of [C] time.
Born fighting in the meantime.
[F] Non-stop.
[Dm] Corruption's such an old song that we can [A] sing along in harmony.
And [A#] nowhere is it stronger than [F] in Albany.
These [Dm] colonies, economies increasingly [Am] stalling in honesty.
That's why public service seems to be [F] calling in.
I [Dm] practiced the law, practically [Am] perfected it.
I've seen injustice in the [A#] world and I've [F] corrected it.
Now for a [Dm] strong central democracy.
If [Am] not, then I'll be Socrates throwing verbal rocks [Em] at these [N] mediocrities.
I'm James Hamilton at the Constitutional Convention.
I was chosen for the Constitutional Convention.
There is a New York junior delegate.
Now what I'm going to say may sound [F] indelicate.
The president proposes his own form of government.
His own plan for a new form of government.
He talks for six hours.
The convention is listless.
Right young man.
Yo, who the F is this?
Why do you [Dm] _ _ [Am] _ always [G] say what you [F] believe?
_ [Dm] Every proclamation [F] guaranteed.
Free [C] ammunition for your enemies.
[F] Why do you [Dm] riot like it's going out of [Am] style?
Why do you deny like it's [Dm] going out of style?
Every day you fight like it's going out of [F] style.
Do what you do. _
[Dm] _ [C] Alexander?
Aaron Burr, sir.
[F] Well, it's the middle of the night.
Can we confer, sir?
[Dm] Is this a legal matter?
Yes, [C] and it's important to me.
[Dm] What do you need?
Burr, you're a better lawyer than me.
Okay.
I know I [C] talk too much.
I'm [F] abrasive.
You're incredible in court.
You're succinct, [Dm] persuasive.
My client needs a [C] strong defense.
You're the [Am] solution.
Who's the client?
The new U.S. Constitution.
[D#m] No.
Hear me [C#] out.
No way.
A [A#m] series of essays anonymously published [D#m] defending the documents of the [C#] public.
No one will read it.
[F#] I disagree.
And if it fails?
Burr, that's why we need it.
[D#m] The Constitution's a [C#] mess.
So it needs amendments?
[A#m] It's full of contradictions.
So is independence.
[D#m] We have to start [C#] somewhere.
No.
No [A#] way.
You're making a mistake.
Good night.
Hey, [C#m] what are you waiting for?
What do you stall for?
What?
We won the war.
What was it all for?
Do you support this Constitution?
Of course.
Then defend it.
And what if you're backing the wrong horse?
Burr, we studied and we fought and we killed for the notion of a [D#] nation we now get to build.
For once in your [C#] life, do you stand with pride?
[F] I don't understand how you stand for the fight.
[F#] I'll keep [A#m] all my hands close to my chest.
Before we [F#] fight, I'll wait [A#m] here and see which way the wind will blow. _
[F#] I'm taking my time watching the afterbirth [C#] of a nation, watching [B] the tension [C#] grow.
[F#] _ _ [C#] _ [B] _ _
[D#m] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[D#m] _ The husband [F#] who will keep me in comfort for all my [D#m] days.
He is not a lot of but [F#] there's no one can match you for turn [B] of frame.
My [C#] Alexander.
Jericho.
Don't forget [D#m] to rhyme.
[F#] Look at where _ _ [B] you [D#m] started to [C#] _ [F#] _ [B] stay alive.
And [D#m] _ _ [C#] if [F#] your mind could [B] share a fraction [D#m] of your time, if I [C#] could grant you [D#m] peace of mind, would that be enough?
Alexander joins [F#] forces with James Madison and John Jay to write a [D#m] series of essays defending the new United States [F#] Constitution entitled The Federalist Papers.
[D#m] The plan was to write a total of [F#] 25 essays that were divided evenly among the three [D#m] men.
In the end, [F#] they wrote 85 essays in the span of six [Em] months.
John [F#m] Jay got [G] sick after writing five.
[D] James [Em] Madison wrote 29.
[G] Hamilton wrote the other [B] 51. _
[Em] How do [D] you write?
You're running out [G] of time.
Writing [D] night.
You're running out [Em] of time.
[F#m] Every day [G] you fight.
You're running out of time.
You're running out [C] of time.
[G] You're running [Em] out of time.
How do you write?
Like tomorrow [G] won't arrive.
How do you write?
Like you need it to [Em] survive.
How do [D] you write?
Every second you're [G] alive.
Every second you're alive.
[C] Every second you're alive.
[Em] _ They're asking [G] me to leave.
I'm doing the best I [Am] can to get the people that I need.
I'm [B] asking you to be my right [Em] hand man.
Treasury or state.
I know [G] it's a lot to ask.
Treasury or state.
Leave behind the world you know.
[F] Sir, do you want me to run the Treasury or State Department?
[Am] _
Treasury.
[B] _ Let's go.
[E] _ _ [F#] Alexander.
I have to leave.
[G] Alexander.
Look around, look [A] around at how lucky we are to [B] be alive right [Em] now.
[D] They're asking me [G] to leave.
Look [Am] around.
Isn't this [G] enough?
He will never [C] be, _
[G] he will never [Bm] be there.
_ [B] _ _ History [G] and his eyes on [Em] _ you.
[G] _
_ History and his eyes on you.
_ _ _ [C] History [A] and [Em] his eyes [G] on you.
I am not [F#] throwing away my shot.
[C] I am not throwing away my [Em] shot.
I am Alexander Hamilton.
Hamilton, [D] just get away.
[G] _ _ [B] I am not [Em] throwing away my shot. _