Chords for The World Was Wide Enough

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1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, [F] 9
There are ten things you need to know Number 1
We rode across the Hudson at dawn
My friend William P.
Van Ness signed on as my number [Ab] 2
_ Hamilton arrived with his crew
[C] Nathaniel Pendleton and the doctor that [F] he knew Number 3
I watched Hamilton examine the terrain
I wish I could tell you what was happening in his brain
This [Ab] man is poisoned by political [Db] pursuits
Most disputes die and no [Bb] one shoots [F] Number 4
Hamilton drew first position
Looking to the world like a man on a mission
[Ab] This is a soldier with a marksman's ability
The [Cm] doctor turned around so he could have deniability [F] 5
Now I didn't know this at the time but we were
Near the same spot, my son died, is that why?
6
[Ab] He examined his gun with such rigor
I watched as he [A] methodically fiddled with the [F] trigger 7
_ Confession time, here's what I got
My fellow soldiers will tell you I'm a terrible shot Number 8
[Ab] Your last chance to _ negotiate
[C] Send in your second, 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
[Fm] I had only one thought before the slaughter
This man will not make an orphan of my daughter Number 9
Look [G] him in the eye, aim no higher
[Ab] Summon all the courage you [Bb] require, then count
[C] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, [D] 9
Number 10, pace is [B] fire
_ [A] _ _ _ _
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?
There _ is no beat, _ [Gb] _ _
_ _ _ _ my first friend, my enemy
_ Maybe the last face I ever see
_ If I throw away my shot, is this how you remember me? _ _
What if this [N] 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 Rise up _ _ _ _ _
My love, take your time
_ _ I'll see you on the other side _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Raise a glass to _ freedom
[Fm] _ He aims his pistol at the [F] sky, wait!
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ I strike him right between his [F] ribs
_ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [E] _ I walk towards him, but I am [F] ushered away
_ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ They row him back across the Hudson
[F] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ I get a drink
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ I hear wailing in [F] the _ streets
[D] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ Somebody tells me you'd better [F] _ _ hide
[D] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ They say _ Angelica and [F] _ _ _ [D] Eliza _
_ [E] Were both at his side when he died
_ [Dm] Death doesn't discriminate _
Between the sinners [C] and the saints
It [F] 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 _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ I [Dm] was too young and [Em] blind to see _
_ _ [F] _ _ I [Dm] should have _ _ [Am] known
I should have known the world [F] was wide enough
For [D] both _ Hamilton _ [Am] and me _
_ _ _ [Em] The [F] world was wide enough
For [D] both _ Hamilton _ and [Am] me _ _ _
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