Chords for What'd I Miss

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