Alexander Hamilton Chords by Lin-Manuel Miranda
Tempo:
127.7 bpm
Chords used:
F#
Bm
G
D
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Key:
F#
Bm
G
D
B
F#
Bm
G
[F#] [Bm] How [F#] does [B] a bastard, orphan, son of a whore [F#] and a Scotsman,.
dropped in the middle of a [G] forgotten spot in the Caribbean.
by Providence, [D] impoverished and squalor, grow up to [A#] be a hero and a scholar?.
[B] The ten dollar founding father without a father.
[F#] got a lot farther by working a lot harder,.
by [G] being a lot smarter, by being a self-starter.
[D] By 14, they placed him [A#] in charge of a trading charter.
[B] And every day while slaves were being slaughtered and carted [F#] away,.
across the waves he struggled and kept his guard up.
[G] Inside he was longing for something to be a part of.
[D] The brother was ready to beg, [F#] steal, borrow, or barter.
[B] Then a hurricane came and devastation reigned.
[F#] Our man saw his future drip, dripping down the drain.
[G] But a pencil to his temple connected it to his brain.
[D] And he wrote his first refrain, [Bm] the [F#] testament to his name.
[Bm] Well the word got around, they said this kid is [F#] insane, man.
Took up a collection just to send him to the mainland.
[G] Get your education, don't forget from whence you came.
[D] And the world's gonna know your [F#] name.
What's your name, [Bm] man?.
Alexander Hamilton.
My [F#] name is Alexander Hamilton.
And [G] there's a million things I haven't done.
But just [D] you wait, just [F#] you wait.
[Bm] He was teenage, father smoked full of it.
Dead to Britain, [F#] two years later, see Alex and his mother bedridden, [G] half dead.
Sitting in their own sick, the scent thick.
And Alex got better, but his mother went quack.
[Bm] Moving with a cousin, the cousin committed [F#] suicide.
Left him with nothing but rue and pride.
Something new [G] inside a voice saying, Alex, you gotta think for yourself.
He [D] started to treat the beat, [F#] never treat us on the shelf.
[B] There would have been nothing left to do for someone [F#] less astute.
He would have been dead or destitute without a cent or [G] restitution.
Started working, [D] working for his late mother's landlord.
Slating sugarcane and [F#] rum and all the things he can't [Bm] afford.
Standing for every book he can get his [F#] hands on.
Waiting for the future, see him now with his hands on [G] the bow of a ship.
Heading for a new land.
[D] In New York, you [F#] can be a new man.
[Bm] In New York, you can be a new man.
[G] In New York, you can [Bm] be a new man.
In New York, you can be a new man.
[F#] Just you wait.
[Bm] Alexander Hamilton, Alexander [G] Hamilton.
You'll be waiting in the wings, or you'll be waiting in the wings.
[Bm] You'll be never back down, you'll never [Em] learn to take [F#] your time.
.
[Bm] Oh, Alexander Hamilton, Alexander Hamilton.
[D] When [G] America sings for [Bm] you, [Em] will they know what you overcame?.
[Bm] Will they know you [Em] overcame the [Bm] world?.
[Em] [D] We'll never be [F#] the same, [A#] oh.
[Bm] The ship is in the harbor now, see if you can spot him.
Another [Em] immigrant coming up from the bottom.
[G] His enemies destroyed his [C#] rep, America forgot him.
[F#] We fought with him.
Me, I died for [Bm] him.
I trusted [C#] him.
[F#] And [C#] me, I'm the [F#] damn fool that shot him.
[G] There's a million things I haven't [D] done.
Just [C#] you wait.
[F#] .
[Bm] What's your name, man?.
Alexander Hamilton.
.
[N] .
dropped in the middle of a [G] forgotten spot in the Caribbean.
by Providence, [D] impoverished and squalor, grow up to [A#] be a hero and a scholar?.
[B] The ten dollar founding father without a father.
[F#] got a lot farther by working a lot harder,.
by [G] being a lot smarter, by being a self-starter.
[D] By 14, they placed him [A#] in charge of a trading charter.
[B] And every day while slaves were being slaughtered and carted [F#] away,.
across the waves he struggled and kept his guard up.
[G] Inside he was longing for something to be a part of.
[D] The brother was ready to beg, [F#] steal, borrow, or barter.
[B] Then a hurricane came and devastation reigned.
[F#] Our man saw his future drip, dripping down the drain.
[G] But a pencil to his temple connected it to his brain.
[D] And he wrote his first refrain, [Bm] the [F#] testament to his name.
[Bm] Well the word got around, they said this kid is [F#] insane, man.
Took up a collection just to send him to the mainland.
[G] Get your education, don't forget from whence you came.
[D] And the world's gonna know your [F#] name.
What's your name, [Bm] man?.
Alexander Hamilton.
My [F#] name is Alexander Hamilton.
And [G] there's a million things I haven't done.
But just [D] you wait, just [F#] you wait.
[Bm] He was teenage, father smoked full of it.
Dead to Britain, [F#] two years later, see Alex and his mother bedridden, [G] half dead.
Sitting in their own sick, the scent thick.
And Alex got better, but his mother went quack.
[Bm] Moving with a cousin, the cousin committed [F#] suicide.
Left him with nothing but rue and pride.
Something new [G] inside a voice saying, Alex, you gotta think for yourself.
He [D] started to treat the beat, [F#] never treat us on the shelf.
[B] There would have been nothing left to do for someone [F#] less astute.
He would have been dead or destitute without a cent or [G] restitution.
Started working, [D] working for his late mother's landlord.
Slating sugarcane and [F#] rum and all the things he can't [Bm] afford.
Standing for every book he can get his [F#] hands on.
Waiting for the future, see him now with his hands on [G] the bow of a ship.
Heading for a new land.
[D] In New York, you [F#] can be a new man.
[Bm] In New York, you can be a new man.
[G] In New York, you can [Bm] be a new man.
In New York, you can be a new man.
[F#] Just you wait.
[Bm] Alexander Hamilton, Alexander [G] Hamilton.
You'll be waiting in the wings, or you'll be waiting in the wings.
[Bm] You'll be never back down, you'll never [Em] learn to take [F#] your time.
.
[Bm] Oh, Alexander Hamilton, Alexander Hamilton.
[D] When [G] America sings for [Bm] you, [Em] will they know what you overcame?.
[Bm] Will they know you [Em] overcame the [Bm] world?.
[Em] [D] We'll never be [F#] the same, [A#] oh.
[Bm] The ship is in the harbor now, see if you can spot him.
Another [Em] immigrant coming up from the bottom.
[G] His enemies destroyed his [C#] rep, America forgot him.
[F#] We fought with him.
Me, I died for [Bm] him.
I trusted [C#] him.
[F#] And [C#] me, I'm the [F#] damn fool that shot him.
[G] There's a million things I haven't [D] done.
Just [C#] you wait.
[F#] .
[Bm] What's your name, man?.
Alexander Hamilton.
.
[N] .