[ Предположительная тональность: G ] [BURR] Bm How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore and a B Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a G Forgotten spot in the Caribbean by providence B Impoverished, in squalor B#dim Grow up to be a hero and a scholar? [LAURENS] Bm The ten-dollar founding father without a father B Got a lot farther by working a lot harder G By being a lot smarter By being a self-starter B B#dim By fourteen, they placed him in charge of a trading charter [JEFFERSON] Bm And every day while slaves were being slaughtered and carted B Away across the waves, he struggled and kept his guard up G Inside he was longing for something to be a part of B B#dim The brother was ready to beg, steal, borrow, or barter [MADISON] Bm Then a hurricane came, and devastation reigned B Our man saw his future drip, dripping down the drain G Put a pencil to his temple, connected it to his brain B Bsus4 B And he wrote his first refrain, a testament to his pain [BURR] Bm Well the word got around, they said, "This kid is insane, man" B Took up a collection just to send him to the mainland G "Get your education, don't forget from whence you came B B#dim and the world is gonna know your name. What's your name, man?" [HAMILTON] Bm Alexander Hamilton B My name is Alexander Hamilton G And there's a million things I haven't done B B But just you wait, just you wait... [ELIZA] Bm When he was ten his father split, full of it, debt-ridden B G Two years later, see Alex and his mother bed-ridden half-dead Sittin' in their own sick, the scent thick [COMPANY] N/B And Alex got better but his mother went quick [WASHINGTON] Bm Moved in with a cousin, the cousin committed suicide B Left him with nothin' but ruined pride, something new inside G A voice saying [WASHINGTON] // [COMPANY] "You gotta fend for yourself" // "Alex, you gotta fend for yourself" [WASHINGTON] B B#dim He started retreatin' and readin' every treatise on the shelf [BURR] Bm There would have been nothing left to do For someone less astute, he woulda been B Dead or destitute without a sense of restitution G Started workin', clerkin' for his late mother's landlord B B#dim Tradin' sugar cane and rum and all the things he can't afford Bm Scammin' for every book he can get his hands on B Plannin' for the future see him now as he stands on G The bow of a ship headed for a new land B B#dim In New York you can be a new man [COMPANY] Bm In New York you can // (HAMILTON) Be a new man // Just you wait G7 In New York you can // (HAMILTON) Be a new man // Just you wait Fm9 In New York you can Be a new man [WOMEN] B In New York-- [MEN] New York [HAMILTON] Just you wait! [COMPANY] Bm Alexander Hamilton (Alexander Hamilton) G7 We are waiting in the wings for you (waiting in the wings for you) Fm You could never back down B You never learned to take your time Bm Oh, Alexander Hamilton (Alexander Hamilton) G7 When America sings for you Fm Will they know what you overcame? B Fm Will they know you rewrote the game? Bm Fm/G B/F B7/F The world will never be the same, oh [BURR] Bm The ship is in the harbor now // (COMPANY) Bm/C See if you can spot him // Just you wait Bm Another immigrant Fm Comin' up from the bottom // Just you wait Fm/G His enemies destroyed his rep Fm/C America forgot him [MULLIGAN/MADISON & LAFAYETTE/JEFFERSON] Bsus4 B We fought with him [LAURENS/PHILLIP] Bsus4 B Me? I died for him [WASHINGTON] Bm9 B Me? I trusted him [ELIZA & ANGELICA & PEGGY/MARIA] Fm6/B B Me? I loved him [BURR] Fm/C And me? I'm the damn fool that shot him [COMPANY] Fm/G B There's a million things I haven't done Fm6/B But just you wait! [BURR] B7 What's your name, man? [COMPANY] Bm Alexander Hamilton! Bm
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