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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 it started at the very same time
Alexander [Eb] Hamilton began to climb
Out to [G] account for his rise to the top _
[Bb] Man, the man is non-stop
[D] Gentlemen of the jury, I'm curious, bear with me
Are you aware that we're making [Bb] history?
This is the first [D] murder trial of [Dm] our brand new nation
The liberty behind a [Bb] liberation
I intend to prove [G] beyond the shadow of a [F] doubt
With [D] biases in counsel
Hold counsel Hamilton, [C] sit down
A [Bb] client that me weeks is [D] innocent, call your [Dm] first witness
That's all you had [E] to say
Okay, one [Bb] more thing
Why do you assume [G] you're the smartest in [F] the room?
[D] Why do you assume you're the smartest in the [Bb] room?
Why do you [G] assume you're the smartest in the [A] room?
Isn't that attitude maybe your doom?
[Bb] Why do you [Gm] write like you're running [Dm] out of time?
Write day [D] and night like you're running out of [Bb] time
Every day you fight [Gm] like you're running out [Bb] of time
Keep on fighting in the meantime
_ Corruption's such an [Gm] old song that we can [D] sing along
In harmony and nowhere [C] is it stronger than in Albany
[Bb] _ [Gm] Colonies, economies increasingly [Dm] stalling
In our own abuse of law, public service seems to be [Bb] calling
I've practiced the [Gm] law practically [Dm] perfected it
I've seen injustice in the world and I've corrected [Bb] it
Now for a strong central [Gm] democracy
If not [Dm] then I'll be soxing, throwing verbal rocks at these [D] mediocrities
Hamilton [E] at the Constitutional Convention
I was chosen [Eb] for the Constitutional Convention
There is a New York junior delegate
Now what I'm gonna say may sound indelicate
He shows and proposes his own form of government
His own plan for a new form of government
Talks for six hours, the convention is listless
Bright young man
Yo, who the F is [Bb] this?
Why do you [Gm] always say what you [Dm] mean?
Why do you always say what you mean?
[Bb] Every part of [Gm] me is guaranteed
[Bb] Me, ammunition, uranium, me
Why do you [Gm] ride like it's going out [Dm] of style?
Ride day and night like it's going out of [Bb] style
Every day you fight [Gm] like it's going out of [Bb] style You, you _
[Gm] _ _ [F] Alexander?
Aaron Burr, sir
[Bb] Well it's the middle of the night
Can we confer, sir?
[Gm] Is this a legal matter?
Yes, [F] and it's important to me
What [Gm] do you need?
Burr, you're a better lawyer than me
Okay?
I know I talk [F] too much, I'm [Bb] abrasive
You're incredible in court, you're succinct, [Gm] persuasive
My client needs a [Dm] strong defense, you're the solution
Who's your client?
The new U.S. [Abm] Constitution
No.
Hear me out.
[Gb] No way.
A series [Ebm] of essays anonymously published, defending [Abm] the document to the public
[Gb] No one will read it.
[B] I disagree.
And if it fails?
Burr, that's why we [Abm] need it.
The Constitution's a [Gb] mess
So it needs amendments?
[Ebm] It's full of contradictions
So with independence, [Abm] we have to start [Gb] somewhere
No.
No way.
[Eb] You're making a mistake
Good night.
Hey, what are you waiting for?
[Eb] 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, study, then we fought and we killed
For the notion of a nation we now get to build
[Ab] For once in your life, do [Gb] you stand with [Bb] pride?
I don't understand.
I stand with pride
[B] I'll keep [Ebm] all my plans close to my chest
We will fight, [B] I'll wait [Ebm] here and see
This way the wind will blow
_ I'm taking [Abm] my time [B] watching
The afterbirth of a nation watching [E] the pension [Gb] grow
The [B] _ _
_ [Abm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ husband who will keep _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] you cannot shoot
But turn a [E] phrase, my _ Alexander
[B] _ _ Don't forget [Abm] to rhyme
[Gb] You did 21, [B] _ _ [E] look at where you [Abm] started
It's like _ [Gb] a [B] miracle to [E] stay alive
It's a [Abm] thermos
_ [Gb] You gave your [B] _ life, could share a [E] fraction of your [Abm]
time
[Gb] It's like a grungy piece [Eb] of mind
What's a [Abm] thermos?
Alexander joins forces [B] with James Madison and John Jay
to write a series of [Abm] essays defending the new United States [B] Constitution
entitled The Federalist Papers
_ [Abm] The plan was to write a total of 25 [B] essays
the work divided evenly among the three men
[Abm] _ In the end, they wrote [B] 85 essays in the span of six months
[Am] _ John [Bm] Jay got sick after writing [C] five
_ [G] James Madison wrote [Am] 29
_ [B] Hamilton wrote the other [E] 51
_ [Am] How do you write?
You're [Bm] running out of time
[C]
Writing at [G] night, you're running out of [Am] time
Everything's white, [G] you're running out of [C] time
Are you running [F] out of time?
Are you running out [Em] of time?
How [E] do you write?
Like tomorrow [G] won't [C] arrive
How do you write?
Like you need it to [Am] survive
How do you write?
Every second you're [C] alive
Every second you're alive, every second [F] you're alive
_ [Am] They're asking me to leave
I'm doing the best I can
[Dm] To get the people that I need
I'm asking [E] you to be my right [Am] hand man
I know it's a lot to [C] ask
To leave behind the world you know
[D] Sir, do you want me to run the Treasury or State Department?
[Dm] _ _ _ Treasury.
[E] Let's go
[A] _ _ _ _
[B] Alexander
I have to leave Alexander
[C] Look around, look around [D] at how lucky we are to be alive [Am] right now
[Bm] They're asking me to [C] leave _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [E] _ _
History [C] has _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [Am] advice [C] _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [G] on you
I am not throwing away [B] my shot
I am not throwing away my shot
[Am] I am Alexander Hamilton, Hamilton, [F] just you wait
_ I [Am] am not throwing away my shot _ _ _ _ _ _
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