Hamilton: Non-Stop Chords

_ 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 we started at the very same time, Alexander Hamilton began to climb.
How to account for his rise to the top?
Man, [F] the man is non-stop.
Gentlemen [D] of the jury, I'm [C] curious, [A] bear with me.
Are you [A#] aware that we're [G] making [F] history?
This is [D] the first murder trial of our [Am] brand new nation.
The liberty behind [F] deliberation.
I intend to [D] prove beyond a shadow [C] of a doubt [A] with my assistant counsel.
Co [A#]-counsel Hamilton, sit [F] down.
A client family reeks of [D] innocence.
Call your [C] first witness.
[A] That's all [F] you had to say.
Okay, one more thing.
Why do you [E] assume you're [D] the smartest in the [C] room?
[A] Why do [G] you assume [F] you're the smartest in the room?
Why do you [D] assume you're the smartest [F] in the room?
Isn't that attitude maybe [Am] your doom?
[F] Why do you ride [Dm] like you're running out of [Am] time?
Ride day and night like you're running [G] out of [F] time.
Every day [Dm] you fight like you're running out of [C] time.
Born fighting in the meantime.
[F] Non-stop.
Corruption's [Dm] such an old song that we [C] can sing [A] along in harmony.
And nowhere is [A#] it stronger than in [F] Albany.
These [Em] colonies, [Dm] economies increasingly [C] [Am] stalling.
And honestly, that's why public service seems to be calling [F] in.
I [Em] practiced the [Dm] law, practically [Am] perfected it.
I've seen injustice in the world [A#] and I've [G] corrected it.
[F] Now for a strong [Dm] central democracy.
[C] If not, then [Am] I'll be Socrates throwing verbal rocks at these [A] [N] mediocrities.
I'm James Hamilton at the Constitutional Convention.
I was chosen for the Constitutional Convention.
There is a New York junior delegate.
Now what I'm going to say may sound indelicate.
He goes 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 [F] is this?
Why do you [Dm] always say what you mean?
[Am] Why do you always say what you [F] mean?
_ [E] _ [Dm] Every population [F] guaranteed.
Free ammunition, [C] you're an enemy.
[F] Why do [Dm] you ride like it's going out of [Am] style?
Ride day and night like it's [F] going out of style.
Every day you [Dm] fight like it's going out of [F] style.
Who would you do?
_ [Dm] _
_ Alexander?
[C] Aaron Burr, sir.
Well, [F] it's the middle of the night.
Can we [A#] confer, sir?
[Dm] Is this a legal matter?
[C] Yes, and it's important to me.
[Dm] What do you need?
Burr, you're a better lawyer than me.
Okay.
I know I [C] talk too much.
I'm abrasive.
[F] You're incredible in court.
You're succinct, [Dm] persuasive.
My client needs a strong [C] defense.
You're the [Am] solution.
Who's the client?
The new U.S. Constitution.
[D#m] No.
Hear me [C#] out.
No way.
A [A#m] series of essays anonymously published
[D#m] defending the document to the [C#] public.
No one will read it.
I [F#] disagree.
And if it fails?
Burr, that's why we need it.
[D#m] The Constitution's a mess.
[C#] So it needs [A#m] amendments?
It's full of contradictions.
So is independence.
[D#m] We have to start [C#] somewhere.
No.
No [A#] way.
You're making a mistake.
Good night.
Hey, what are you [D#] waiting for?
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, studied and we fought and we killed
for the notion of a nation we now get to build.
For once in your life, [C#] take a stand with pride.
[F] I don't understand how you stand to the side.
[F#] I'll [A#m] keep all my hands close to my chest.
We will make a [F#] way.
I'll wait [A#m] here and see which way the wind will blow.
_ [F#] I'm taking my time watching the afterbirth [C#] of a nation,
watching [B] the tension grow.
[C#] _ [F#] _ _ _ [C#] _
[B] _ _ [D#m] _ I am sailing off to London.
I [F#] am accompanied by someone who always [D#m] is.
I have found a wealthy husband who will keep me in comfort for all my days.
He is not a lot of fun, but there's [F#] no one who can match you
for turn of [B] phrase.
My [C#] Alexander.
_ [F#] _ Don't forget to [D#m] ride.
[C#] Look at [F#] where _ _ _ [B] you started.
[D#m] The fact that [C#] you're alive is a [F#] miracle.
Just stay [B] alive.
That would [D#m] be enough.
[C#] And if your [F#] wife could share [B] a fraction of [D#m] your time,
if [C#] I could grant you [D#m] peace of mind, would that be enough?
Alexander joins forces with [F#] James Madison and John Jay
to write a series [D#m] of essays defending the new United States Constitution
[F#] entitled The Federalist Papers.
[D#m] The plan was to write a total of 25 [F#] essays,
the work divided evenly among the three men.
_ [D#m] In the end, they wrote [F#] 85 essays in the span of six months.
[Em] _ _ [F#m] John Jay got sick after [G] writing five.
[D] James Madison wrote [Em] 29. _
[G] Hamilton wrote the other [B] 51. _
[Em] How do you [F#m] ride?
You're running [G] out of time.
Writing [D] night, you're running out of [Em] time.
[F#m] Every day [G] you fight, but you're running out of time.
But you're running out of [C] time.
Are you [Bm] running out of [Em] time?
How do [D] you ride?
Like tomorrow won't [G] arrive.
How do you ride?
Like you need it to [Em] survive.
How do you [D] ride?
Every second you're alive.
[G] Every second you're alive.
Every second you're [Em] alive.
_ They're asking [G] me to leave.
I'm doing the best I [Am] can to get the people that I need.
[B] I'm asking you to be my [Em] right hand man.
Treasury or state.
I know it's a [G] lot to ask.
To leave behind the world you know.
Sir, do you [A] want me to run the Treasury or State Department?
[Am] _ _ [B] Treasury. _
Let's go.
[E] _ _ _ _ [F#] Alexander.
I have to leave.
[G] Alexander.
Look around, look [A] around at how lucky we are to be [B] alive right [Em] now.
Help me.
[D] They're asking me [G] to leave.
Look [Am] around.
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] People [Bm] never be _ [G] [B] satisfied.
_ [E]
You're [B] so weak [G] on your back.
I'm so weak on my back. _ _
[Em] _ _ I'm _ [G] _ so weak on my back.
I'm so _ _ weak on my back. _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] History [A] and it [Em] flies [G] on you.
I am not throwing [F#] away my shot.
[B] [C] I am not throwing away my [Bm] shot.
[Em] I am Alexander Hamilton.
Hamilton, [C] just you [G] wait.
_ _ [B] I am not throwing away my shot.
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _