My Shot (Hamilton) - VoicePlay Chords

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[Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] I am NOT throwing away my shot.
I am NOT [Bb] throwing away my shot.
[Cm] Hey yo, I'm just like my country, I'm young, scrappy, and [Eb] hungry, and I'm not throwing away my [D] shot.
I'ma [G] get a scholarship to King's College.
I [Eb] probably shouldn't brag, but dag, I may as well astonish.
The problem is I got the [F] modern brains, but no polish.
I got the hollin' just to [Eb] be heard, with every [Dm] word I drop knowledge.
Every burden, every disadvantage, I have learned to manage.
I [Bb] don't have a gun to brandish.
I walk these streets, banish [Cm] the planet, you'll find this spark into a flame.
[Eb] But damn, it's getting dark, so let [D] me spell out my name.
I [Gm] am a_
A-L-E-X-A-N-E [Bb]-E-R-E-R, meant to be.
A [Cm] colony that runs independently.
Meanwhile, Britain keeps ripping on us [Gm] endlessly.
And I am NOT throwing away my shot.
I [Bb] am NOT throwing away my shot.
Hey yo, [Cm] I'm just like my country, I'm young, scrappy, and hungry, and I'm not throwing away [Gb] my shot.
It's [Gm] time to be shot.
I dream of life without a manner.
[Bb] The Honour in France will lead to anarchy.
[Cm] Anarchy?
How you say? _
Anarchy.
[Gm] And when I bite, I make the others start panicking.
[G] _ Geniuses [Bb] lower your voices.
[C] You keep out of trouble and you double your choices.
I'm with you, but the situation is fraught.
You gotta be carefully [G] taught.
If you talk, you're gone again.
_ _ _ And [Gm] I am NOT throwing away my shot.
[Bb] I am NOT throwing away my shot.
Hey yo, I'm [C] just like my country, I'm young, scrappy, and hungry, and I'm [Eb] not throwing away my [D] shot.
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Rise up, when [C] you're living on your knees, you rise up.
Tell your brother that he's gonna rise up.
Tell [D] your sister that she's gonna rise up.
When are these colonies [Gm] gonna _ _ _ _ _ [F] rise up?
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_ _ _ _ _ I imagine [Eb] death so much it feels more like a [Bb] memory.
When's it gonna get me?
In my sleep, seven feet ahead of me.
[Cm] If I see it coming, do I run or do I [F] let it be?
Is it like a beat without [D] a melody? _
[Gm] I'm fast, patiently waiting.
I'm passionately [Bb] smashing every activation.
Every action's an act of creation.
I'm laughing and laughing as I [Eb] casually do the sorrow.
[D] I'm still not thinking of the past tomorrow.
And I [Gm] am NOT throwing away my shot.
I [Bb] am NOT throwing away my shot.
Hey yo, [Cm] I'm just like my country, I'm young, scrappy, and hungry, [Eb] and I'm not throwing away my shot.
_ [Gm] _ _ _ Take a [Bb] shot.
_ _ _ _ _ [Cm] Rise up.
Rise up.
It's time to take a shot.
[Gm] Rise up.
Rise up.
It's time to take a shot.
[D] Rise up.
And I am NOT throwing away _ my shot.
I am NOT throwing away my shot.
I am NOT throwing away my shot.
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