The Room Where It Happens Chords by Lin-Manuel Miranda

[Em] _ _ [C#] Ah, Mr.
Secretary.
Mr.
Burr, sir.
Hey, did you hear the news about good old General Mercer?
No.
You know Claremont Street?
Yeah.
[F] They renamed it after him.
The Mercer Legacy is secure.
Sure.
And all he had to do was die.
Yeah, that's a lot less work.
We ought to give it a try.
Ha, now how you gonna get your debt plan through?
I guess I'm gonna finally have to listen to you.
Really?
_ Thoughtless, [C] _
_ smile, [F] do whatever it takes to [C] get my plan on the Congress [Am] floor.
You're [F] Madison and Jefferson [C] are merciless.
Well, hate the sin, love [F] the sinner.
Hamilton.
I'm sorry, Burr, I gotta [G] go.
[C] But_
Decisions are happening over [Em] dinner.
_ _ [Fm] _ [Am]
Two Virginians and an immigrant [Cm] walk into a room.
Diametrically [B] opposed [Am] foes.
They emerge with a compromise, [C] having opened doors that were [G] previously closed.
[Am] The immigrant [F] emerges with unprecedented [D#] financial power, a system he can [G] shape however [Am] he wants.
The [F] Virginians emerge with [Em] the nation's [C] capital.
And here's the piece de resistance.
[A]
No one else was in the room where [F#m] it happened.
The room where it [C#] happened.
The room where it [Am] happened.
No one [A] else was in the room where it happened.
The room where it [B] happened.
The room where it [Am] happened.
No one really knows how the game is [D] played.
The art of the [Am] trade, how the sausage gets [F] made.
You just assume that it happens.
[G] No one else is in the [Em] room where it happens.
_ [Fm] _ _ [Am] Thomas [F] Plains.
Alexander was [D#] on Washington's doorstep one day [C] in distress and disarray.
[Am] Thomas [F] Plains.
Alexander said, [Cm] I've nowhere else to turn.
And basically begged me [Am] to join the fray.
Thomas Plains.
I [F] approached [D#] Madison and said, I know you hate him, but [Bm] let's hear what he [Am] has to say.
Thomas [F] Plains.
Well, I arranged [Em] the meeting.
[C] I arranged the menu, the [Am] venue, the seating, but_
No [A] one else was in the room where it [F#] happened.
The room where it [D] happened.
The room where it [Am] happened.
No one [A] else was in the room where it [F#] happened.
The room where it [G#] happened.
The room where it [Am] happened.
No one really knows how the party's a T [F#].S.
Pieces that are [Am] sacrificed in every game of [A] chess.
We just assume that it happens.
[G]
But no one else is in the room where it [Em] happens.
_ [Fm] _ _ [Am]
Meanwhile, [F] Madison is grappling with the [C] fact that not every issue can be settled by [Am] committee.
Meanwhile, [F] Congress is fighting over [D#] where to put the capitol.
[Am] It isn't pretty that Jefferson [F] approaches with a dinner and [Cm] invite, and Madison [G] responds
with Virginian [Am] insight.
Maybe we can [F] solve one problem with [Em] another and [G#] bring the victory for the Southerners.
In other words, uh oh, a quid pro quo.
I suppose.
Wouldn't you like to work a little closer to home?
Actually, I would.
Well I propose the Potomac.
And you'll provide him his vote?
Well, we'll [A] see how it goes.
Let's go.
No.
What else was in the room where it [F#] happened?
The [D#] room where it [D] happened.
The room where it [Am] happened.
No one [A] else was in the room where it [F#] happened.
The room where it [B] happened.
The room where it [Am] happened.
My god.
We got trapped, but we never really know what got [A] discussed.
The big boom where it [F#] happened.
[G] [E] And no one else was in the room where it [Am] happened.
Alexander Hamilton.
What did they say to you to get you to sail New York City down the [C] river?
Alexander Hamilton!
Did Washington know about the dinner?
Was there presidential pressure to [F] deliver?
Alexander Hamilton!
But did you know even [Dm] then it doesn't matter where you put the U.S. Capitol?
Cause [C] we'll have the banks, we're [B] in the same spot.
You got more than you gave.
And I wanted what I [E] got when you got skin [F] in the game, you stay in the [E] game.
But you don't get [F] a will unless you [E] play in the game.
Oh, you get love for it, you get hate for it.
You get nothing if you wait for it, wait for it, wait.
[F] God help and [Em] forgive me.
I want to build [F] something that's gonna [E] outlive me.
What if you want her?
What if you want her?
If you stand for nothing, her, what do you [Am] fall for?
I, I wanna be [Dm] in the room [F] where it happens.
The [A] room where it happens.
[C] I, [D] I wanna be in the room where it [E] happens.
[G#] The room where [Am] it happens.
_ [A] _ _ [Am] _ I, [B] I wanna be in the room [Am] where it happens.
I, I wanna be in the room where it happens
[E]
The room where it happens.
[Am] I _ _ _ _ [D] wanna be in [Am] the room where it happens
I wanna be [A] in the room where it happens
[F#] When I [G#] say [Am] I wanna be in the room where it happens
In the room where it happens
The art of the prophet [Dm] 不要
Hold your nose and close your [Am] eyes
You wanna lead a suspected [Dm] case
You don't get a say in what they trade away
[Am] We dream of a brand new [Dm] start
But we [Am] dream in the dark for the most [F] part
Dark as a tomb where it [D] happens
I've got to [E] be in the room [Am] where it happens
I've got to be in [E] the room where it [Am] happens
I've got to be [G#] in the room where it [Am] happens
I've got to be in the room where it happens
I gotta be, I gotta be in the room [G#] _ [Am] _ _ [F#] [F] Click [E] _ _ _