Intro: Gbm
 
BURR:
D7                                       Gbm D7
There’s nothing like summer in the city
                                                   Gbm D7
Someone under stress meets someone looking pretty
                                             Faug
There’s trouble in the air, you can smell it
 
And Alexander’s by himself. I’ll let him tell it
 

HAMILTON:
           A
I hadn’t slept in a week
 
I was weak, I was awake
          Aaug
You never seen a bastard orphan
 
More in need of a break
Gbm  
Longing for Angelica
 
Missing my wife
             A7
That’s when Miss Maria Reynolds walked into my life, she said:
 
 
MARIA:
A
I know you are a man of honor
Aaug
I’m so sorry to bother you at home
      Gbm                          A7
But I don’t know where to go, and I came here all alone…
 
 
HAMILTON:
 
She said:
 
 
MARIA:
A
My husband’s doin’ me wrong
   Aaug
Beatin’ me, cheatin’ me, mistreatin’ me...
Gbm  
Suddenly he’s up and gone
A7
I don’t have the means to go on
 
 
HAMILTON:
      Gbm                                                D7
So I offered her a loan, I offered to walk her home, she said
 
 
MARIA:
 
You’re too kind, sir
 
 
HAMILTON:
            Gbm
I gave her thirty bucks that I had socked away
                    D7
She lived a block away, she said:
 
MARIA:
 
This one’s mine, sir
 
 
HAMILTON:
        Gbm
Then I said, “well, I should head back home,”
                     D7
She turned red, she led me to her bed
 
Let her legs spread and said:
 
 
MARIA:
Faug
Stay?
 
 
HAMILTON:
 
Hey…
 
 
MARIA:
 
Hey…
 
 
HAMILTON:
 
That’s when I began to pray:
    A
Lord, show me how to
 
Say no to this
Aaug
I don’t know how to
 
Say no to this
   Gbm  
But my God, she looks so helpless
    A7
And her body’s saying, “hell, yes”
 
 
MARIA:
A
Whoa...
 
 
HAMILTON:
 
Nooo, show me how to
 
 
HAMILTON/ENSEMBLE:
 
Say no to this
 
 
HAMILTON:
Aaug
I don’t know how to
 
 
HAMILTON/ENSEMBLE:
 
Say no to this
 
 
HAMILTON:
Gbm  
In my mind, I’m tryin’ to go
 
 
-ENSEMBLxE-x
 
Go! Go! Go!
 
 
HAMILTON:
      A7                          D
Then her mouth is on mine, and I don’t say…
 
 
ENSEMBLE:
A
No! No!
 
Say no to this!
Aaug
No! No!
 
Say no to this!
Gbm  
No! No!
 
Say no to this!
A7
No! No!
 
Say no to this!
 
 
HAMILTON:
A
I wish I could say that was the last time
Aaug
I said that last time. It became a pastime
Gbm  
A month into this endeavor I received a letter
A7
From a Mr. James Reynolds, even better, it said:
 
 
JAMES:
A5 
Dear Sir, I hope this letter finds you in good health
 
And in a prosperous enough position to put wealth
 
In the pockets of people like me: down on their luck
 
You see, that was my wife who you decided to
 
 
HAMILTON:
 
Fuuuu—
 
 
JAMES:
 
Uh-oh! You made the wrong sucker a cuckold
 
So time to pay the piper for the pants you unbuckled
 
And hey, you can keep seein’ my whore wife
 
If the price is right: if not I’m telling your wife
 
 
HAMILTON:
  Gbm
I hid the letter and I raced to her place
                                   D7
Screamed “How could you?!” in her face
 
She said:
 
 
MARIA:
 
No, sir!
 
 
HAMILTON:
      Gbm
Half dressed, apologetic. A mess, she looked
              D7
Pathetic, she cried:
 
 
MARIA:
 
Please don’t go, sir!
 
 
HAMILTON:
       Gbm
So was your whole story a setup?
 
 
MARIA:
 
I don’t know about any letter!
 
 
HAMILTON:
      E   
Stop crying Goddamnit, get up!
 
 
MARIA:
   E
I didn’t know any better
 
 
HAMILTON:
       D
I am ruined...
 
 
MARIA:                             / HAMILTON:
 
Please don’t leave me with him     / I am
  E  D
helpless                           / helpless, how could I do
 
Just give him what he wants        / this?
              E   D
and you can have me
                                   / I don't want you
Whatever you want,                 / I don't want you
 
 
MARIA:
        Bbm
If you pay                         / I don't...
         Bb   B
You can stay
 
HAMILTON:
B
Lord, show me how to               / ENSEMBLE:
 
Say no to this                     / Say no to this!
Baug
I don't know how to
 
Say no to this
Abm  
But the situation's helpless       / Helpless
B7
And her body's screaming
 
Hell yes                           / Whoa!
B
No, show me how to
 
Say no to this                     / Say no to this!
Baug
How can I
 
Say no to this?                    / Say no to this!
Abm  
There is nowhere I 
 
can go                             / Go go go
B7
When her body's on
           E
mine I do not say...
 
 
ENSEMBLE:         / HAMILTON/MARIA:
B
No!
                  / Yes!
Say no to this!
Baug
No!
                  / Yes!
Say no to this!
Abm  
No!
                  / Yes!
Say no to this!
B7
No!                  
                  / Yes!
Say no to this!
 
B
 
 
HAMILTON:
 
Say no to this               / MARIA:
Baug
I don't say no to this       / Don't say no to this
Abm  
There is nowhere I can go 
 
 
ENSEMBLE:
 
Go go go
 
B7
 
 
JAMES:
 
So?
 
HAMILTON:
 
Nobody needs to know
 
Outro: B  Baug  Abm    B7