-burr-
Bm Gb
How does a ragtag volunteer army in need of a shower
Somehow defeat a global superpower?
G
How do we emerge victorious from the quagmire?
D Bbdim
Leave the battlefield waving Betsy Ross’ flag higher?
Bm Bm
Yo. Turns out we have a secret weapon!
Gb
An immigrant you know and love who’s unafraid to step in!
G
He’s constantly confusin’, confoundin’ the British henchmen
D Bbdim
Ev’ryone give it up for America’s favorite fighting Frenchman!
-company-
Bm
Lafayette!
-lafayette-
I’m takin this horse by the reins makin’
Redcoats redder with bloodstains
-company-
Gb
Lafayette!
-lafayette-
And I’m never gonna stop until I make ‘em
Drop and burn ‘em up and scatter their remains, I’m
-company-
G
Lafayette!
-lafayette-
Watch me engagin’ em! Escapin’ em!
Enragin’ em! I’m—
-company-
D
Lafayette!
-lafayette-
I go to France for more funds
-company-
Bbdim
Lafayette!
-lafayette-
I come back with more
-lafayette and ensemble-
Bm
Guns
And ships
And so the balance shifts
-washington-
Gb
We rendezvous with Rochambeau, consolidate their gifts
-lafayette-
G
We can end this war at Yorktown, cut them off at sea, but
D Bbdim
For this to succeed, there is someone else we need:
-washington-
I know
-washington and company-
Bm
Hamilton!
-lafayette-
Sir, he knows what to do in a trench
Ingenuitive and fluent in French, I mean—
-washington and company-
Gb
Hamilton!
-lafayette-
Sir, you’re gonna have to use him eventually
What’s he gonna do on the bench? I mean—
-washington and company-
G
Hamilton!
-lafayette-
No one has more resilience
Or matches my practical tactical brilliance—
-washington and company-
D
Hamilton!
-lafayette-
You wanna fight for your land back?
-company-
Bbdim
Hamilton!
-washington-
I need my right hand man back!
-women-
Hamilton!
-lafayette- -men-
Bm
Ah! Uh, get ya right hand man back Get your right hand man back!
Gb
You know you gotta get ya right hand man back Your right hand man back!
G
I mean you gotta put Hamilton!
some thought into the letter Ha—
D
but the sooner the better Ha—
Bbdim
To get your right hand man back!
-women and men-
Hamilton, Hamilton!
Ha— ha—!
-washington-
Bm
Alexander Hamilton
G7
Troops are waiting in the field for you
Em D Gb
If you join us right now, together we can turn the tide
Bm
Oh, Alexander Hamilton
G7
I have soldiers that will yield for you
Em
If we manage to get this right
D Em
They’ll surrender by early light
Bm G D Gb7 G7
The world will never be the same, Alexander…
