Bm How does a bastard orphan son of a whore and a Gb Scotsman dropped in the middle of a G Forgotten spot in the Caribbean by providence D Impoverished in squalor Gb Grow up to be a hero and a scholar Bm The ten-dollar founding father without a father Gb Got a lot farther by working a lot harder G By being a lot smarter By being a self-starter D Gb By fourteen they placed him in charge of a trading charter Bm And every day while slaves were being slaughtered and carted Gb Away across the waves he struggled and kept his guard up G Inside he was longing for something to be a part of D Gb The brother was ready to beg steal borrow or barter Don't know how to read a tab or a chord ? Check out these uke lessons: How to read uke tabs Reading chord diagrams Play the Lin-Manuel Miranda Quiz on Melody Facts Bm How does a bastard orphan son of a whore and a Gb Scotsman dropped in the middle of a G Forgotten spot in the Caribbean by providence D Impoverished in squalor Gb Grow up to be a hero and a scholar Bm The ten-dollar founding father without a father Gb Got a lot farther by working a lot harder G By being a lot smarter By being a self-starter D Gb By fourteen they placed him in charge of a trading charter Bm And every day while slaves were being slaughtered and carted Gb Away across the waves he struggled and kept his guard up G Inside he was longing for something to be a part of D Gb The brother was ready to beg steal borrow or barter Bm Then a hurricane came and devastation reigned Gb Our man saw his future drip dripping down the drain G Put a pencil to his temple connected it to his brain D Gb And he wrote his first Refrain a testament to his pain Bm Well the word got around they said This kid is insane man Gb Took up a collection just to send him to the mainland G Get your education don't forget from whence you came D Gb and the world is gonna know your name What's your name man Bm Alexander Hamilton Gb My name is Alexander Hamilton G And there's a million things I haven't done D Gb But just you wait just you wait Bm When he was ten his father split full of it debt-ridden Gb G Two years later see Alex and his mother bed-ridden half-dead Sittin' in their own sick the scent thick n/c -whisper- And Alex got better but his mother went quick Bm Moved in with a cousin the cousin committed suicide Gb Left him with nothin' but ruined pride something new inside G a voice saying Alex you gotta fend for yourself D Gb He started retreatin' and readin' every treatise on the shelf Bm There would have been nothing left to do For someone less astute he woulda been Gb Dead or destitute without a sense of restitution G Started workin' clerkin' for his late mother's landlord D Gb Tradin' sugar cane and rum and all the things he can't afford Bm Scammin' for every book he can get his hands on Gb Plannin' for the future see him now as he stands on G The bow of a ship headed for a new land D Gb In New York you can be a new man -Just you wait...- Bm In New York you can be a new man -Just you wait...- Gb In New York you can be a new man -Just you wait...- Bm In New York you can be a new man -Just you wait...- Gb In New York Just you wait! Bm Alexander Hamilton G7 We are waiting in the wings for you Em You could never back down Gb You never learned to take your time Bm Oh Alexander Hamilton G7 When America sings for you Em Will they know what you overcame D Em Will they know you rewrote the game Bm G D Gb The world will never be the same oh Bm The ship is in the harbor now See if you can spot him D Another immigrant Em Comin' up from the bottom Em His enemies destroyed his rep America forgot him Gb We fought with him Gb Me I died for him Gb Me I trusted him Em Me I loved him Bm Gb And me I'm the damn fool that shot him Em D There's a million things I haven't done Gb But just you wait n/c What's your name man Bm Alexander Hamilton Outro: Bm
