-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…
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