How does a [Bm] random peasant, some elder son
Of a [F#] woodsman, dropped in the middle of a forgotten
[G] spot in the Central Region by Providence, impoverished, in squalor
[D] Grow up to be a [F#/A#] hero and a martyr?
[Bm] The no-collar home defender without a honor
[F#] Got a lot farther
By workin' a lot harder
[G] By bein' a lot smarter
By bein' a self-starter
[D] By thirties, they had placed him in [F#/A#] charge of the trade with China
[Bm] At middle age, while men were being slaughtered and carted away
[F#] across the waves, He struggled and kept his guard up
[G] At site he was hunting for someone who was a part of
The robbers arriving to [D] beg, steal, borrow [F#/A#] or barter
[Bm] Then the slanderers came and
Reputation reigned
[F#] Our man saw his future drip, drippin’ drown the drain
[G] Put an ink brush to his temple
Connected it to his brain
[D] And he wrote his first refrain
[F#/A#] A testament to his pain
[Bm] When the word got around, they said, “This guy is insane, man!”
[F#] Broke up Thai’s invasion and added more to the mainland
[G] Getcha recognition, don’t forget from whence you came
[D] And the king is giving you a name!
[F#/A#] What’s your name, man?”
[Bm] Alexander Hamilton’s his new full name
[F#/A#] They say that Alexander Hamilton’s his new full name
[G] And there's a million things he hasn't done
[D] But just you wait, [F#/A#] just you wait
[Bm] In ’58, arrived the ships
Full of shit, French-ridden
[F#] Few days later, see Alexander and his soldiers panicking,
[G] Half-dead, losing to the French super-weapons,
And he tried everythin’ but the nation fell quick
[Bm] Fighting with his brother, the brother committed suicide
[F#] Left him with nothin’ but ruined pride
Somethin’ new inside
[G] A voice saying “Alexander, protect for yourseft”
[D] He started retreatin' and readin' every [F#/A#] treatise on the shelf
[Bm] There would've been nothin' left to do
For someone less astute
[F#] He would've been dead or destitute
Without a cent of restitution
[G] Started leadin', fightin' the bandits on the far North
[D] Tradin’ blood and sweat and tears for all [F#/A#] the peace he can afford
[Bm] Standing for every thief he can get his stance through
[F#] lannin' for the future, see him now as he heads to
[G] The town of New York ready for a new man
[D] In New York you can [F#/A#] be a new man
[Bm] In New York you can be a new man
[G7] In New York you can be a new man
[Em9] In New York you can be a new man
[F#7sus4] In New York
[Bm] Alexander Hamilton the general,
[G7] We are waiting at the front for you
[Em9] You should never back down
You always shouldn’t waste your time [F#7sus4] [F#7/C#]
Oh, [Bm] Alexander Hamilton the general
[G7] When we siege your old capital
[Em9] Will you win and reclaim your fame?
[Bm/D] Will you win and leave us [Em] to shame?
[Bm/F#] Vietnam will never [Em9/G] be [D] the same [F#7/A#] , oh
[Bm] France’s looking for him now
[Bm/C#] See if you can spot him
[Bm/D] A fearless general comin’ [Em7] up from the bottom
[Em/G] His enemies destroyed his son, [Em/C#] their rifles pointed at him
[C#m7] And then? I’m the [F#] damn fool who shot him
[Bm] Alexander Hamilton the general,
[G7] He was dyin’ but he wanted to
[Em9] My men had to back down
He didn’t let them save his [F#7sus4] life [F#7/C#]
[Bm] Alexander Hamilton the general,
[G7] He would never take a hand from me
[Em9] The courageous, he’d rather die
[Bm/D] So his name ends up [Em] in a shrine
[Bm/F#] NY will [Em9/G] never be [D] the same [F#7/A#] when he falls!
[C#m7] Yeah, I'm the [F#] damn French that shot him.
