🎶 Alexander Hamilton Parody

How does a [A#m]random peasant, some elder son
Of a [F]woodsman, dropped in the middle of a forgotten
[Db]spot in the Central Region by Providence, impoverished, in squalor
[Cb]Grow up to be a [F#/A#]hero and a martyr?
[A#m]The no-collar home defender without a honor
[F]Got a lot farther
By workin' a lot harder
[Db]By bein' a lot smarter
By bein' a self-starter
[Cb]By thirties, they had placed him in [F#/A#]charge of the trade with China

[A#m]At middle age, while men were being slaughtered and carted away
[F]across the waves, He struggled and kept his guard up
[Db]At site he was hunting for someone who was a part of
The robbers arriving to [Cb]beg, steal, borrow [F#/A#]or barter

[A#m]Then the slanderers came and
Reputation reigned
[F]Our man saw his future drip, drippin’ drown the drain
[Db]Put an ink brush to his temple
Connected it to his brain
[Cb]And he wrote his first refrain
[F#/A#]A testament to his pain

[A#m]When the word got around, they said, “This guy is insane, man!”
[F]Broke up Thai’s invasion and added more to the mainland
[Db]Getcha recognition, don’t forget from whence you came
[Cb]And the king is giving you a name!
[F#/A#]What’s your name, man?”

[A#m]Alexander Hamilton’s his new full name
[F#/A#]They say that Alexander Hamilton’s his new full name
[Db]And there's a million things he hasn't done
[Cb]But just you wait, [F#/A#]just you wait

[A#m]In ’58, arrived the ships
Full of shit, French-ridden
[F]Few days later, see Alexander and his soldiers panicking,
[Db]Half-dead, losing to the French super-weapons,
And he tried everythin’ but the nation fell quick

[A#m]Fighting with his brother, the brother committed suicide
[F]Left him with nothin’ but ruined pride
Somethin’ new inside
[Db]A voice saying “Alexander, protect for yourseft”
[Cb]He started retreatin' and readin' every [F#/A#]treatise on the shelf

[A#m]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
[Db]Started leadin', fightin' the bandits on the far North
[Cb]Tradin’ blood and sweat and tears for all [F#/A#]the peace he can afford
[A#m]Standing for every thief he can get his stance through
[F]lannin' for the future, see him now as he heads to
[Db]The town of New York ready for a new man
[Cb]In New York you can [F#/A#]be a new man

[A#m]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

[A#m]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, [A#m]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 [D#]to shame?
[Bm/F#]Vietnam will never [Em9/G]be [Cb]the same [F#7/A#], oh

[A#m]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

[A#m]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#]
[A#m]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 [D#]in a shrine
[Bm/F#]NY will [Em9/G]never be [Cb]the same [F#7/A#]when he falls!

[C#m7]Yeah, I'm the [F]damn French that shot him.⠀⠀