^BmHow does a bastard orphan son of a whore and a ^F#Scotsman dropped in the middle of a Forgotten s^Gpot in the Caribbean by providence Impoverished in squ^Dalor Grow up to be a^F# hero and a scholar

The t^Bmen-dollar founding father without a father Got a l^F#ot farther by working a lot harder By being a l^Got smarter

By fou^Drteen they placed him in ch^F#arge of a trading charter

And e^Bmvery day while slaves were being slaughtered and carted A^F#way across the waves he struggled and kept his guard up In^Gside he was longing for something to be a part of The b^Drother was ready to beg st^F#eal borrow or barter

Then a h^Bmurricane came and devastation reigned Our m^F#an saw his future drip dripping down the drain Put a p^Gencil to his temple connected it to his brain And he w^Drote his first refrain a testamen^F#t to his pain

Well the w^Bmord got around they said This kid is insane man ^F#Took up a collection just to send him to the mainland ^GGet your education don't forget from whence you came and the wo^Drld is gonna know your ^F#name What's your name man

^BmAlexander Hamilton My name is A^F#lexander Hamilton And there's a ^Gmillion things I haven't done But just you w^Dait just you wa^F#it

When he was ^Bmten his father split full of it debt-ridden Two y^F#ears later see Alex and his mother bed-ridden half-de^Gad

^BmMoved in with a cousin the cousin committed suicide ^F#Left him with nothin' but ruined pride something new inside A ^Gvoice saying Alex you gotta fend for yourself

He started retr^Deatin' and readin' every t^F#reatise on the shelf

There ^Bmwould have been nothing left to do For someone less astute he woulda been ^F#Dead or destitute without a sense of restitution Started w^Gorkin' clerkin' for his late mother's landlord ^DTradin' sugar cane and rum and ^F#all the things he can't afford ^BmScammin' for every book he can get his hands on ^F#Plannin' for the future see him now as he stands on The ^Gbow of a ship headed for a new land In ^DNew York you can ^F#be a new man

In ^BmNew York you can be a new man In ^F#New York you can be a new man In ^BmNew York you can be a new man

In ^F#New York

^BmAlexander Hamilton We are w^G7aiting in the wings for you You could n^Emever back down You never learned to take your t^F#ime Oh Al^Bmexander Hamilton When A^G7merica sings for you Will they k^Emnow what you overcame Will they k^Dnow you rewrote the ^Emgame The w^Bmorld will n^Gever ^Dbe the ^F#same oh

The ^Bmship is in the harbor now See if you can spot him A^Dnother immigrant Comi^Emn' up from the bottom His e^Emnemies destroyed his rep

We ^F#fought with him Me ^F#I died for him Me ^F#I trusted him Me ^EmI loved him

And^Bm me I'm the damn^F# fool that shot him There's a^Em million things I haven't done^D But just you ^F#wait

^BmAlexander Hamilton Bm