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Tuning: E A D G B E
[BURR]
How does a Bmragtag volunteer army in need of a F#shower Somehow defeat a global superpower? GHow do we emerge victorious from the quagmire? DLeave the battlefield waving BbdimBetsy Ross’ flag higher? Bm* Bm Yo. Turns out we have a secret weapon! An F#immigrant you know and love who’s unafraid to step in! He’sG constantly confusin’, confoundin’ the British henchmen DEv’ryone give it up for America’s fBbdimavorite fighting Frenchman!
[COMPANY]
BmLafayette! [LAFAYETTE]
I’m takin this horse by the reins makin’ Redcoats redder with bloodstains [COMPANY]
F#Lafayette! [LAFAYETTE] And I’m never gonna stop until I make ‘em Drop and burn ‘em up and scatter their remains, I’m
[COMPANY]
GLafayette! [LAFAYETTE]
Watch me engagin’ em! Escapin’ em! Enragin’ em! I’m— [COMPANY]
DLafayette! [LAFAYETTE]
I go to France for more funds [COMPANY]
BbdimLafayette! [LAFAYETTE]
I come back with more [LAFAYETTE AND ENSEMBLE]
BmGuns And ships And so the balance shifts
[WASHINGTON]
We F#rendezvous with Rochambeau, consolidate their gifts [LAFAYETTE]
We can Gend this war at Yorktown, cut them off at sea, but DFor this to succeed, thBbdimere is someone else we need:
[WASHINGTON] I know [WASHINGTON AND COMPANY]
BmHamilton! [LAFAYETTE]
Sir, he knows what to do in a trench Ingenuitive and fluent in French, I mean— [WASHINGTON AND COMPANY]
F#Hamilton! [LAFAYETTE]
Sir, you’re gonna have to use him eventually What’s he gonna do on the bench? I mean— [WASHINGTON AND COMPANY]
GHamilton! [LAFAYETTE]
No one has more resilience Or matches my practical tactical brilliance— [WASHINGTON AND COMPANY]
DHamilton! [LAFAYETTE] You wanna fight for your land back?
[COMPANY]
BbdimHamilton! [WASHINGTON]
I need my right hand man back! [WOMEN] Hamilton! [LAFAYETTE] [MEN]
BmAh! Uh, get ya right hand man back Get your right hand man back! You F#know you gotta get ya right hand man back Your right hand man back! GI mean you gotta put Hamilton! some thought into the letter Ha— Dbut the sooner the better Ha— To get Bbdimyour right hand man back!
[WOMEN, MEN] Hamilton, Hamilton! Ha— ha—! [WASHINGTON]
BmAlexander Hamilton Troops are G7waiting in the field for you If you Emjoin us right now, tDogether we can turn the F#tide Oh, BmAlexander Hamilton I have G7soldiers that will yield for you If we Emmanage to get this right They’ll Dsurrender by early Emlight The Bmworld will Gnever Dbe the F#7same, AlexaG7nder…