"Weird Al" Yankovic - The hamilton polka

How does a ba^Emstard, orphan, son of a whore and a Sco^Btsman, dropped in the middle of a forgotten Sp^Cot in the Caribbean by providence, impoverished, in squalor Gr^Gow up to be a hero^B7 and a scholar? The te^Emn-dollar Founding Father without a father Got a lo^Bt farther by working a lot harder By being a lot^C smarter

By four^Gteen, they placed him i^B7n charge of the trading charter Ale^Emxander Hamilton My name is^B Alexander Hamilton And th^Cere's a million things I haven't done But jus^Gt you wait, just y^Bou wait

Wait ^Emfor it Wait ^Emfor it Wait ^Emfor it Wait ^Emfor it I a^Gm the one thing in life I can cont^Emrol Wai^Emt for it Wai^Emt for it Wai^Emt for it Wai^Emt for it I a^Cm inimitable I a^Cm an original An^Emd if there's a reason I'm stil^Gl alive Wh^Gen so many have died Th^Gen I'm willin' to

I'm ^Bmwilling to Work^Em, work! Ange^Emlica! Work^G, work! Eli^Gza! And ^EmPeggy Look around, at how ^Glucky we are to be alive right now! Hi^Amstory is happening in M^Ganhattan and we just happen to be In the g^Createst city In the grea^Ctest city in the world! (In the W^Emor-or-or-or-orld)

The w^Emorld turned upside^A down The w^Emorld turned upside^A down The w^Emorld turned upside^Cmaj7 down The w^Borld tu^Amrned ^Gups^D/F#ide dow^En [roots only]: (da ^Bdown^B down^Ab down^Em hey

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^AYeah you'll ^Bblow us all a^Eway ^{E/Db E/B B E/Db E/Eb E}

Oceans r^Dbmise, empires fa^Ell We have se^Aen each other through i^Ct all And when ^Dbmpush comes to sh^Eove I will s^Aend a fully armed ba^Bttalion to remi^B7nd you of my lo^Eve! ^EDa da da dat ^E7da dat da da da d^Aay ya da Da da d^Cat dat da ^Dday ^Ebdimya do^Ew!

^EmNo one else was in ^CThe room where it happened ^AmThe room where it happened ^DThe room where it happened ^EmNo one else was in ^CThe room where it happened ^AmThe room where it happened ^DThe room where it happened ^EmNo one really knows how the gam^Ce is played ^AmThe art of the trade ^BHow the sausage gets made ^CWe just assume that it happens ^B But no one else is in the room where it happens ^{Bm C}

We are out^Fmgunned (What?) ^FmOutman^Dbned (What?) ^FmOutnum^Edimbered ^FmOutplanned ^FmWe gotta make an all out stand ^CAyo, I'm g^Conna n^Bbmeed a r^Abight-h^Eband ^Fman

^FmHamilton! ^FmSir, he knows what to do in a trench ^FmIngenuitive and fluent in French, I mean ^CHamilton! ^CSir, you're gonna have to use him eventually ^CWhat's he gonna do on the bench? I mean ^DbHamilton! ^DbNo one has more resilience ^DbOr matches my practical tactical brilliance ^AbHamilton! ^AbYou wanna fight for your land back? ^C7Hamilton! ^C7I need my right hand man back! ^FmUh, get ya right hand man back ^DbYou know you gotta get ya right hand man back ^DdimI mean you gotta put some thought into the letter but the s^Fmooner the better ^FmTo get your right hand man back!

^FIt must be nice, i^Fsus4t must be nice ^Ebsus4To have Washing^Ebton on your side ^FIt must be nice, i^Fsus4t must be nice ^Ebsus4To have Washing^Ebton on your side ^FLook back at the ^BbmBill of Rights (Which I wrote!) ^Dm7The ink hasn't d^Eb7ried ^FIt must be nice, i^Fsus4t must be nice ^Ebsus4To have Washi^Ebngton on your s^Fide ^FSomebody has to stand up for the South! ^BbmSomebody has to stand up to his mouth! ^DmIf there's a fire you're trying to douse ^EbYou can't put it out from inside the house ^FI'm in the cabinet, I am complicit in ^FWatching him grabbin' at power and kiss it ^EbIf Washington isn't gon' listen

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To disciplined dissidents, this is the difference: This kid is o^Fut

In Ne^Fw York you can be a new man ^{Bbm B Em}How do you write like you're running o^Dut of t^Gime? ^GWrite day and night like you're running out of time? ^EmEvery day you fight like you're run^Dning out of time Like you're r^Gunning out of time Are you runn^Ging out of time?

^EmLet me tell you what I wish I'd^G known When I was young and dreamed of ^Amglory ^AmYou have no control ^BWho lives, wh^Bo dies, who te^B7lls your st^Emory ^EmI know that we can wi^Gn ^GI know that greatness lies^Am in you ^AmBut remember from here on^C in ^BHistory has its ^Emeyes on you ^{G Am C B}

^EmAnd I am not throwing away my shot I am ^Gnot throwing away my shot Hey yo, I'm j^Amust like my country ^AmI'm young, scrappy and hungry And I'm n^Cot throwing away my s^Bhot We gonna ^Emrise up, time to take a shot (Not throwing away my shot) We gonna r^Gise up, time to take a shot (Not throwing away my shot) We're gonna r^Amise up, rise up! (It's time to take a shot!) ^EmRise up, rise up! ^BAnd I am not throwing away my ^BNot throwing away my s^Emhot

There's a mill^Cion things I haven't done ^G But ju^Amst you wait (Just ^Bwait)

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What's your name, man? ^BAl^Cdimexand^B9er ^B/Eb(Hamilton) ^EAlex^Bande^Ar (H^Eamilton) ^EAlex^Bande^Ar (H^Eamilton) ^EAlex^Bande^Ar ^{E E B E}