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.