Misc Mashups – Hamilton - Laurens Interlude - Its Quiet Uptown (Guitar)

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[Laurens] I may not live to see our glory
G                                             D
(There are moments that the words don’t reach)
[Eliza] Alexander, there's a letter for you from South Carolina
                                           Em
(There’s suffering too terrible to name)
[Laurens] But I will gladly join the fight
                                           C
(You hold your child as tight as you can)
[Hamilton] It's from John Laurens. I'll read it later [Eliza] No, it's not
                                  G
(And push away the unimaginable)
[Laurens] And when our children tell our story
                              C
(The Hamilton’s move uptown)
[Hamilton] Will you read it?
                                           G
(They learn to live with the unimaginable)
[Laurens] They'll tell the story of tonight
                                 D
(If you see him in the streets)
[Eliza] "On Tuesday, the twenty-seventh, Lieutenant Colonel John Laurens was killed in a gunfight against British troops in South Carolina.
D
(Walking by himself
Talking by himself) These troops had not yet received word from Yorktown that the war was over.
Em
(Have pity,

                                         G
He is working through the unimaginable)
He's buried here until his family can send for his remains.
                                    C
(You knock me out I fall apart.)
As you may know, Lieutenant Colonel Laurens was engaged in recruiting three thousand men for the first all-black military regiment.
                  G
(Can you imagine) -drag
The surviving members of this regiment have been returned to their masters."
Em               C
(Forgiveness,
Can you imagine.....) [Laurens] Tomorrow there'll be more of us
                             Em
(Alexander by elizas side)
[Eliza] Alexander, are you alright?
                      C
(She takes his hand)
[Hamilton] I have so much work to do
                   G
(It’s quiet uptown.)