Misc Musicals – Hamilton - Blow Us All Away (Guitar)

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(Parenthesis indicate solo or entire ensmeble) [Verse 1] [Phillip]
G
Meet the latest graduate of King's College
N.C. I prob'ly shouldn't brag, but, dag, I amaze and astonish
                                    D
The scholars say I got the same virtuosity and brains as my pops
N.C. The ladies say my brain's not where the resemblance stops
    D                             G
I'm only nineteen but my mind is older

G            D       N.C.
Gotta be my own man, like my father, but bolder

G                                                 N.C.
I shoulder his legacy with pride, I used to hear him say
[Chorus 1]
N.C.                   D       E    C
That someday I would (blow us all away!)
N.C. Ladies, I'm lookin for a Mr. George Eacker N.C. Made a speech last week, our Fourth of July speaker
D                                              D
He disparaged my father's legacy in front of a crowd

C                          E
I can't have that, I'm making my father proud
[Woman]
          G                                   N.C.
I saw him just up Broadway a couple of blocks, he was goin' to see a play
[Phillip]
              Asus2
Well, I'll go visit his box (you're a fox!)

    D
And y'all look pretty good in ya' frocks
N.C. How 'bout when I get back, we all strip down to our socks? (ooh, okay!) [Ensemble]
D        E   C
Blow us all away
[Verse 2] [Phillip] (Parenthesis are George) N.C. George (shh!) George! (shh, I'm tryin' to watch the show!)
   D
Ya shoulda watched your mouth before you talked about my father though
[George]
E                           A
I didn't say anything that wasn't true
N.C. Your father's a scoundrel, and so, it seems, are you [Phillip]
C
It's like that?
[George]
                                               D
Yeah, I don't fool around, I'm not your little schoolboy friends
[Phillip]
     G               E
Well, see you on the dueling ground

                                          E
That is, unless you wanna step outside and go now
[George]
                             D
I know where to find you, I'm watchin' this show now
[Verse 3] [Phillip] (Parenthesis is Hamilton)
                  D
Pops, if you had only heard the stuff he said about you

   D                                    G
I doubt you would have let it slide and I was not about to (slow down!)

                       D
I came to ask you for advice, this is my very first duel
N.C. They don't exactly cover this subject in boarding school [Hamilton]
D                            G
Did your friends attempt to negotiate a peace?
[Phillip] N.C. He refused to apologize, we had to let the peace talks cease [Hamilton]
D
Where is this happening?
[Phillip]
D                     G
Across the river, in Jersey
[Both]
D              E            C
Everything is legal in New Jersey!
[Hamilton]
D
Alright, so this is what you're gonna do

G                             C
Stand there like a man until Eacker is in front of you

D                    N.C.
When the time comes, fire your weapon in the air
N.C. This will put an end to the whole affair [Phillip]
G                                N.C.
But what if he decides to shoot? Then I'm a goner
[Hamilton]
N.C.      D                     G
No, he'll follow suit if he's truly a man of honor

N.C.                               D
To take someone's life, that is something you can't shake

N.C.                     D
Philip, your mother can't take another heartbreak
[Phillip]
C
Father!
[Hamilton] N.C. Promise me
                    D                          G
You don't want this young man's blood on your conscience
[Phillip]
D
Okay, I promise
[Hamilton]
D
Come back home when you're done

G                       N.C.
Take my guns, be smart, make me proud, son
[Chorus 2] [Phillip]
            G
My name is Philip

  D
I am a poet

                 G                    D
And I'm a little nervous, but I can't show it

N.C.             D
I'm sorry, I'm a Hamilton with pride

    G                          D
You talk about my father, I cannot let it slide

N.C.                        D
Mister Eacker, how was the rest of your show?
[George]
G                                       E
I'd rather skip the pleasantries, let's go
[Phillip]
G                 E
Grab your pistol (confer with your men)

N.C.                                           E
The duel will commence after we count to ten (count to ten!)

D
Look 'em in the eye, aim no higher

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Summon all the courage you require

N.C.                             G
Then slowly and clearly aim your gun towards the sky
[Ensemble]
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