Misc Musicals – Hamilton - Guns And Ships (Guitar)

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[BURR]
           Bm                                 F#
How does a ragtag volunteer army in need of a shower
Somehow defeat a global superpower?
G
How do we emerge victorious from the quagmire?

D                            Bbdim
Leave the battlefield waving Betsy Ross’ flag higher?
Bm* Bm Yo. Turns out we have a secret weapon!
   F#
An immigrant you know and love who’s unafraid to step in!

    G
He’s constantly confusin’, confoundin’ the British henchmen

D                                  Bbdim
Ev’ryone give it up for America’s favorite fighting Frenchman!
[COMPANY]
Bm
Lafayette!
[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]
G
Lafayette!
[LAFAYETTE] Watch me engagin’ em! Escapin’ em! Enragin’ em! I’m— [COMPANY]
D
Lafayette!
[LAFAYETTE] I go to France for more funds [COMPANY]
Bbdim
Lafayette!
[LAFAYETTE] I come back with more [LAFAYETTE AND ENSEMBLE]
Bm
Guns
And ships And so the balance shifts [WASHINGTON]
   F#
We rendezvous with Rochambeau, consolidate their gifts
[LAFAYETTE]
       G
We can end this war at Yorktown, cut them off at sea, but

D                      Bbdim
For this to succeed, there is someone else we need:
[WASHINGTON] I know [WASHINGTON AND COMPANY]
Bm
Hamilton!
[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]
G
Hamilton!
[LAFAYETTE] No one has more resilience Or matches my practical tactical brilliance— [WASHINGTON AND COMPANY]
D
Hamilton!
[LAFAYETTE] You wanna fight for your land back? [COMPANY]
Bbdim
Hamilton!
[WASHINGTON] I need my right hand man back! [WOMEN] Hamilton! [LAFAYETTE] [MEN]
Bm                                                        
Ah! Uh, get ya right hand man back                        Get your right hand man back!

    F#
You know you gotta get ya right hand man back       Your right hand man back!

G
I mean you gotta put                                           Hamilton!
some thought into the letter Ha—
D
but the sooner the better                                     Ha—

       Bbdim
To get your right hand man back!
[WOMEN, MEN] Hamilton, Hamilton! Ha— ha—! [WASHINGTON]
Bm
Alexander Hamilton

           G7 
Troops are waiting in the field for you

       Em                  D                       F#
If you join us right now, together we can turn the tide

    Bm
Oh, Alexander Hamilton

       G7
I have soldiers that will yield for you

      Em
If we manage to get this right

        D                  Em
They’ll surrender by early light

    Bm         G     D      F#7        G7
The world will never be the same, Alexander…