Misc Musicals – Hamilton - Its Quiet Uptown (Ukulele)

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[Angelica]
F                                            C
      There are moments that the words don't reach

                                   Dm
There is suffering too terrible to name

                                     Bb
You hold your child as tight as you can

                          F
And push away the unimaginable

                              C
The moments when you're in so deep

                             Dm
It feels easier to just swim down
[Angelica/Ensemble]
                     Bb
The Hamiltons move uptown

                                   F
And learn to live with the unimaginable
[Hamilton]
                                C
I spend hours in the garden

                    Dm
I walk alone to the store

                        Bb
And it's quiet uptown

                           F
I never liked the quiet before

                                 C
I take the children to church on Sunday

                           Dm
A sign of the cross at the door

              Bb
And I pray

                             F
That never used to happen before
[Angelica/Women] If you see him in the street
C
Walking by himself, talking to himself

     Dm
Have pity
[Hamilton]
                                         Bb
Phillip, you would like it uptown, it's quiet uptown
[Angelica/Women]
                                  F
He is working through the unimaginable
[All men except Hamilton] His hair has gone gray
   C
He passes every day

                                    Dm
They say he walks the length of the city
[Hamilton]
                          Bb
You knock me out, I fall apart
[Company except Hamilton and Eliza]
                    F
Can you imagine?
[Hamilton] Look at where we are
C
Look at where we started

Dm
I know I don't deserve you, Eliza

Bb
But hear me out, that would be enough

F
If I could spare his life

C                             Dm
If I could trade his life for mine

                            Bb
He'd be standing here right now
And you would smile
                          C
And that would be enough

                   Dm                         Am
I don't pretend to know the challenges we're facing

                      Bb
I know there's no replacing what we've lost

             F
And you need time

                       C
But I'm not afraid
I know who I married
Dm                            Bb
Just let me stay here by your side

                        F
That would be enough
[Company except Hamilton and Eliza] If you see him in the street
C
Walking by her side
Talking by her side
     Dm
Have pity
[Hamilton] Eliza, do you like it uptown
      Bb
It's quiet uptown
[Company except Hamilton and Eliza]
                               F
He is trying to do the unimaginable

                              C
See them walking in the park, long after dark

                            Dm
Taking in the sights of the city
[Hamilton]
                            Bb
Look around, look around, Eliza
[Company except Hamilton and Eliza
                                  F
They are trying to do the unimaginable
[Angelica]
                                        C
There are moments that the words don't reach

                                 Dm
There is a grace too powerful to name

                                    Bb
We push away what we can never understand

                         F
We push away the unimaginable

                                   C
They are standing in the garden

                      Dm
Alexander by Eliza's side

                 Bb
She takes his hand
[Eliza]
             F
It's quiet uptown
[Company except Hamilton and Eliza]
                C
Forgiveness
Can you imagine?
Dm              Bb
Forgiveness
Can you imagine?
F
If you see him in the street

C
Walking by her side
Talking by her side
     Dm
Have pity

Bb                                 F
They are going through the unimaginable