Misc Musicals – Hamilton - My Shot (Ukulele)
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[Hamilton]
Em Em F#m I am not throwing away my shot G G I am not throwing away my shot G#dim Am Hey yo, I'm just like my country
I'm young, scrappy, and hungry
Bm C And I'm not throwing away my shot
B
Em I'mma get scholarship to King's College Em F#m G I probably shouldn't brag, but dag, I amaze and astonish G G#dim Am The problem is I got a lot of brains, but no polish Am Bm C I gotta holler just to be heard
With every word I drop knowledge
Em I'm a diamond in the rough, a shiny piece of coal F#m G G#dim Am Tryin' to reach my goal, my power of speech: unimpeachable Bm Only nineteen, but my mind is older C B These New York City streets getting colder, I shoulder Em Ev'ry burden, ev'ry disadvantage F#m G I have learned to manage. I don't have a gun to brandish
N.C.
I walk these streets famished
Am Bm The plan is to fan this spark into a flame C B But damn, it's getting dark, so let me spell out my name
I am the
[Hamilton, Lafayette, Mulligan, Laurens]
Em F#m A-L, E-X, A-N, D G E-R—we are—meant to be
[Hamilton]
Am Bm A colony that runs independently C B Meanwhile, Britain keeps shitting on us endlessly Em Essentially, they tax us relentlessly F#m G Then King George turns around, runs a spending spree G#dim Am Bm He ain't never gonna set his descendants free C B So there will be a revolution in this century
N.C.
ENTER ME!
[Laurens, Lafayette, Mulligan]
Em
(He says in parentheses)[Hamilton]
F#m G Don't be shocked when your history book mentions me G#dim Am Bm I will lay down my life if it sets us free C B Eventually you'll see my ascendancy
[Hamilton & Laurens]
Em Em F#m And I am not throwing away my shot (my shot) G G I am not throwing away my shot (my shot) G#dim Am Hey yo, I'm just like my country
I'm young, scrappy, and hungry
[Hamilton & Laurens]
Bm C B And I'm not throwing away my shot
Hamilton, Mulligan, Laurens, L
[Hamilton, Lafayette, Mulligan, Laurens]
Em Em F#m I am not throwing away my shot G G I am not throwing away my shot G#dim Am Hey yo, I'm just like my country
I'm young, scrappy, and hungry
Bm C B And I'm not throwing away my shot Em It's time to take a shot!
[Lafayette]
Em Em F#m I dream of life without the monarchy G G G#dim The unrest in France will lead to "onarchy" Am Am Bm C "Onarchy?" How you say, how you s—Oh, anarchy! B When I fight I make the other side panicky
With my
[Hamilton, Lafayette, Mulligan, Laurens]
Em
Shot![Mulligan]
Em F#m Yo, I'm a tailor's apprentice G G#dim And I got y'all knuckleheads in loco parentis Am Bm I'm joining the rebellion cuz I know it's my chance C B To socially advance, instead of sewin' some pants
I'm gonna take a
[Hamilton, Lafayette, Mulligan, Laurens]
Em
Shot![Laurens]
Em F#m Eh, but we'll never be truly free G G#dim Until those in bondage have the same rights as you and me Am Bm C You and I, do or die, wait till I sally in on a stallion B With the first black battalion
Have another
[Hamilton, Lafayette, Mulligan, Laurens]
Em
Shot![Burr]
Em Em F#m Geniuses, lower your voices G G G#dim You keep out of trouble, and you double your choices Am Am Bm I'm with you, but the situation is fraught C You've got to be carefully taught:
Gm (once)
If you talk, you're gonna get shot!
[Hamilton]
Em F#m Burr, check what we got G G#dim Mr. Lafayette hard rock like Lancelot Am I think your pants look hot Bm Laurens, I like you a lot C B Let's hatch a plot blacker than the kettle callin' the pot Em F#m What are the odds the gods would put us all in one spot G Poppin' a squat on conventional wisdom, like it or not G#dim Am Bm C A bunch of revolutionary manumission abolitionists
N.C.
Give me a position, show me where the ammunition is
Oh, am I talkin' too loud?
Sometimes I get over excited, shoot off at the mouth
I never had a group of friends before
I promise that I'll make y'all proud
[Laurens]
Let's get this guy in front of a crowd!
[Company]
Em F#m I am not throwing away my shot G I am not throwing away my shot G#dim Am Hey yo, I'm just like my country
I'm young, scrappy, and hungry
C B And I'm not throwing away my shot Em F#m I am not throwing away my shot G I am not throwing away my shot G#dim Am Hey yo, I'm just like my country
I'm young, scrappy, and hungry
C B And I'm not throwing away my shot
[Laurens, Hamilton, Lafayette, Mulligan]
Everybody sing Em G Woah-woah, wo-oh-oh (Woah-woah, wo-oh-oh) Hey Am Wo-oh-oh (Wo-oh-oh) Wooh!! C Wo-oh-oh (Wo-oh-oh) B Sing let 'em hear ya (Yeah)
[Laurens & Company]
Em F#m G Let's go! (Woah-woah, wo-oh-oh)
I said, shout it to the rooftops
G#dim Am (Wo-oh-oh)
Said to the rooftops
Bm C (Wo-oh-oh)
Now come on
B
(Yeah)Now come on, let's go
[Laurens]
Em Rise up F#m G When you're living on your knees, you rise up G#dim Am Tell your brother that he's got to rise up Bm C Tell your sister that she's got to rise up
[Laurens & Ensemble & Company]
B Em When are these colonies gonna rise up
(Whoa, woah)
F#m G When are these colonies gonna rise up (Woah) G#dim Am When are these colonies gonna rise up (Woah) Bm C When are these colonies gonna rise up (Woah) B Rise up
[Hamilton]
Em I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory G When's it's gonna get me?
In my sleep? Seven feet ahead of me?
Am If I see it coming, do I run or do I let it be? C B Is it like a beat without a melody? Em See, I never thought I'd live past twenty G Where I come from some get half as many Am Ask anybody why we livin' fast and we laugh, reach for a flask C B We have to make this moment last, that's plenty Em Scratch that F#m G This is not a moment, it's the movement G#dim Where all the hungriest brothers with something to prove went Am Bm Foes oppose us, we take an honest stand C B We roll like Moses, claimin' our Promised Land Em F#m And? If we win our independence? G G#dim 'Zat a guarantee of freedom for our descendants? Am Bm Or will the blood we shed begin an endless C B Cycle of vengeance and death with no defendants? Em I know the action in the street is excitin' G But Jesus, between all the bleedin' 'n fightin' Am I've been readin' 'n writin' Bm We need to handle our financial situation C B Are we a nation of states? What's the state of our nation? Em Em F#m G I'm past patiently waitin'! I'm passionately smashin' every expectation G G#dim Every action's an act of creation Am I'm laughin' in the face of casualties and sorrow C For the first time, I'm thinkin' past tomorrow
[Hamilton & Company]
B Em F#m And I am not throwin' away my shot G I am not throwin' away my shot G#dim Am Hey, yo, I'm just like my country
I'm young, scrappy, and hungry
C B And I'm not throwin' away my shot
[Hamilton, Mulligan, Laurens & Ensemble]
We gonna
Em
rise up; time to take a shot(Not thrown’ away my shot)
F#m We gonna G rise up; time to take a shot
(Not throwin’ away my shot)
G#dim We gonna Am (rise up, rise up)
[Hamilton]
It’s time to take a shot
[Hamilton, Mulligan, Laurens & Ensemble]
C
(Rise up, rise up)It’s time to take a shot (rise up, rise up)
(Wo-oah) Time to take a shot (rise up)
Take a shot, a shot, a shot, (Oh-Oh, oh)
C
A-yo, it's time to take a shot (Woah, oh-oh oh)
Time to take a shot (Woah-oh)
And I am (And I am)N.C.
Not throwing away my
[Company]
B B B B B E5 Not throwing away my shot!