Misc Musicals – Hamilton - Right Hand Man (Guitar)
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Cm Cm7 British Admiral Howe's got troops on the water Cm6 Abmaj7 Thirty-two thousand troops in New York Harbour… Cm Cm7 Thirty-two thousand troops in New York Harbour… Cm6 Abmaj7 When they surround our troops! They surround our troops! (They surround our troops!) Cm As a kid in the Caribbean I wished for a war Cm/D I knew that I was poor, I knew it was the only way to Cm/Eb (Rise up), if they tell my story Cm/F I am either gonna die on the battlefield in glory or Cm (Rise up), I will fight for this land but there's Cm/D Only one man Who can give us a command, so we can Cm/Eb Cm/F (Rise up), understand, it's the only way to (rise up, rise up)
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Here he comes!
Cm (Here comes the general!) Ab Ladies and gentlemen! F/A (Here comes the general!) Ab The moment you've been waiting for! Cm (Here comes the general!) Ab The Pride of Mount Vernon! F/A (Here comes the general!) Ab George Washington! Cm We are out-gunned! (what!) Ab Out-manned! (what!) F/A Out-numbered, Ab out-planned! Cm We gotta make an all-out Ab stand Hey yo F/A I'm gonna need a right-hand Ab man
Here comes the general!
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Can I be real a second? For just a millisecond?
Let down my guard and tell the people how I feel a second?
Now I'm the model of a modern major general
The venerated Virginian veteran whose men are all
Cm Ab Lining up to put me up on a pedestal, writing letters to F/A Ab Relatives embellishing my elegance and eloquence Cm Ab But the elephant is in the room, the truth is in your F/A Ab Face When you hear the British cannons go (BOOM!) Cm Ab Any hope of success is fleeting How can I keep F9/A Ab Leading when the people I'm leading keep retreating? Cm Ab We put a stop to the bleeding as the British take F/A Ab Brooklyn Knight takes rook, but look Cm We are out-gunned! (what!) Ab Out-manned! (what!) F/A Out-numbered, Ab out-planned! Cm We gotta make an all-out Ab stand Hey yo F/A I'm gonna need a right-hand Ab man
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Incoming!
Cm They're battering down the Battery, check the damages (brrah!) Cm/D We gotta stop ‘em and rob ‘em of their advantages (brrah!) Cm/Eb Let's take a stand with the stamina God has granted us Cm/F Hamilton won't abandon ship, yo, let's steal their cannons! Cm Cm/D (BOOM) goes the cannon, watch the blood and the shit spray, and Cm/Eb Cm/F (BOOM) goes the cannon, we're abandoning Kips Bay, and Cm (BOOM) there's another ship, and Cm/D (BOOM) we just lost the southern tip and Cm/Eb (BOOM) we've gotta run to Harlem quick, we can't afford another slip Cm Guns and horses giddy up, Cm/D I decide to divvy up Cm/Eb My forces, they're skittish as the Cm/F British cut the city up Cm This close to giving up, Cm/D Facing mad scrutiny Cm/Eb Cm/F I scream in the face of this mass mutiny: Cm9 "Are these the men with which I am to defend America?" Cm9/D We ride at midnight, Manhattan in the distance Cm/Eb I cannot be everywhere at once, people Cm/F I'm in dire need of assistance Cm Your Excellency, sir Who are you? Aaron Burr, sir Gm Permission to state my case? As you were...Sir, Ab I was a captain under General Montgomery Until he caught a Ab6/F Bb Bullet in the neck in Quebec, and well, in summary Cm I think that I could be of some assistance Gm I admire how you keep firing on the British from a distance Ab I have some questions, a couple of suggestions Ab6/F Bb On how to fight instead of fleeing west Yes? Cm Your Excellency? You wanted to see me? Gm Hamilton, come in. Have you met Burr? Yes, sir We keep meeting... Ab As I was saying, sir I look forward to seeing your strategy Ab6/F Bb play out—Burr? Sir? Close the door on your way out Cm Have I done something wrong, sir? On the contrary Gm I called you here because our odds are beyond scary Ab Your reputation precedes you, but I have to laugh Ab6/F Bb Hamilton, how come no one can get you on their staff? Cm Don't get me wrong, you're a young man of great renown Gm I know you stole British cannons when we were still downtown Ab Nathanael Greene and Henry Knox wanted to hire you— Ab6/F To be their secretary! I don't think so Bb Now why are you Cm Upset? I'm not It's alright you want to fight, you've got a Gm Hunger I was just like you when I was younger Ab Head full of fantasies of dying like a martyr Ab6/F Bb Dying is easy, young man; living is harder Cm Why are you telling me this? I'm being honest Gm I'm working with a third of what our Congress has promised Ab We are a powder keg about to explode Ab6/F Bb I need someone like you to lighten the load Cm/G Ab I am not throwing away my shot F/A Ab I am not throwing away my shot Cm/G Ab Hey yo I'm just like my country I'm young, scrappy and hungry F/A I am not throwing away my shot Cm/G Ab Son, we are outgunned! Outmanned! You need all the help you can get, F/A Ab I have some friends, Laurens, Mulligan, Marquis de Lafayette! Okay, what else? Cm/G Ab Outnumbered, out planned! We'll need some spies on the F/A Ab Inside Some king's men who might let some things slide Cm/G Ab I'll write to Congress and tell them we need supplies F/A Ab You rally the guys, master the element of surprise Cm/G Ab I'll rise above my station, organize your information F/A Ab ‘Til we rise to the occasion of our new nation, sir! Cm/G Ab Here comes the general! Rise up! (What!) F/A Ab Here comes the general! Rise up! (What!) Cm/G Ab Here comes the general! Rise up! (What!) F/A Ab Here comes the general! What!
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And his right-hand man!
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BOOM!