Misc Musicals – Hamilton - The Schuyler Sisters (Guitar)

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[Intro]
Bm
There’s nothing rich folks love more

F#
Than going downtown and slummin’ it with the poor

G
They pull up in their carriages and gawk

D
At the students in the common

A#
Just to watch them talk

Bm
Take Philip Schuyler: the man is loaded

F#
Uh-oh, but little does he know that

G
His daughters, Peggy, Angelica, Eliza

D                              F#7/A#
Sneak into the city just to watch all the guys at—

Bm7
Work, work! Angelica!

D
Work, work! Eliza!

Bm7
And Peggy! The Schuyler sisters!

D
Angelica!
N.C. Peggy! N.C. Eliza!
Bm7
Work!
[Verse]
Bm7
Daddy said to be home by sundown

D
Daddy doesn’t need to know

Bm7
Daddy said not to go downtown

D
Like I said, you’re free to go

Bm7
But—look around, look around, the

D                          Gmaj9
Revolution’s happening in New York New York Angelica

F#7/A#
Work!

Bm7
It’s bad enough daddy wants to go to war

D
People shouting in the square

Bm7
It’s bad enough there’ll be violence on our shore

D
New ideas in the air

Bm7
Look around, look around—

D                                Gmaj9
Angelica, remind me what we’re looking for…
N.C. She’s lookin’ for me! [Chorus]
                         F#7/A#     Bm7
Eliza, I’m lookin’ for a mind at work

                           D
I’m lookin’ for a mind at work!

                            Bm7
I’m lookin’ for a mind at work!

D
Whooaaaaa! Whooaaaaa!

Bm7
Work!   
[Verse]
Bm7
There’s nothin’ like summer in the city

D/A
Someone in a rush next to someone lookin’ pretty

Gmaj7
Excuse me, miss, I know it’s not funny

D/A
But your perfume smells like your daddy’s got money

Em
Why you slummin’ in the city in your fancy heels

D/F#
You searchin for an urchin who can give you ideals?

Gmaj7
Burr, you disgust me
N.C. Ah, so you’ve discussed me
F#7/A#
I’m a trust fund, baby, you can trust me!

Bm7
I’ve been reading Common Sense by Thomas Paine

D/A
So men say that I’m intense or I’m insane

Gmaj9
You want a revolution? I want a revelation

F#m7/A
So listen to my declaration:

Em9
“We hold these truths to be self-evident

Dmaj7/F#
That all men are created equal”

Gmaj9
And when I meet Thomas Jefferson

F#7/A#
I’m ‘a compel him to include women in the sequel!

Bm7
Work!
[Chorus]
Bm7
Look around, look around at how

D/A
Lucky we are to be alive right now!

Gmaj9
Look around, look around at how

F#m7
Lucky we are to be alive right now!

Em9                     Dmaj7/F#
History is happening in Manhattan and we just happen to be

Gmaj9
In the greatest city in the world!

                       A#maj7
In the greatest city in the world!
[Verse]
Bm7
Cuz I’ve been reading Common Sense by Thomas Paine

D6/A
So men say that I’m intense or I’m insane

Gmaj9
You want a revolution? I want a revelation

F#m7
So listen to my declaration:

Bm7                                          
We hold these truths to be self evident 

D6/A
That all men are created equal

Gmaj7
Look around, look around

F#m7
At how lucky we are to be alive right now!

Em9                     Dmaj7/F#
History is happening in Manhattan and we just happen to be

Gmaj7
In the greatest city in the world

A#maj7
In the greatest city in the world!
[Outro]
Bm7
Work, work! Angelica!

D
Eliza!

Bm7
And Peggy! The Schuyler sisters!

D
We’re looking for a mind at 

Bm7
work!

D6/A
Whoa!

Gmaj9
In the greatest

           A     D
City in the world