Misc Musicals – Hamilton - The World Was Wide Enough (Guitar)
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[Company]:One, two, three, four, five
Six, seven, eight, nine...
[Burr] :There are ten things you need to know...
Fm [Company]:Number one! Cm/G [Burr] :We rowed across the Hudson at dawn Fm/Ab Bbm My friend William. P Van Ness signed on as my- Fm [Company]:Number two! Cm/G [Burr] :I watched Hamilton arrive with his crew Fm/Ab Bbm Nathaniel Pendleton and a doctor that he knew Fm [Company]:Number three! Cm/G [Burr] :I watched Hamilton examine the terrain Fm/Ab Bbm I wish I could tell you what was happening in his brain Fm Cm/G This man has poisoned my political pursuits Fm Cm/G Fm/Ab Bbm [Company]:Most disputes die and no one shoots! Fm Number four! Cm/G [Burr] :Hamilton drew first position Fm/Ab Bbm Looking to the world like a man on a mission Fm Cm/G This is a soldier with a marksman's ability Fm/Ab Bbm The doctor turned around so he could have deniability Fm [Company]:Five! Cm/G [Burr] :Now I didn't know this at the time but we were- Fm/Ab Bbm [Burr & :Near the same spot your son died is that why-
Hamilton]
Fm [Company]:Six! Cm/G [Burr] :He examined his gun with such rigor Fm/Ab Bbm I watched as he methodically fiddled with the trigger Fm [Company]:Seven! Cm/G [Burr] :Confession time! Here's what I got Fm/Ab Bbm My fellow soldiers will tell you I'm a terrible shot Fm [Company]:Number eight! Cm/G [Burr & :Your last chance to negotiate Hamilton] Fm/Ab Bbm Send in your seconds, see if they can set the record straight
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[Burr] :They won't teach you this in your classes
But look it up Hamilton was wearing his glasses
Why? If not to take deadly aim
It's him or me, the world will never be the same
I had only one thought before the slaughter
This man will not make an orphan of my daughter
Fm [Company]:Number nine! Cm/G [Burr] :Look him in the eye, aim no higher Fm/Ab Bbm Summon all the courage you require
Then count-
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[Company]:One, two, three, four, five
Six, seven, eight, nine-
Number ten! Paces! FIRE!
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[Hamilton]:I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory
Is this where it gets me? On my feet, several feet ahead of me
I see it coming do I run or fire my gun or let it be?
There is no beat, no melody
Burr, my first friend, my enemy
Maybe the last face I ever see
If I throw away my shot is this how you'll remember me?
What if this bullet is my legacy? Legacy?!?!
What is a legacy?
It's planting seeds in a garden you never get to see
I wrote some notes at the beginning of a song a someone will sing for me
America, you great unfinished symphony, you sent for me
You let me make a difference
A place where even orphaned immigrants can leave their fingerprints
And rise up
I'm running out of time, I'm running and my time's up
Wise up! Eyes up!
I catch a glimpse of the other side
Laurens leads a soldiers chorus on the other side
My son is on the other side
He's with my mother on the other side
Washington is watching from the other side
Teach me how to say goodbye, rise up, rise up
Rise up, Eliza!
My love take your time, I'll see you on the other side
Rise a glass to freedom...
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[Burr] : He aims his pistol at the sky wait!
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I strike him right between his ribs
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I walk towards him but I am ushered away
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They row him back across the Hudson
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I get a drink
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I hear wailing in the streets
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Somebody tells me "you'd better hide"
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They say Angelica and Eliza
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Were both at his side when he died...
Bbm Dbsus Db Death doesn't discriminate between the sinners and the saints Absus Ab It takes and it takes and it takes and Bbm Dbsus Db Gbsus History obliterates, in every picture it paints Gb It paints me and all my mistakes Bbm Dbsus Db Absus Ab When Alexander aimed at the sky, he may have been the first one to die Bbm Dbsus But I'm the one who paid for it Db Ab I survived but I paid for it Bbm Dbsus Db Absus Ab Now I'm the villian in your history Bbm Dbsus Db Gbsus Gb I was too young and blind to see Bbm Dbsus Db Absus Ab I should've known, I should've known Bbm Dbsus Db Absus Ab The world was wide enough for both Hamilton and me Bbm Db Gb The world was wide enough for both Hamilton and me...