Misc Musicals – Hamilton - Wait For It (Ukulele)

Am        F                        C      G
Theodosia writes me a letter every day

Am                  F                          C      G
I'm keeping her bed warm while her husband is away

Am                          F
He's on the British side in Georgia

     C                          G
He's tryna keep the colonies in line

Am                      F
Well he can keep all of Georgia

    C                   G (strum once)
Theodosia, she's mine.

Am                       F                            C                       G
Love doesn't discriminate between the sinners and the saints, it takes and it takes and it takes

    Am                    F                C                       G
And we keep loving anyway, we laugh and we cry and we break and we make our mistakes

    Am                  F                    C                    G
And if there's a reason I'm by her side when so many have tried

                    Am            F
Then I'm willing to wait for it

               C (strum once)
I'm willing to wait for it.

Am                   F                  C          G
My grandfather was a fire and brimstone preacher

Am                            F                        C          G
But there are things that the homilies and hymns won't teach ya

Am              F
My mother was a genius

   C                  G
My father commanded respect

Am                  F
When they died they left no instructions

C                   G
Just a legacy to protect.

Am                        F                            C                       G
Death doesn't discriminate between the sinners and the saints, it takes and it takes and it takes

Am                    F               C                        G
We keep living anyway, we rise and we fall and we break and we make our mistakes

    Am                  F                    C                         G
And if there's a reason I'm still alive when everyone who loves me has died

                    Am            F
Then I'm willing to wait for it

               C (strum once)
I'm willing to wait for it.

Am           F
Wait for it, wait for it

C                     G              Am      F
I am the one thing in life I can control

C                G              Am    F
I am inimitable, I am an original

C                 G               Am     F
I'm not falling behind or running late

C                G                    Am      F
I'm not standing still, I am lying in wait

C                 G              Am      F
Hamilton faces an endless uphill climb

C                          G                   Am    F
He has something to prove, he has nothing to lose

C                    G                      Am       F
Hamilton's pace is relentless, he wastes no time

C                      G
What is it like in his shoes?

Am                        F                   C
Hamilton doesn't hesitate, he exhibits no restraint

                G
He takes and he takes and he takes

    Am                      F
And he keeps winning anyway,

               C
He changes the game,

                G
He plays and he raises the stakes

    Am                  F                       C
And if there's a reason he seems to thrive when so few survive,

     G                         Am
Then God dammit I'm willing to wait for it.

F              C (strum once)
I'm willing to wait for it...

Am                       F                            C                       G
Life doesn't discriminate between the sinners and the saints, it takes and it takes and it takes

    Am                    F               C                        G
And we keep living anyway, we rise and we fall and we break and we make our mistakes

    Am                  F                    C
And if there's a reason I'm still alive when so many have died

G
Then I'm willing to

Am  F  C      G
         Wait for it...

Am       F          C   G
    Wait for it...