Misc Musicals – Hamilton - We Know (Guitar)

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[HAMILTON]
F#5
  Mr. Vice President
Mr. Madison
F#5
  Senator Burr
What is this? [JEFFERSON]
F#5
We have the check stubs from separate accounts
[MADISON] Almost a thousand dollars, paid in different amounts [BURR]
F#
To a Mr. James Reynolds way back in
Seventeen ninety-one [HAMILTON]
                 F#m           F#
Is that what you have? Are you done?
[MADISON] You are uniquely situated by virtue of your position [JEFFERSON]
       F#
Though virtue is not a word I’d apply to this situation
[MADISON] To seek financial gain, to stray from your sacred mission [JEFFERSON]
F#
And the evidence suggests you’ve engaged in speculation
[BURR] An immigrant embezzling our government funds [JEFFERSON/MADISON] I can almost see the headline, your career is done [BURR]
F#
I hope you saved some money for your daughter and sons
[BURR/JEFFERSON/MADISON] Ya best g'wan run back where ya come from [HAMILTON]
D#m                                  A#7
  Ha, you don’t even know what you’re asking me to confess
[JEFFERSON/MADISON/BURR] Confess [HAMILTON]
D#m                                                      A#7
  You have nothing, I don’t have to tell you anything at all
Unless [JEFFERSON/MADISON/BURR] Unless [HAMILTON]
D#m                     Dm
  If I can prove that I never broke the law

       F#
Do you promise not to tell another soul what you saw?
[BURR]
B
  No one else was in the room where it happened
[HAMILTON]
Bm
 Is that a yes?
[JEFFERSON/MADISON/BURR] Um, yes [BURR]
F#
 “Dear Sir, I hope this letter finds you in good health
And in a prosperous enough position to put wealth In the pockets of people like me, down on their luck You see, that was my wife who you decided to” [JEFFERSON] Whaaaat [HAMILTON]
G#
 She courted me
Escorted me to bed and when she had me in a corner That’s when Reynolds extorted me
G#
For a sordid fee
I paid him quarterly I may have mortally wounded my prospects But my papers are orderly
A#
 As you can see I kept a record of every check in my checkered history

A#m
Check it again against your list and see consistency
I never spent a cent that wasn’t mine You sent the dogs after my scent, that’s fine
B
  Yes, I have reasons for shame
But I have not committed treason and sullied my good name
Bm7                                                  B
 As you can see I have done nothing to provoke legal action

                Bm
Are my answers to your satisfaction?
[JEFFERSON]
F#
  My God
[MADISON] Gentlemen, let’s go [HAMILTON]
F#m7
So?
[JEFFERSON AND MADISON]
                 F#7
The people won't know what we know
[HAMILTON] Burr
         F#
How do I know you won’t use this against me
The next time we go toe to toe? [BURR]
          F#m7
Alexander, rumors only grow

       F#
And we both know what we know