Misc Musicals – Hamilton - Yorktown The World Turned Upside Down (Ukulele)
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[Intro]
Dm Dm C
Dm C The battle of Yorktown G 1781
[Verse]
Dm C G Monsieur Hamilton Monsieur Lafayette In command where you belong How you say no sweat Dm C G N.C. We're finally on the field We've had quite a run Immigrants We get the job done Dm C G So what happens if we win? I go back to France I bring freedom to my people if I'm given the chance Dm C G We'll be with you when you do Go lead your men See you on the other side 'Til we meet again let's go
[Chorus]
Dm F G I am not throwin' away my shot Am I am not throwin' away my shot Dm F G Hey yo I'm just like my country I'm young Scrappy and hungry Am C Dm And I'm not throwin' away my shot Dm F I am not throwin' away my shot Am C 'Til the world turns upside down Dm F G 'Til the world turns upside down
[Verse]
Dm C G I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory This is where it gets me: on my feet The enemy ahead of me Dm C G If this is the end of me at least I have a friend with me Weapon in my hand a command and my men with me D Then I remember my Eliza's expecting me Not only that my Eliza's expecting G We gotta go gotta get the job done Gotta start a new nation gotta meet my son
[Chorus]
Dm F G Take the bullets out your gun (what?) The bullets out your gun (what?) A We move under cover and we move as one D F Through the night we have one shot to live another day A We cannot let a stray gunshot give us away Dm F G We will fight up close seize the moment and stay in it Am C Dm It's either that or meet the business end of a bayonet F G The code word is 'Rochambeau ' dig me? Rochambeau
You have your orders now go man go
[Verse]
Dm C G And so the American experiment begins With my friends all scattered to the winds Dm C G Dm Laurens is in South Carolina redefining bravery We'll never be free until we end slavery C G When we finally drive the British away Lafayette is there waiting In Chesapeake Bay Dm C G How did we know that this plan would work? We had a spy on the inside That's right
[Chorus]
Dm F G Hercules Mulligan A tailor spyin' on the British government Am C Dm I take their measurements information and then I smuggle it (up) F G To my brother's revolutionary covenant A C I'm runnin' with the Sons of Liberty and I am lovin' it D F G See that's what happens when you up against the ruffians Am We in the shit now somebody gotta shovel it F Hercules Mulligan I need no introduction G When you knock me down I get the fuck back up again
[Dance Break]
D G Am Dm G Am C Dm F G Am Dm G D Dm
[Verse]
Dm D After a week of fighting a young man in a red coat stands on a parapet Dm We lower our guns as he frantically waves a white handkerchief Dm And just like that it's over We tend to our wounded we count our dead
Black and white soldiers wonder alike if this really means freedom
N.C.
Not yet
Dm C G We negotiate the terms of surrender I see George Washington smile Dm Bb C We escort their men out of Yorktown They stagger home single file Dm Bb Tens of thousands of people flood the streets There are screams and church bells ringing A And as our fallen foes retreat I hear the drinking song they're singing D Am G The world turned upside down Dm G The world turned upside down Dm Bb The world turned upside down Am The world turned upside down Dm F G G Am D Down Down down down Freedom for America freedom for France F G Dm Down down down Gotta start a new nation Gotta meet my son F A Down down down We won We won We won We won F G D The world turned upside down