"Weird Al" Yankovic – The Hamilton Polka (Guitar)
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Chords
[Intro]
B Bdim B
[Verse 1]
Em How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore and a B Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a forgotten C Spot in the Caribbean by providence, impoverished, in squalor G B7 Grow up to be a hero and a scholar? Em The ten-dollar Founding Father without a father B Got a lot farther by working a lot harder C By being a lot smarter
By being a self-starter
G B7 By fourteen, they placed him in charge of the trading charter Em Alexander Hamilton B My name is Alexander Hamilton C And there's a million things I haven't done G B But just you wait, just you wait
[Verse 2]
Em Wait for it Em Wait for it Em Wait for it Em Wait for it G Em I am the one thing in life I can control Em Wait for it Em Wait for it Em Wait for it Em Wait for it C I am inimitable C I am an original Em G And if there's a reason I'm still alive D When so many have died D Then I'm willin' to
[Interlude]
G Em Bm
[Verse 3]
Bm I'm willing to Em Work, work! Em Angelica! G Work, work! G Eliza! Em And Peggy G Look around, at how lucky we are to be alive right now! Am G History is happening in Manhattan and we just happen to be C In the greatest city C Em In the greatest city in the world! (In the World!)
[Verse 4]
Em A The world turned upside down Em A The world turned upside down Em Cmaj7 The world turned upside down B Adim C#m/G# B/F# E C# B G# E The world turned up- -side down [roots only]: (da down down down hey)
[Interlude]
E B C#m A
B E E/C# B B/C# B/D# Yeah you'll blow us all away
[Verse 5]
E C#m E Oceans rise, empires fall A C We have seen each other through it all C#m E And when push comes to shove A B B7 E I will send a fully armed battalion to remind you of my love! E7 A Da da da dat da dat da da da dai ya da C D D#dim Em B Da da dat dat da dai ya dow!
[Verse 6]
Em No one else was in C The room where it happened Am The room where it happened D The room where it happened Em No one else was in C The room where it happened Am The room where it happened D The room where it happened Em C No one really knows how the game is played Am The art of the trade B How the sausage gets made C B We just assume that it happens Bm C But no one else is in the room where it happens
[Verse 7]
Fm Fm We are outgunned (What?) Fm Db Outmanned (What?) Fm Bb7/D Outnumbered Fm Outplanned Fm We gotta make an all out stand C Bbdim Dm/A C/G F Ayo, I'm gonna need a right-hand man
[Verse 8]
Fm Hamilton! Fm Sir, he knows what to do in a trench Fm Ingenuitive and fluent in French, I mean C Hamilton! C Sir, you're gonna have to use him eventually C What's he gonna do on the bench? I mean Db Hamilton! Db No one has more resilience Db Or matches my practical tactical brilliance Ab Hamilton!
N.C.
You wanna fight for your land back?
C7
Hamilton!N.C.
I need my right hand man back!
Fm Uh, get ya right hand man back Db/F You know you gotta get ya right hand man back Bb7/F Fm N.C. I mean you gotta put some thought into the letter but the sooner the better
N.C.
To get your right hand man back!
[Verse 9]
F Fsus4 Ebsus4 It must be nice, it must be nice Eb To have Washington on your side F Fsus4 Ebsus4 It must be nice, it must be nice Eb To have Washington on your side F Bbm N.C. Look back at the Bill of Rights (Which I wrote!) Dm7 Eb7 The ink hasn't dried F Fsus4 Ebsus4 It must be nice, it must be nice Eb To have Washington on your side F/C N.C. Somebody has to stand up for the South! Bbm/Db N.C. Somebody has to stand up to his mouth! Dm N.C. If there's a fire you're trying to douse Eb N.C. You can't put it out from inside the house F I'm in the cabinet, I am complicit in F Watching him grabbin' at power and kiss it Eb N.C. If Washington isn't gon' listen
N.C.
To disciplined dissidents, this is the difference:
F
This kid is out[Interlude]
F F Bb Bb
[Verse 10]
F Bbm B In New York you can be a new man Em N.C. D How do you write like you're running out of time? G Write day and night like you're running out of time? Em D Every day you fight like you're running out of time G Like you're running out of time G Are you running out of time?
[Verse 11]
Em G Let me tell you what I wish I'd known Am When I was young and dreamed of glory Am You have no control N.C. B7 Em Who lives, who dies, who tells your story Em I know that we can win G Am I know that greatness lies in you Am C But remember from here on in B Em G Am N.C. C N.C. B History has its eyes on you
[Verse 12]
Em And I am not throwing away my shot G I am not throwing away my shot Am Hey yo, I'm just like my country Am I'm young, scrappy and hungry C B And I'm not throwing away my shot Em We gonna rise up, time to take a shot (Not throwing away my shot) G We gonna rise up, time to take a shot (Not throwing away my shot) Am We're gonna rise up, rise up! (It's time to take a shot!) Em Rise up, rise up! B N.C. And I am not throwing away my B Em Not throwing away my shot
[Outro]
C G There's a million things I haven't done Am B But just you wait (Just wait)
N.C
What's your name, man?
B Cdim/B C#m/B B E Alex- -and- -er (Hamilton) E A7 E Alexander (Hamilton) E A7 E Alexander (Hamilton) E A7 E N.C. B E Alexander
[Outro]
| C#dim | B B/C# B/D# E E |