Alexander Hamilton

**Chords:**
Am  G  C  F  
Am  G  C  F  
Am  G  C  F  
Am  G  C  F  

(Verse 1)  
      Am             G  
How does a  
          C               F  
A bastard, orphan, son of a whore  
      Am              G  
And a Scotsman,  
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Dropped in the middle of a forgotten spot  
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In the Caribbean by providence, impoverished,  
        C               F  
In squalor, grow up to be a hero and a scholar?  
      Am             G  
The ten-dollar founding father  
              C                F  
Without a father got a lot farther  
      Am        G  
By working a lot harder,  
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By being a lot smarter,  
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By being self-starter,  
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By fourteen, they placed him in charge of a trading charter.  

(Chorus)  
      Am           G  
Alexander Hamilton,  
       C           F  
We are waiting in the wings for you,  
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You could never back down,  
       C           F  
You never learned to take your time.  
      Am           G  
Oh, Alexander Hamilton,  
       C           F  
When America sings for you,  
      Am           G  
Will they know what you overcame?  
          C                  F  
Will they know you rewrote the game?