Hamilton Polka Uke tab by Weird Al Yankovic

38 Chords used in the song: B, Bdim, Em, C, G, B7, Bm, Am, A, Cmaj7, D/F#, E, Ab, Dbm, E/Db, E/B, E/Eb, E7, D, Ebdim, Fm, Db, Edim, Bbm, Eb, F, C7, Ddim, Fsus4, Ebsus4, Dm7, Eb7, Dm, Bb, Cdim, B9, B/Eb, Dbdim

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Album:  unknown
Difficulty: 
5.05
(Intermediate)
Key: unknownChords
[Intro]
B B Bdim Bdim B B


Em Em
How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore and a
B B
Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a forgotten
C C
Spot in the Caribbean by providence, impoverished, in squalor
G G B7 B7
Grow up to be a hero and a scholar?
Em Em
The ten-dollar Founding Father without a father
B B
Got a lot farther by working a lot harder
C C
By being a lot smarter

By being a self-starter
G G B7 B7
By fourteen, they placed him in charge of the trading charter
Em Em
Alexander Hamilton
B B
My name is Alexander Hamilton
C C
And there's a million things I haven't done
G G B B
But just you wait, just you wait


Em Em
Wait for it
Em Em
Wait for it
Em Em
Wait for it
Em Em
Wait for it
G G Em Em
I am the one thing in life I can control
Em Em
Wait for it
Em Em
Wait for it
Em Em
Wait for it
Em Em
Wait for it
C C
I am inimitable
C C
I am an original
Em Em G G
And if there's a reason I'm still alive
G G
When so many have died
G G
Then I'm willin' to

[Interlude]
G G Em Em Bm Bm


Bm Bm
I'm willing to
Em Em
Work, work!
Em Em
Angelica!
G G
Work, work!
G G
Eliza!
Em Em
And Peggy
G G
Look around, at how lucky we are to be alive right now!
Am Am G G
History is happening in Manhattan and we just happen to be
C C
In the greatest city
C C Em Em
In the greatest city in the world! (In the Wor-or-or-or-orld)


Em Em A A
The world turned upside down
Em Em A A
The world turned upside down
Em Em Cmaj7 Cmaj7
The world turned upside down
B B Am Am G G D/F# D/F# E E B B B B Ab Ab Em Em N.C
The world turned upside down [roots only]: (da down down down hey)

[Interlude]
E E B B Dbm Dbm A A

A A B B E E E/Db E/Db E/B E/B B B E/Db E/Db E/Eb E/Eb E E
Yeah you'll blow us all away


Dbm Dbm E E
Oceans rise, empires fall
A A C C
We have seen each other through it all
Dbm Dbm E E
And when push comes to shove
A A B B B7 B7 E E
I will send a fully armed battalion to remind you of my love!
E E E7 E7 A A
Da da da dat da dat da da da day ya da
C C D D Ebdim Ebdim E E
Da da dat dat da day ya dow!


Em Em
No one else was in
C C
The room where it happened
Am Am
The room where it happened
D D
The room where it happened
Em Em
No one else was in
C C
The room where it happened
Am Am
The room where it happened
D D
The room where it happened
Em Em C C
No one really knows how the game is played
Am Am
The art of the trade
B B
How the sausage gets made
C C B B
We just assume that it happens
Bm Bm C C
But no one else is in the room where it happens


Fm Fm
We are outgunned (What?)
Fm Fm Db Db
Outmanned (What?)
Fm Fm Edim Edim
Outnumbered
Fm Fm
Outplanned
Fm Fm
We gotta make an all out stand
C C C C Bbm Bbm Ab Ab Eb Eb F F
Ayo, I'm gonna need a right-hand man


Fm Fm
Hamilton!
Fm Fm
Sir, he knows what to do in a trench
Fm Fm
Ingenuitive and fluent in French, I mean
C C
Hamilton!
C C
Sir, you're gonna have to use him eventually
C C
What's he gonna do on the bench? I mean
Db Db
Hamilton!
Db Db
No one has more resilience
Db Db
Or matches my practical tactical brilliance
Ab Ab
Hamilton!
Ab Ab
You wanna fight for your land back?
C7 C7
Hamilton!
C7 C7
I need my right hand man back!
Fm Fm
Uh, get ya right hand man back
Db Db
You know you gotta get ya right hand man back
Ddim Ddim Fm Fm
I mean you gotta put some thought into the letter but the sooner the better
Fm Fm
To get your right hand man back!


F F Fsus4 Fsus4
It must be nice, it must be nice
Ebsus4 Ebsus4 Eb Eb
To have Washington on your side
F F Fsus4 Fsus4
It must be nice, it must be nice
Ebsus4 Ebsus4 Eb Eb
To have Washington on your side
F F Bbm Bbm
Look back at the Bill of Rights (Which I wrote!)
Dm7 Dm7 Eb7 Eb7
The ink hasn't dried
F F Fsus4 Fsus4
It must be nice, it must be nice
Ebsus4 Ebsus4 Eb Eb F F
To have Washington on your side
F F
Somebody has to stand up for the South!
Bbm Bbm
Somebody has to stand up to his mouth!
Dm Dm
If there's a fire you're trying to douse
Eb Eb
You can't put it out from inside the house
F F
I'm in the cabinet, I am complicit in
F F
Watching him grabbin' at power and kiss it
Eb Eb
If Washington isn't gon' listen
N.C.
To disciplined dissidents, this is the difference:
F F
This kid is out

[Interlude]
F F F F Bb Bb Bb Bb


F F Bbm Bbm B B
In New York you can be a new man

Em Em D D G G
How do you write like you're running out of time?
G G
Write day and night like you're running out of time?
Em Em D D
Every day you fight like you're running out of time
G G
Like you're running out of time
G G
Are you running out of time?


Em Em G G
Let me tell you what I wish I'd known
Am Am
When I was young and dreamed of glory
Am Am
You have no control
B B B B B7 B7 Em Em
Who lives, who dies, who tells your story
Em Em G G
I know that we can win
G G Am Am
I know that greatness lies in you
Am Am C C
But remember from here on in
B B Em Em G G Am Am C C B B
History has its eyes on you


Em Em
And I am not throwing away my shot
G G
I am not throwing away my shot
Am Am
Hey yo, I'm just like my country
Am Am
I'm young, scrappy and hungry
C C B B
And I'm not throwing away my shot
Em Em
We gonna rise up, time to take a shot (Not throwing away my shot)
G G
We gonna rise up, time to take a shot (Not throwing away my shot)
Am Am
We're gonna rise up, rise up! (It's time to take a shot!)
Em Em
Rise up, rise up!
B B
And I am not throwing away my
B B Em Em
Not throwing away my shot


[Outro]
C C G G
There's a million things I haven't done
Am Am B B
But just you wait (Just wait)
N.C
What's your name, man?
B B Cdim Cdim B9 B9 B/Eb B/Eb
Alexander (Hamilton)
E E B B A A E E
Alexander (Hamilton)
E E B B A A E E
Alexander (Hamilton)
E E B B A A E E E E B B E E
Alexander

Dbdim Dbdim B B E E E E

Uke tab by , 31 Dec 2019

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