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Alexander HamiltonHamilton - An American Musical

Written by: Lin-Manuel MirandaArranged & Transcribed by: Jolllly

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How does a bast ard, or phan, son of a whore, and a

Scottsman,dropped in the mid dle aof for got

squa growlor, toup be a he andro a scho l ar?

en spot thein Carr i an be by prov id ence povim er ished i n

The ten lar dol found fathing wither out a ther fa got a

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lot byther far ingwork lota er hard ing be by lota er smart ing be by self a start four byer teen,

they

slaught andered

him placed chargein of ingtrada

edcart ayaw crossa

ter.char And ev day'ry

waves,the he strugg andled

slaveswhile were ing be

hiskept up.guard

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side,In washe long ing for some thing to be parta theof bro ther was rea dy to beg

steal, bor row

drip ping down

bar or ter Then a hurr i cane came

the drain. Put a pen cil

and dev staa tionreigned,our

to his temp le conn ect ed

man saw his fu ture drip,

it histo brain, and he

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wrote his first re frain, testa a ment to his pain. Well the word got a ro und, they said,

"This kid is

"Get your ed

in ane,sa man," Took up a

u tionca don't for fromget whence

coll ect tion just to sendhim

you came, and the world's

to the ma ain land,

gon knowna your name!

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What's yourname, man?" exAl an derHam ton,il my name is Al anex der Ham il ton,

and there's a mill thingsion have'I nt

When he was ten his ther fa split, full

one,do but just you wait,

of it, debt denrid two years

just you wait!

lat seeer Al andex his

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moth beder denrid half dead, sit ting their in own sick, the scent thick, and Al ex got bet butter his

ther mo went

left him with

quick. Moved in with

no thing but ru inned pride, some

a cou sin the cou sin com

thingnew in side a voice

mit ted su i cide,

"Al ex

say ing "Al ex

you got

you got

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fendta your for

fendta your for

self!

self, he start ed re treat ing and read ing ev ry treat ise on the shelf. There

would beena

cent of rest

thingno else to do for someone less

i tu tion start ed work ing,

stutea hewould a been deadand

clerk ing for his late

de sti tutewith out a

mo ther'sland lord,

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trad ing su gar cane and rum and all the

scam

hings he can't af ford, scam

min'

min' for ev e ry b ook

canhe get his

afor new land.

hands on, plan

plan

nin'

nin'

for the turefu

In New York you can

see himnow, as

oo

standshe theon

oh

be newa

In

man!

bow of ship,a head ed

New rk Yo you ca n

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be newa ma

Just you wa

an, In New Yo rk you ca

it!

n be a new ma an, In

Just you wa it!

New rk Yo you nca

a be new ma

(Al ex and

an, In N ew York! New

Hamer il ton) We're wait ing

York!

Just you wa it!

Al

thein wings for you,

(Wait ing

andex Hamer il ton

in the wings

You

for you)

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ver ne backed down, you ne ver learned taketo your ti me, oh

Al andex Hamer il ton (Al ex and

Will they knowwhatyou ov er

er Ham ton)il A me ri

ca me, Will they know

ca sings for you

you rewrote the ga

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me? The world will ne ver be the sa

a a

ing fromup the

The

me

ship inis the bor har now

Just you wa

bot tom, his

it!

e ne mies

see youif can s pot

Just

him,

you wa it!

des troyed his rep, A me ri

noa ther im mi grantcom

ca for got him

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We fought with him. Me, diedI him.for Me, I trust him.ed Me, I loved him. And

me,

have' dont ne,

I'm the d amn fool that

but just you wa

shot him!

There's

it!

What'syour

a mil lion things I

Al

name, man?

anex der

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Maria: Burr:

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ilHam ton!

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