Guns And Ships chords

[BURR]
How does a [Bm]ragtag volunteer army in need of a [F#]shower
Somehow defeat a global superpower?
[G]How do we emerge victorious from the quagmire?
[D]Leave the battlefield waving [Bbdim]Betsy Ross’ flag higher?
Bm* Bm
Yo. Turns out we have a secret weapon!
An [F#]immigrant you know and love who’s unafraid to step in!
He’s[G] constantly confusin’, confoundin’ the British henchmen
[D]Ev’ryone give it up for America’s f[Bbdim]avorite fighting Frenchman!

[COMPANY]

[Bm]Lafayette!

[LAFAYETTE]

I’m takin this horse by the reins makin’
Redcoats redder with bloodstains

[COMPANY]

[F#]Lafayette!

[LAFAYETTE]
And I’m never gonna stop until I make ‘em
Drop and burn ‘em up and scatter their remains, I’m

[COMPANY]

[G]Lafayette!

[LAFAYETTE]

Watch me engagin’ em! Escapin’ em!
Enragin’ em! I’m—

[COMPANY]

[D]Lafayette!

[LAFAYETTE]

I go to France for more funds

[COMPANY]

[Bbdim]Lafayette!

[LAFAYETTE]

I come back with more

[LAFAYETTE AND ENSEMBLE]

[Bm]Guns
And ships
And so the balance shifts

[WASHINGTON]

We [F#]rendezvous with Rochambeau, consolidate their gifts

[LAFAYETTE]

We can [G]end this war at Yorktown, cut them off at sea, but
[D]For this to succeed, th[Bbdim]ere is someone else we need:

[WASHINGTON]
I know

[WASHINGTON AND COMPANY]

[Bm]Hamilton!

[LAFAYETTE]

Sir, he knows what to do in a trench
Ingenuitive and fluent in French, I mean—

[WASHINGTON AND COMPANY]
[F#]Hamilton!

[LAFAYETTE]

Sir, you’re gonna have to use him eventually
What’s he gonna do on the bench? I mean—

[WASHINGTON AND COMPANY]

[G]Hamilton!

[LAFAYETTE]

No one has more resilience
Or matches my practical tactical brilliance—

[WASHINGTON AND COMPANY]

[D]Hamilton!

[LAFAYETTE]
You wanna fight for your land back?

[COMPANY]

[Bbdim]Hamilton!

[WASHINGTON]

I need my right hand man back!

[WOMEN]

Hamilton!

[LAFAYETTE] [MEN]

[Bm]Ah! Uh, get ya right hand man back Get your right hand man back!
You [F#]know you gotta get ya right hand man back Your right hand man back!
[G]I mean you gotta put Hamilton!
some thought into the letter Ha—
[D]but the sooner the better Ha—
To get [Bbdim]your right hand man back!

[WOMEN, MEN]

Hamilton, Hamilton!
Ha— ha—!

[WASHINGTON]

[Bm]Alexander Hamilton
Troops are [G7]waiting in the field for you
If you [Em]join us right now, t[D]ogether we can turn the [F#]tide
Oh, [Bm]Alexander Hamilton
I have [G7]soldiers that will yield for you
If we [Em]manage to get this right
They’ll [D]surrender by early [Em]light
The [Bm]world will [G]never [D]be the [F#7]same, Alexa[G7]nder…