Right Hand Man chords

[Cm]British Admiral Howe's got troops on the [Cm7]water
[Cm6]Thirty-two thousand troops in New York Ha[Abmaj7]rbour…
[Cm]Thirty-two thousand troops in New York Ha[Cm7]rbour…
[Cm6]When they surround our troops! They surround our [Abmaj7]troops! (They surround our troops!)

[Cm]As a kid in the Caribbean I wished for a war
[Cm/D]I knew that I was poor, I knew it was the only way to
[Cm/Eb](Rise up), if they tell my story
I am [Cm/F]either gonna die on the battlefield in glory or
[Cm](Rise up), I will fight for this land but there's
[Cm/D]Only one man Who can give us a command, so we can
[Cm/Eb](Rise up), understand, it's the only way to ([Cm/F]rise up, rise up)
[N.C.]Here he comes!

[Cm](Here comes the general!)
[Ab]Ladies and gentlemen!
[F/A](Here comes the general!)
[Ab]The moment you've been waiting for!
[Cm](Here comes the general!)
[Ab]The Pride of Mount Vernon!
[F/A](Here comes the general!)
[Ab]George Washington!
[Cm]We are out-gunned! (what!)
[Ab]Out-manned! (what!)
[F/A]Out-numbered,
[Ab]out-planned!
[Cm]We gotta make an all-out
[Ab]stand Hey yo
[F/A]I'm gonna need a right-hand
[Ab]man

Here comes the general!

[N.C.]Can I be real a second? For just a millisecond?
Let down my guard and tell the people how I feel a second?
Now I'm the model of a modern major general
The venerated Virginian veteran whose men are all

Lining [Cm]up to put me up on a p[Ab]edestal, writing letters to

[F/A]Relatives embellishing my el[Ab]egance and eloquence
[Cm]But the elephant is in the r[Ab]oom, the truth is in your
[F/A]Face When you hear the British c[Ab]annons go (BOOM!)
[Cm]Any hope of success is f[Ab]leeting How can I keep
[F9/A]Leading when the people I'm l[Ab]eading keep retreating?
[Cm]We put a stop to the ble[Ab]eding as the British take
[F/A]Brooklyn Knight takes r[Ab]ook, but look

[Cm]We are out-gunned! (what!)
[Ab]Out-manned! (what!)
[F/A]Out-numbered,
[Ab]out-planned!
[Cm]We gotta make an all-out
[Ab]stand Hey yo
[F/A]I'm gonna need a right-hand
[Ab]man
[N.C.]Incoming!

[Cm]They're battering down the Battery, check the damages (brrah!)
[Cm/D]We gotta stop ‘em and rob ‘em of their advantages (brrah!)
[Cm/Eb]Let's take a stand with the stamina God has granted us
[Cm/F]Hamilton won't abandon ship, yo, let's steal their cannons!

[Cm](BOOM) goes the cannon, [Cm/D]watch the blood and the shit spray, and
[Cm/Eb](BOOM) goes the cannon, we're a[Cm/F]bandoning Kips Bay, and
[Cm](BOOM) there's another ship, and
[Cm/D](BOOM) we just lost the southern tip and
[Cm/Eb](BOOM) we've gotta run to Harlem quick, we can't afford another slip
[Cm]Guns and horses giddy up,
[Cm/D]I decide to divvy up
[Cm/Eb]My forces, they're skittish as the
[Cm/F]British cut the city up
[Cm]This close to giving up,
[Cm/D]Facing mad scrutiny
[Cm/Eb]I scream in the face of this mass [Cm/F]mutiny:
[Cm9]"Are these the men with which I am to defend America?"
[Cm9/D]We ride at midnight, Manhattan in the distance
[Cm/Eb]I cannot be everywhere at once, people
[Cm/F]I'm in dire need of assistance

[Cm]Your Excellency, sir Who are you? Aaron Burr, sir
[Gm]Permission to state my case? As you were...Sir,
[Ab]I was a captain under General Montgomery Until he caught a
[Ab6/F]Bullet in the neck in Queb[Bb]ec, and well, in summary
[Cm]I think that I could be of some assistance
[Gm]I admire how you keep firing on the British from a distance
[Ab]I have some questions, a couple of suggestions
[Ab6/F]On how to fight instead of fleeing [Bb]west Yes?

[Cm]Your Excellency? You wanted to see me?
Hamilton,[Gm] come in. Have you met Burr? Yes, sir We keep meeting...
[Ab]As I was saying, sir I look forward to seeing your strategy
[Ab6/F]play out—Burr? Sir? Close the door on your way out [Bb]
[Cm]Have I done something wrong, sir? On the contrary
[Gm]I called you here because our odds are beyond scary
[Ab]Your reputation precedes you, but I have to laugh
[Ab6/F]Hamilton, how come no o[Bb]ne can get you on their staff?

[Cm]Don't get me wrong, you're a young man of great renown
[Gm]I know you stole British cannons when we were still downtown
[Ab]Nathanael Greene and Henry Knox wanted to hire you—
To [Ab6/F]be their secretary! I don't think so
[Bb]Now why are you
[Cm]Upset? I'm not It's alright you want to fight, you've got a
[Gm]Hunger I was just like you when I was younger
[Ab]Head full of fantasies of dying like a martyr
[Ab6/F]Dying is easy, young man; l[Bb]iving is harder
[Cm]Why are you telling me this? I'm being honest
[Gm]I'm working with a third of what our Congress has promised
[Ab]We are a powder keg about to explode
[Ab6/F]I need someone like you to lighten the l[Bb]oad

[Cm/G]I am not throwing away my s[Ab]hot
[F/A]I am not throwing away my s[Ab]hot
[Cm/G]Hey yo I'm just like my country I'm yo[Ab]ung, scrappy and hungry
[F/A]I am not throwing away my shot
[Cm/G]Son, we are outgunned! Outmanned! You need [Ab]all the help you can get,
[F/A]I have some friends, Laurens, Mulligan, Marqu[Ab]is de Lafayette! Okay, what else?
[Cm/G]Outnumbered, out pl[Ab]anned! We'll need some spies on the
[F/A]Inside Some king's men who m[Ab]ight let some things slide
[Cm/G]I'll write to Congress and tell th[Ab]em we need supplies
You rally the gu[F/A]ys, master the element of surpris[Ab]e
[Cm/G]I'll rise above my station, or[Ab]ganize your information
‘Til we [F/A]rise to the occasion [Ab]of our new nation, sir!
[Cm/G]Here comes the general! Ri[Ab]se up! (What!)
[F/A]Here comes the general! Ri[Ab]se up! (What!)
[Cm/G]Here comes the general! Ri[Ab]se up! (What!)
[F/A]Here comes the general! Wh[Ab]at!
[N.C.]And his right-hand man!
[Cm]BOOM!