Say No To This chords

[F#m]

[BURR]

[D7]There’s nothing like summer in the city [F#m] [D7]
Someone under stress meets someone looking pretty [F#m] [D7]
There’s trouble in the air, you can smell it [Faug]

And Alexander’s by himself. I’ll let him tell it

[HAMILTON]

I hadn’t sl[A]ept in a week

I was weak, I was awake
You never [Aaug]seen a bastard orphan

More in need of a break
[F#m/A]Longing for Angelica

Missing my wife
That’s when M[A7]iss Maria Reynolds walked into my life, she said:

[MARIA]

[A]I know you are a man of honor
[Aaug]I’m so sorry to bother you at home
But I [F#m/A]don’t know where to go, and I[A7] came here all alone…

[HAMILTON]

She said:

[MARIA]

[A]My husband’s doin’ me wrong
Bea[Aaug]tin’ me, cheatin’ me, mistreatin’ me...
[F#m/A]Suddenly he’s up and gone
[A7]I don’t have the means to go on

[HAMILTON]

So I o[F#m]ffered her a loan, I offered to walk her home, she [D7]said


[MARIA]

You’re too kind, sir

[HAMILTON]

I gave her t[F#m]hirty bucks that I had socked away
She lived a block aw[D7]ay, she said:

[MARIA]

This one’s mine, sir

[HAMILTON]

Then I s[F#m]aid, "well, I should head back home,”
She turned red, she l[D7]ed me to her bed

Let her legs spread and said:

[MARIA]

[Faug]Stay?


[HAMILTON]

Hey…

[MARIA]

Hey…

[HAMILTON]

That’s when I began to pray:
Lord[A] , show me how to

Say no to this
[Aaug]I don’t know how to

Say no to this
But[F#m/A] my God, she looks so helpless
And [A7]her body’s saying, "hell, yes”

[MARIA]

[A]Whoa...


[HAMILTON]

Nooo, show me how to

[HAMILTON/ENSEMBLE]

Say no to this

[HAMILTON]

[Aaug]I don’t know how to


[HAMILTON/ENSEMBLE]

Say no to this

[HAMILTON]

[F#m/A]In my mind, I’m tryin’ to go


(ENSEMBLE)

Go! Go! Go!

[HAMILTON]

Then h[A7]er mouth is on mine, and I d[D]on’t say…


[ENSEMBLE]

[A]No! No!

Say no to this!
[Aaug]No! No!

Say no to this!
[F#m/A]No! No!

Say no to this!
[A7]No! No!

Say no to this!

[HAMILTON]

[A]I wish I could say that was the last time
[Aaug]I said that last time. It became a pastime
[F#m/A]A month into this endeavor I received a letter
[A7]From a Mr. James Reynolds, even better, it said:

[JAMES]

A5*
Dear Sir, I hope this letter finds you in good health

And in a prosperous enough position to put wealth

In the pockets of people like me: down on their luck

You see, that was my wife who you decided to

[HAMILTON]

Fuuuu—

[JAMES]

Uh-oh! You made the wrong sucker a cuckold

So time to pay the piper for the pants you unbuckled

And hey, you can keep seein’ my whore wife

If the price is right: if not I’m telling your wife

[HAMILTON]

I [F#m]hid the letter and I raced to her place
Screamed "How could you?!” in her f[D7]ace

She said:

[MARIA]

No, sir!

[HAMILTON]

Half d[F#m]ressed, apologetic. A mess, she looked
Pathetic, she [D7]cried:

[MARIA]

Please don’t go, sir!

[HAMILTON]

So was [F#m]your whole story a setup?


[MARIA]

I don’t know about any letter!

[HAMILTON]

Stop c[E/F#]rying Goddamnit, get up!


[MARIA]

I d[E]idn’t know any better


[HAMILTON]

I am ru[D]ined...


[MARIA] / [HAMILTON]

Please don’t leave me with him / I am
he[E]lpl[D]ess / helpless, how could I do

Just give him what he wants / this?
and you can ha[E]ve m[D]e
/ I don't want you
Whatever you want, / I don't want you

[MARIA]

If you p[Bbm]ay / I don't...
You can s[Bb]tay [B]

[HAMILTON]

[B]Lord, show me how to / [ENSEMBLE]

Say no to this / Say no to this!
[Baug]I don't know how to

Say no to this
[Abm/B]But the situation's helpless / Helpless
[B7]And her body's screaming

Hell yes / Whoa!
[B]No, show me how to

Say no to this / Say no to this!
[Baug]How can I

Say no to this? / Say no to this!
[Abm/B]There is nowhere I

can go / Go go go
[B7]When her body's on
mine I do n[E]ot say...

[ENSEMBLE] / [HAMILTON/MARIA]
[B]No!
/ Yes!
Say no to this!
[Baug]No!
/ Yes!
Say no to this!
[Abm/B]No!
/ Yes!
Say no to this!
[B7]No!
/ Yes!
Say no to this!

[B]

[HAMILTON]

Say no to this / [MARIA]
[Baug]I don't say no to this / Don't say no to this
[Abm/B]There is nowhere I can go

[ENSEMBLE]

Go go go

[B7]

[JAMES]

So?

[HAMILTON]

Nobody needs to know

[B] [Baug] [Abm/B] [B7]

*you could play this section as A5 or just do the notes (G A A G A) OR don't play anything.