Right Hand Man Chords by Lin-Manuel Miranda

[Start]

[Intro]
F Gsus4   Ab      Bb Gm Bb Cm                Bb Eb       
■ British Admiral ■  ■  ■  Howe's got troops on the water


[Chorus]
Eb                                          
Thirtytwo thousand troops in New York harbor
                   Ab                       
Thirtytwo thousand troops in New York harbor
          Ab                 
When they surround our troops
     Bb                 
They surround our troops
          Bb                 
When they surround our troops


[Verse]
     C                                      
As a kid in the Caribbean I wished for a war
  Dm7                 
I knew that I was poor
  Gm                         
I knew it was the only way to
Eb     
Rise up
Cm                   
If they tell my story
     Bb                                             
I am either gonna die on the battlefield in glory or
Cm      Csus4
Rise up ■    
   C                       
We will fight for this land
    Dm7                 
But there's only one man
        Dsus4                      
Who can give us a command so we can
Cm7    
Rise up
Eb         Cm                  
Understand It's the only way to
Eb     
Rise up
Cm7    
Rise up
Cm7          
Here he comes
Cm7                   
Here comes the general
C7                  
Ladies and gentlemen
C7                    
Here comes the general
Am                                
The moment you've been waiting for
C                     
Here comes the general
C                        
The pride of Mount Vernon
Am                    
Here comes the general
       Am        
George Washington


[Chorus]
Am     C         C7
We are outgunned ■ 
C         Am         
Outmanned Outnumbered
              C                          
Outplanned We gotta make an all out stand
        Am                        
Ayo I'm gonna need a righthand man
      Am
Check it


[Verse]
         Am           
Can I be real a second
C7                    
For just a millisecond
                                                   C7    
Let down my guard and tell the people how I feel a second
        C7                                 
Now I'm the model of a modern major general
C7                                               
The venerated Virginian veteran whose men are all
C7                                  
Lining up to put me up on a pedestal
                   C7       
Writin' letters to relatives
C7                                    
Embellishin' my elegance and eloquence
C7                             
But the elephant is in the room
                   C                                       
The truth is in ya face when ya hear the British cannons go
C    C7                             
Boom Any hope of success is fleeting
               C                          
How can I keep leading when the people I'm
C                      
Leading keep retreating
C7       C                                        C7      
We put a stop to the bleeding as the British take Brooklyn
C                         
Knight takes rook but look


[Chorus]
       C7        C
We are outgunned ■
C                    
Outmanned Outnumbered
              C7                         
Outplanned We gotta make an all out stand
                     Cm           
Ayo I'm gonna need a righthand man


[Verse]
C                                                            
Incoming They're battering down the Battery check the damages
Dsus4                                                
Rah We gotta stop 'em and rob 'em of their advantages
    Ab                                                    
Rah Let's take a stand with the stamina God has granted us
Bb                         
Hamilton won't abandon ship
   Bb                       
Yo let's steal their cannons
C                                                             
Shhboom Goes the cannon watch the blood and the shit spray and
C7                                                
Boom Goes the cannon we're abandonin' Kips Bay and
C                            
Boom There's another ship and
C                                     
Boom We just lost the southern tip and
C                                                             
Boom We gotta run to Harlem quick we can't afford another slip
C                      
Guns and horses giddyup
C                   
I decide to divvy up
Am                                                       
My forces they're skittish as the British cut the city up
C                                          
This close to giving up facing mad scrutiny
  Ab                                    
I scream in the face of this mass mutiny
          Cm                                       
Are these the men with which I am to defend America
   Cm                                        
We ride at midnight Manhattan in the distance
  Cm                                 
I cannot be everywhere at once people
Gm                            
I'm in dire need of assistance
                Cm 
Your excellency sir
    Cm     
Who are you
      Cm      
Aaron Burr Sir
Gm                         
Permission to state my case
       Gm  
As you were
            Ab                              
Sir I was a captain under General Montgomery
                  Fm                          
Until he caught a bullet in the neck in Quebec
Bb                 
And well in summary
Cm                                        
I think that I could be of some assistance
         Gm                                
I admire how you keep firing on the British
       Gm      
From a distance
    Ab                                            Fm                         Bb          
Huh I have some questions a couple of suggestions on how to fight instead of fleeing west
Bb      
Yes Well
     Cm                             
Your excellency you wanted to see me
         Gm                       
Hamilton come in have you met Burr
    Gm 
Yes sir
        Gm     
We keep meeting
     Ab                                                            
As I was saying sir I look forward to seeing your strategy play out
Ab      
Burr Sir
                           Cm 
Close the door on your way out
                            Ab 
Have I done something wrong sir
   Ab          
On the contrary
Gm                                                 
I called you here because our odds are beyond scary
Ab                                              
Your reputation precedes you but I have to laugh
                         Ab                            
Sir Hamilton how come no one can get you on their staff
Cm                                                       
Sir 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                                               
Nathaniel Green and Henry Knox wanted to hire you
   Fm                         Bb      
To be their Secretary I don't think so
           Cm   
Why're you upset
    Cm 
I'm not
                                          Gm      
It's alright you want to fight you've got a hunger
           Gm                         
I was just like you when I was younger
Ab                                           
Head full of fantasies of dyin' like a martyr
                        Bb7
Yes Dying is easy young man
       Bb7      
Living is harder
C                          
Why are you telling me this
          C     
I'm being honest
    Gm7                          Gm                       
I'm working with a third of what our Congress has promised
Ab                                  
We are a powder keg about to explode
       F                                   
I need someone like you to lighten the load
Bb                   Cm           Abmaj7
So I am not throwin' away my shot ■     
     Abmaj7                   
I am not throwin' away my shot
C                                     
Ayo I'm just like my country I'm young


[Chorus]
C                 
Scrappy and hungry
         Cm                   
I am not throwing away my shot
           Cm                 
Son We are outgunned outmanned
         C                    Cm 
You need all the help you can get
            C                       
I have some friends Laurens Mulligan
C                                  
Marquis de Lafayette okay what else
            C         
Outnumbered outplanned
                C                  
We'll need some spies on the inside
                    Am             C           
Some King's men who might let some things slide
                           C                        
I'll write to Congress and tell 'em we need supplies
                              C                  
You rally the guys master the element of surprise
                   C                                
I'll rise above my station organize your information
                    C                             
'til we rise to the occasion of our new nation sir
C                     
Here comes the general
C      
Rise up
C                     
Here comes the general
Am     
Rise up
Cm                    
Here comes the general
Cm     
Rise up
Fm                    
Here comes the general
Gm                    Gm 
■  And his right hand man
     C
Boom ■


[End]