Cabinet Battle #1 Chords by Christopher Jackson  &  Daveed Diggs  &  Lin-Manuel Miranda  &  Okieriete Onaodowan

[Chorus]
N.C.                
Ladies and gentlemen
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You could've been anywhere in the world tonight
N.C.                                    
But you're here with us in New York City
                                    D7 
Are you ready for a cabinet meeting huh
                 Em   
The issue on the table


[Verse]
                             E7    
Secretary Hamilton's plan to assume
      E7                                
State debt and establish a national bank
                    Em                    
Secretary Jefferson you have the floor sir
E7                                       
Life liberty and the pursuit of happiness
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We fought for these ideals we shouldn't settle for less
E7                                             
These are wise words enterprising men quote 'em
Em                                          E  
Don't act surprised you guys 'cause I wrote 'em
   E                   
Ow but Hamilton forgets
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His plan would have the government assume state's debts
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Now place your bets as to who that benefits
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The very seat of government where Hamilton sits
    C   
Not true
C                           
Ooh if the shoe fits wear it
                                               D 
If New York's in debt why should Virginia bear it
D                               
Uh our debts are paid I'm afraid
      D                                               
Don't tax the south 'cause we got it made in the shade
Em E7                                       B     
In Virginia we plant seeds in the ground we create
    B                               
You just wanna move our money around
Em                                         
This financial plan is an outrageous demand
             E                              E         
And it's too many damn pages for any man to understand
                     C               
Stand with me in the land of the free
            C                                    
And pray to God we never see Hamilton's candidacy
          D                                  
Look when Britain taxed our tea we got frisky
D                                                      
Imagine what gon happen when you try to tax our whiskey
                    D        
Thank you secretary Jefferson
                        D       
Secretary Hamilton your response
Em                                     
Thomas that was a real nice declaration
E7                                                
Welcome to the present we're running a real nation
E7                                      
Would you like to join us or stay mellow
E7                                                
Doing whatever the hell it is you do in Monticello
E                                       B                 
If we assume the debts the Union gets a new line of credit
                            Em            
A financial diuretic how do you not get it
         E                          B                     
If we're aggressive and competitive the Union gets a boost
      B                        
You'd rather give it a sedative
C7                           
A civics lesson from a slaver
C7          
Hey neighbor
                               C                   
Your debts are paid 'cause you don't pay for labour
D                                     
We plants seeds in the south we create
                                                 Em      
Yeah keep ranting we know who's really doing the planting
    Em                                   
And another thing Mr Age of Enlightenment
B                                                    
Don't lecture me about the war you didn't fight in it
E7                              Em                            
You think I'm frightened of you man we almost died in a trench
                                         Em    
While you were off getting high with the french
                        E7                         
Thomas Jefferson always hesitant with the president
E7                                             
Reticent there isn't a plan he doesn't jettison
E7                                                  
Madison you're mad as a hatter so take your medicine
E7                                                     
Damn you're in worse shape than the national debt is in
E7                          
Sitting there useless as two
         E7                                              
Hey turn round bend over I'll show you where my shoe fits
E7       
Excuse me
        E7                   
Madison Jefferson take a walk
E7                  
Hamilton take a walk
               E7                            
We're going to reconvene after a brief recess
E7          
Hamilton Sir
       Em
A word ■ 


[Chorus]
Em                      
You don't have the votes
Em                      
You don't have the votes
         Em
Ah ha ha ha
                                         E7                          
You're gonna need congressional approval and you don't have the votes
       E7                                  
Such a blunder sometimes it makes me wonder
    E7                      
Why I even bring the thunder
    E7                        
Why he even brings the thunder


[Verse]
Em                                 
■  You wanna pull yourself together
                           Am                    
I'm sorry these Virginians are birds of a feather
      Em                                       
Young man I'm from Virginia so watch your mouth
      Em                                        
So we let Congress get held hostage by the south
E                 
You need the votes
      E                
No we need bold strokes
   E             
We need this plan
E                                 
No you need to convince more folks
           E                       
Well James Madison won't talk to me
E                  
That's a nonstarter
E                            
Ah winning was easy young man
E                 
Governing's harder
              Em          
They're being intransigent
Em                           
You have to find a compromise
         E                                  
But they don't have plan they just hate mine
         E             
Convince them otherwise
                                Em                    
And what happens if I don't get congressional approval
Am                                     
I imagine they'll call for your removal
E7                         
Sir Figure it out Alexander


[End]
E7                                 
That's an order from your commander