Guns and Ships Chords by Leslie Odom Jr.  &  Daveed Diggs  &  Christopher Jackson  &  Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton

[Start]

[Verse]
Gb Gb7            Bm                                 Gb    
■  ■   How does a ragtag volunteer army in need of a shower
Gb                                
Somehow defeat a global superpower
G                                            
How do we emerge victorious from the quagmire
D                            Bb                     
Leave the battlefield waving Betsy Ross' flag higher
Bm                                  
Yo Turns out we have a secret weapon
   Gb                                                   
An immigrant you know and love who's unafraid to step in
     G                                                    
He's constantly confusin' confoundin' the British henchmen
                                  Gb7                        
Ev'ryone give it up for America's favorite fighting Frenchman
Bm                                                
Lafayette I'm takin this horse by the reins makin'


[Chorus]
                     Bm         
Redcoats redder with bloodstains
Gb7                                                
Lafayette And I'm never gonna stop until I make 'em
                                               Gb7
Drop and burn 'em up and scatter their remains I'm
G                                         
Lafayette Watch me engagin' em escapin' em
G          
Enragin' em
D            
I'm Lafayette
        D                    
I go to France for more funds
Bbm                            
Lafayette I come back with more


[Verse]
Bm            
Guns And ships
    Bm                   
And so the balance shifts
   Gb7                        Gb                     
We rendezvous with Rochambeau consolidate their gifts
       G                                               
We can end this war at Yorktown cut them off at sea but
D                           Gb7                 
For this to succeed there's someone else we need
      
I know
Bm                                          
Hamilton Sir he knows what to do in a trench
                Bm                     
Ingenuitive and fluent in French I mean
Bm                                                  
Hamilton Sir you're gonna have to use him eventually
          Bm                   
What's he gonna do on the bench
      
I mean
G                                  
Hamilton No one has more resilience
   G                                       
Or matches my practical tactical brilliance
D                                      Gb7 
Hamilton You wanna fight for your land back
                         Bm  
I need my right hand man back
          Bm                    
Ah uh get ya right hand man back
Bm                                           
You know you gotta get ya right hand man back
Bm                                                                         
I mean you gotta put some thought into the letter but the sooner the better
       Bm                      
To get your right hand man back


[Chorus]
Bm                
Alexander Hamilton
G                         G7           
Troops are waiting in the field for you
       Em7               Bm                       Gbsus4
If you join us right now together we can turn the tide  
Bm                   
Oh Alexander Hamilton
       G7                             
I have soldiers who will yield for you
      Em                      
If we manage to get this right
D                          Em   
They'll surrender by early light
    Bm         Em    D      G7            
The world will never be the same Alexander


[Outro]