Non-Stop Chords by Leslie Odom Jr.  &  Lin-Manuel Miranda  &  Renée Elise Goldsberry  &  Phillipa Soo

[Start]

[Verse]
N.C.                                 
After the war I went back to New York
N.C.                                  
Aafter the war I went back to New York
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I finished up my studies and I practiced law
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I practiced law Burr worked next door
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Even though we started at the very same time
N.C.                             
Alexander Hamilton began to climb
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How to account for his rise to the top
N.C.          
Man the man is
        D7                                Am          
Nonstop Gentlemen of the jury I'm curious bear with me
                                F      
Are you aware that we're making history
                                            Am        
This is the first murder trial of our brand new nation
                   F           
The liberty behind deliberation
                  D7                        
I intend to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt
F                        
With my assistant counsel
A7                         
Cocounsel Hamilton sit down
    F                    D7      
Our client Levi Weeks is innocent
     D7                
Call your first witness
Am                       
That's all you had to say
Am            F    
Okay One more thing
                  Dm                  D      Dm  
Why do you assume you're the smartest in the room
                  Am                         F   
Why do you assume you're the smartest in the room
                  Dm                  D          
Why do you assume you're the smartest in the room
Am                 E7          F   
Soon that attitude may be your doom
           Dm                                   
Why do you write like you're running out of time
Am                                                 
Write day and night like you're running out of time
                  Dm                               F   
Every day day you fight like you're running out of time
                 F              
Keep on fighting in the meantime
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Nonstop Corruption's such an old song that we can sing along in harmony
                                   F     
And nowhere is it stronger than in Albany
              Dm                     Am          
This colony's economy's increasingly stalling and
                    Am            
Honestly that's why public service
            F         
Seems to be calling me
                Dm                            
I practiced the law I practically perfected it
          A7                              F           
I've seen injustice in the world and I've corrected it
                 Dm      F        
Now for a strong central democracy
            Am              
If not then I'll be Socrates
                               A7          
Throwing verbal rocks at these mediocrities
                A7                       
Hamilton at the Constitutional Convention
                     A7                       
I was chosen for the Constitutional Convention
               A7                  
There as a New York junior delegate
                                 A7        
Now what I'm gonna say may sound indelicate
         A7                                 
Goes and proposes his own form of government
        A7                               
His own plan for a new form of government
              A7                              
Talks for six hours the convention is listless
       A7       
Bright young man
           A7     F   
Yo who the eff is this


[Chorus]
           Dm                  Am     
Why do you always say what you believe
                               F      
Why do you always say what you believe
      Dm           Am                                         
Every proclamation guarantees free ammunition for your enemies
F          Dm                                
Why do you write like it's going out of style
              Am                           F    
Write day and night like it's going out of style
                    Dm                          
Every day you fight like it's going out of style
F             
Do what you do


[Verse]
Dm C                       
■  Alexander Aaron Burr sir
F                                
Well it's the middle of the night
    F            
Can we confer sir
F                     
Is this a legal matter
    C                       
Yes and it's important to me
C               
What do you need
              F                    
Burr you're a better lawyer than me
                   C                    
Okay I know I talk too much I'm abrasive
F                         
You're incredible in court
F                         
You're succinct persuasive
                  C             
My client needs a strong defense
C                  
You're the solution
Am               
Who's your client
        Am             
The new US Constitution
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No Hear me out
Db    
No way
                   Bbm                  
A series of essays anonymously published
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Defending the document to the public
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No one will read it
  Db      
I disagree
    Db         
And if it fails
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Burr that's why we need it
    Ebm                  
The constitution's a mess
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So it needs amendments
             Db            
It's full of contradictions
Bbm               
So is independence
Ebm              Db       
We have to start somewhere
      Db 
No no way
                Db     
You're making a mistake
Bb        
Good night
                 Bb         
Hey What are you waiting for
Bb                   
What do you stall for
       Bb     
We won the war
Bb                 
What was it all for
       Bb                       
Do you support this constitution
   Bb    
Of course
     Bb       
Then defend it
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And what if you're backing the wrong horse
     Bb                                    
Burr we studied and we fought and we killed
        Bb                                    
For the notion of a nation we now get to build
    Ebm               Db                     
For once in your life take a stand with pride


[Chorus]
        F7                                  
I don't understand how you stand to the side
Gb        Bbm         
I'll keep all my plans
            Bbm  
Close to my chest
     Gb        Bbm    
I'll wait here and see
              Bbm           
Which way the wind will blow
Gb            Bbm               Db                    
I'm taking my time watching the afterbirth of a nation
             B            Db
Watching the tension grow ■ 


[Bridge]
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I am sailing off to London
     Ebm                                   
I am accompanied by someone who always pays
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I have found a wealthy husband
                 Ebm                       
Who will keep me in comfort for all my days
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He is not a lot of fun but there is no one
    Gb                              
Who can match you for turn of phrase
   B        
My Alexander
         Dbsus4 Db             
Angelica Don't  forget to write


[Chorus]
     Ebm Db           
Look at  where you are
        Gb B         Ebm    
Look at ■  where you started
                     Db         Gb     
The fact that you're alive is a miracle
          B          Ebm Db             
Just stay alive that ■   would be enough
       Gb                      B                Ebm 
And if your wife could share a fraction of your time
           Db                 Bbsus4
If I could grant you peace of mind  
              Bbsus4
Would that be enough


[Verse]
Ebm                                   Gb                  
■   Alexander joins forces with James Madison and John Jay
                            Ebm                                         
To write a series of essays defending the new United States Constitution
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Entitled The Federalist Papers
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The plan was to write a total of twentyfive essays
    Gb                                     
The work divided evenly among the three men
Ebm                       Gb                                   Gb    
■   In the end they wrote eightyfive essays in the span of six months
Em7                                 G   
■   John Jay got sick after writing five
Dsus4               Em        
James Madison wrote twentynine
Em7      Em        Em7           
Hamilton wrote the other fiftyone


[Chorus]
Em                           Gbm7               
How do you write like you're running out of time
G                               D                  
Write day and night like you're running out of time
Em7                             D                  
Every day you fight like you're running out of time
            G           C      
Like you're running out of time
        C                  
Are you running out of time
Em         G                               
How do you write like tomorrow won't arrive
G                                           
How do you write like you need it to survive
Em7                    Dmaj7              
How do you write every second you're alive
G                               Cmaj7              
Every second you're alive Every second you're alive


[Bridge]
Em                    G   
They are asking me to lead
                      Am7
I am doing the best I can
                       Am    
To get the people that I need
B7                      Em7           
I'm asking you to be my right hand man
            Em7  
Treasury or State
              G         
I know it's a lot to ask
G                
Treasury or State
                    G             
To leave behind the world you know
                Gsus4                                     
Sir do you want me to run the Treasury or State department
Am       B7          Em
Treasury ■  Let's go ■ 
Gb7                      
Alexander I have to leave
G                                        Am                                
Alexander Look around look around at how lucky we are to be alive right now
Em            Gb               G   
Helpless They are asking me to lead
     Am                G     
Look around isn't this enough
                 Cmaj7    
He will never be satisfied
G                   
What would be enough
Bm7                       
He will never be satisfied
B7                 
Satisfied Satisfied


[Chorus]
                             G                   
Why do you assume you're the smartest in the room
G                                                
Why do you assume you're the smartest in the room
B                        Bm7                     
Why do you assume you're the smartest in the room
Bm7                                 
Soon that attitude will be your doom
G                                               
Why do you write like you're running out of time
       Em            
Why do you fight like
Bm7             G Bm7            
History has its ■ ■   eyes on you
  Am              D7      Gb7 
I am not throwin' away my shot
  C                       Em  
I am not throwin' away my shot
  Em                            
I am Alexander Hamilton Hamilton
C        D   
Just you wait
     D                        
I am not throwing away my shot


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