Hamilton - My Shot - Misc Musicals
Tuning: Gm, E A D G B E
(This is my first tab/chord, so be forewarned of some slight miscalculations with beat.
I tried to match it up as close as I could with the Original Broadway Recording.
If there are any corrections, this is open to be corrected.
Have fun and don't throw away your shot :D)
[HAMILTON]
I am not throw
ing away my sh
ot
I am not throw
ing away my sh
ot
Hey yo, I'm ju
st like my cou
ntry
I'm young, scrappy, and hungry
And I'm not th
rowing away my
shot
I'mma get a sc
holarship to K
ing's College
I probably sho
uldn't brag, b
ut dag, I amaz
e and astonish
The problem is
I got a lot o
f brains, but
no polish
I gotta holler
just to be he
ard
With every word I drop knowledge
I'm a diamond
in the rough,
a shiny piece
of coal
Tryin' to reac
h my goal, my
power of speec
h: unimpeachab
le
Only nineteen,
but my mind i
s older
These New York
City streets
getting colder
, I shoulder
Ev'ry burden,
ev'ry disadvan
tage
I have learned
to manage. I
don't have a g
un to brandish
N.C.
I walk these streets famished
The plan is to
fan this spar
k into a flame
But damn, it's
getting dark,
so let me spe
ll out my name
I am the—
[HAMILTON, LAFAYETTE, MULLIGAN, LAURENS]
A-L, E-X, A-N,
D
E-R—we are—mea
nt to be
[HAMILTON]
A colony that
runs independe
ntly
Meanwhile, Bri
tain keeps shi
tting on us en
dlessly
Essentially, t
hey tax us rel
entlessly
Then King Geor
ge turns aroun
d, runs a spen
ding spree
He ain't never
gonna set his
descendants f
ree
So there will
be a revolutio
n in this cent
ury
N.C.
ENTER ME!
[LAURENS, LAFAYETTE, MULLIGAN]
(He says in pa
rentheses)
[HAMILTON]
Don't be shock
ed when your h
istory book me
ntions me
I will lay dow
n my life if i
t sets us free
Eventually you
'll see my asc
endancy
[HAMILTON and (LAURENS)]
And I am not t
hrowing away m
y shot (my sho
t)
I am not throw
ing away my sh
ot (my shot)
Hey yo, I'm ju
st like my cou
ntry
I'm young, scrappy, and hungry
[HAMILTON & LAURENS]
And I'm not th
rowing away my
shot
[HAMILTON, MULLIGAN, LAURENS, LAFAYETTE]
I am not throw
ing away my sh
ot
I am not throw
ing away my sh
ot
Hey yo, I'm ju
st like my cou
ntry
I'm young, scrappy, and hungry
And I'm not th
rowing away my
shot
It's time to t
ake a shot!
[LAFAYETTE]
I dream of lif
e without the
monarchy
The unrest in
France will le
ad to "onarchy
"
"Onarchy?" How
you say, how
you s—Oh, anar
chy!
When I fight I
make the othe
r side panicky
With my
[HAMILTON, MULLIGAN, LAURENS, LAFAYETTE]
Shot!
[MULLIGAN]
Yo, I'm a tail
or's apprentic
e
And I got y'al
l knuckleheads
in loco paren
tis
I'm joining th
e rebellion cu
z I know it's
my chance
To socially ad
vance, instead
of sewin' som
e pants
I'm gonna take a
HAMILTON, MULLIGAN, LAURENS, LAFAYETTE:
Shot!
[LAURENS]
Eh, but we'll
never be truly
free
Until those in
bondage have
the same right
s as you and m
e
You and I, do
or die, wait t
ill I sally in
on a stallion
With the first
black battali
on
Have another
[HAMILTON, MULLIGAN, LAURENS, LAFAYETTE]
Shot!
[BURR]
Geniuses, lowe
r your voices
You keep out o
f trouble, and
you double yo
ur choices
I'm with you,
but the situat
ion is fraught
You've got to
be carefully t
aught:
If you talk, y
ou're gonna ge
t shot!
[HAMILTON]
Burr, check wh
at we got
Mr. Lafayette
hard rock like
Lancelot
I think your p
ants look hot
Laurens, I lik
e you a lot
Let's hatch a
plot blacker t
han the kettle
callin' the p
ot
What are the o
dds the gods w
ould put us al
l in one spot
Poppin' a squa
t on conventio
nal wisdom, li
ke it or not
A bunch of rev
olutionary man
umission aboli
tionists
N.C.
Give me a position, show me where the ammunition is
Oh, am I talkin' too loud?
Sometimes I get over excited, shoot off at the mouth
I never had a group of friends before
I promise that I'll make y'all proud
[LAURENS]
Let's get this guy in front of a crowd!
[COMPANY]
I am not throw
ing away my sh
ot
I am not throw
ing away my sh
ot
Hey yo, I'm ju
st like my cou
ntry
I'm young, scrappy, and hungry
And I'm not th
rowing away my
shot
I am not throw
ing away my sh
ot
I am not throw
ing away my sh
ot
Hey yo, I'm ju
st like my cou
ntry
I'm young, scrappy, and hungry
And I'm not th
rowing away my
shot
[LAURENS and (HAMILTON, LAFAYETTE, MULLIGAN)]
Everybody sing
Woah-woah, wo-
Hey
oh-oh (Woah-wo
ah, wo-oh-oh)
Wo-oh-oh (Wo-o
Wooh!!
h-oh)
Wo-oh-oh (Wo-o
h-oh)
Sing let 'em h
ear ya (Yeah)
[LAURENS and (COMPANY)]
Let's go! (Woa
h-woah, wo-oh-
oh)
I said, shout it to the rooftops
(Wo-oh-oh)
Said to the rooftops
(Wo-oh-oh)
Now come on
(Yeah)
Now come on, let's go
[LAURENS]
Rise up
When you're li
ving on your k
nees, you rise
up
Tell your brot
her that he's
got to rise up
Tell your sist
er that she's
got to rise up
[LAURENS & ENSEMBLE and (COMPANY)]
When are these
colonies gonn
a rise up
(Whoa, woah)
When are these
colonies gonn
a rise up (Woa
h)
When are these
colonies gonn
a rise up (Woa
h)
When are these
colonies gonn
a rise up (Woa
h)
Rise up
[HAMILTON]
I imagine deat
h so much it f
eels more like
a memory
When's it's go
nna get me?
In my sleep? Seven feet ahead of me?
If I see it co
ming, do I run
or do I let i
t be?
Is it like a b
eat without a
melody?
See, I never t
hought I'd liv
e past twenty
Where I come f
rom some get h
alf as many
Ask anybody wh
y we livin' fa
st and we laug
h, reach for a
flask
We have to mak
e this moment
last, that's p
lenty
Scratch that
This is not a
moment, it's t
he movement
Where all the
hungriest brot
hers with some
thing to prove
went
Foes oppose us
, we take an h
onest stand
We roll like M
oses, claimin'
our Promised
Land
And? If we win
our independe
nce?
'Zat a guarant
ee of freedom
for our descen
dants?
Or will the bl
ood we shed be
gin an endless
Cycle of venge
ance and death
with no defen
dants?
I know the act
ion in the str
eet is excitin
'
But Jesus, bet
ween all the b
leedin' 'n fig
htin'
I've been read
in' 'n writin'
We need to han
dle our financ
ial situation
Are we a natio
n of states? W
hat's the stat
e of our natio
n?
I'm past patie
ntly waitin'!
I'm passionate
ly smashin' ev
ery expectatio
n
Every action's
an act of cre
ation
I'm laughin' i
n the face of
casualties and
sorrow
For the first
time, I'm thin
kin' past tomo
rrow
[HAMILTON & COMPANY]
And I am not t
hrowin' away m
y shot
I am not throw
in' away my sh
ot
Hey, yo, I'm j
ust like my co
untry
I'm young, scrappy, and hungry
And I'm not th
rowin' away my
shot
[HAMILTON, MULLIGAN, LAURENS and (ENSEMBLE)]
We gonna
rise up; time
to take a shot
(Not thrown’ away my shot)
We gonna
rise up; time
to take a shot
(Not throwin’ away my shot)
We gonna
(rise up, rise
up)
[HAMILTON]
It’s time to take a shot
[HAMILTON, MULLIGAN, LAURENS and (ENSEMBLE)]
(Rise up, rise
up)
It’s time to take a shot (rise up, rise up)
(Wo-oah) Time to take a shot (rise up)
Take a shot, a shot, a shot, (Oh-Oh, oh)
A-yo, it's tim
Time to take a
And I am (And
e to take a shot (Woah, oh-oh oh)
shot (Woah-oh)
I am)
N.C.
Not throwing away my
[COMPANY]
Not throwing a
way my shot!
(the above
is the button
at the very e
nd)