Hamilton - My Shot - Misc Musicals

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(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)

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