Yorktown (Hamilton)

Lin Manuel Miranda

Key DmDifficulty 3

Dm The C G battle of Yorktown

Dm C G seventeen-eighty-one

Dm Monsieur Hamilton Monsieur Lafayette C

In G command where you belong How you say, no sweat

Dm We're finally on the field We've had quite a run C

G Immigrants We get the job done

Dm So what happens if we win? I go back to France C

I bring G freedom to my people if I'm given the chance

Dm We'll be with you when you do Go lead your men C

See you G on the other side 'Til we meet again, let's go

Dm I am not throwin' away F my G shot

F/A I am not throwin' away C my Dm shot

Dm Hey yo, I'm just like my country, I'm F young Scrappy and G hungry

F/A And I'm not throwin' away C my Dm shot

Dm I am not throwin' away F my G shot

F/A 'Til the world turns C upside Dm down

F 'Til the world turns upside G down

I imagine Dm death so much it feels more like a memory C

This is where it G gets me: on my feet The enemy ahead of me

Dm If this is the end of me, at least I have a friend with me C

G Weapon in my hand, a command, and my men with me

Dm Then I remember my Eliza's expecting me C

G Not only that, my Eliza's expecting

Dm We gotta go, gotta get the job done C

Gotta G start a new nation, gotta meet my son

(I think I like only playing the first chord here…)

Dm Take the bullets out your gun (what?) F The bullets out your G gun (what?)

F/A We move under cover and we C move Dm as one

Dm Through the night, we have one F shot to live another G day

F/A We cannot let a stray C gunshot give us Dm away

Dm We will fight up close, seize the F moment and stay in G it

F/A It's either that or meet the business C end of a Dm bayonet

Dm The code word is 'Rochambeau,' dig F me? G Rochambeau

F/A You have your orders now, G go man, go

Dm And so the American experiment C begins

With my G friends all scattered to the winds

Laurens is in Dm South Carolina, redefining C bravery

We'll G never be free until we end slavery

Dm When we finally drive the British C away

G Lafayette is there waiting In Chesapeake Bay

Dm How did we know that this plan would C work?

We had a G spy on the inside That's right

Dm Hercules Mulligan A F tailor spyin' G on the British government

F/A I take their measurements, C information and then I Dm smuggle it (up)

Dm To my brother's F revolutionary G covenant

F/A I'm runnin' with the Sons of C Liberty and I am Dm lovin' it

Dm See, that's what happens F when you up against the G ruffians

F/A We in the shit now, C somebody gotta Dm shovel it

Dm Hercules Mulligan, I F need no G introduction

F/A When you knock me down I get C the fuck back up Dm again

Dm After a week of fighting, a young man in a red coat stands on a parapet

Dm We lower our guns as he frantically waves a white handkerchief

Dm And just like that, it's over We tend to our G/D wounded, we count our dead

F/D Black and white soldiers wonder alike if this G/D really means freedom

[N.C.] Not yet

Dm We negotiate the terms of surrender C I see George G Washington smile

Dm We escort their men out of Yorktown F They stagger G home single file

Dm Tens of thousands of people flood the C streets There are screams and church bells ringing

G/B And as our fallen foes retreat I hear the A drinking song they're singing

Dm The world turned upside G down

F/D The world turned upside G/D down

Dm Down, F Down, G down, G/A down Freedom for America, freedom for France

Dm Down, F down, G down G/A Gotta start a new nation Gotta meet my son

Dm Down, F down, G down We G/A won, We won, We won, We won

F The world turned G upside Dm down