The World Was Wide Enough Chords by Lin-Manuel Miranda
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[Company]:One, two, three, four, five
Six, seven, eight, nine...
[Burr] :There are ten things you need to know...
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[Company]:Number one!
Cm/G
[Burr] :We rowed across the Hudson at dawn
Fm/Ab Bbm
My friend William. P Van Ness signed on as my-
Fm
[Company]:Number two!
Cm/G
[Burr] :I watched Hamilton arrive with his crew
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Nathaniel Pendleton and a doctor that he knew
Fm
[Company]:Number three!
Cm/G
[Burr] :I watched Hamilton examine the terrain
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I wish I could tell you what was happening in his brain
Fm Cm/G
This man has poisoned my political pursuits
Fm Cm/G Fm/Ab Bbm
[Company]:Most disputes die and no one shoots!
Fm
Number four!
Cm/G
[Burr] :Hamilton drew first position
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Looking to the world like a man on a mission
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This is a soldier with a marksman's ability
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The doctor turned around so he could have deniability
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[Company]:Five!
Cm/G
[Burr] :Now I didn't know this at the time but we were-
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[Burr & :Near the same spot your son died is that why-
Hamilton]
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[Company]:Six!
Cm/G
[Burr] :He examined his gun with such rigor
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I watched as he methodically fiddled with the trigger
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[Company]:Seven!
Cm/G
[Burr] :Confession time! Here's what I got
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My fellow soldiers will tell you I'm a terrible shot
Fm
[Company]:Number eight!
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[Burr & :Your last chance to negotiate
Hamilton] Fm/Ab Bbm
Send in your seconds, see if they can set the record straight
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[Burr] :They won't teach you this in your classes
But look it up Hamilton was wearing his glasses
Why? If not to take deadly aim
It's him or me, the world will never be the same
I had only one thought before the slaughter
This man will not make an orphan of my daughter
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[Company]:Number nine!
Cm/G
[Burr] :Look him in the eye, aim no higher
Fm/Ab Bbm
Summon all the courage you require
Then count-
N.C.
[Company]:One, two, three, four, five
Six, seven, eight, nine-
Number ten! Paces! FIRE!
N.C.
[Hamilton]:I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory
Is this where it gets me? On my feet, several feet ahead of me
I see it coming do I run or fire my gun or let it be?
There is no beat, no melody
Burr, my first friend, my enemy
Maybe the last face I ever see
If I throw away my shot is this how you'll remember me?
What if this bullet is my legacy? Legacy?!?!
What is a legacy?
It's planting seeds in a garden you never get to see
I wrote some notes at the beginning of a song a someone will sing for me
America, you great unfinished symphony, you sent for me
You let me make a difference
A place where even orphaned immigrants can leave their fingerprints
And rise up
I'm running out of time, I'm running and my time's up
Wise up! Eyes up!
I catch a glimpse of the other side
Laurens leads a soldiers chorus on the other side
My son is on the other side
He's with my mother on the other side
Washington is watching from the other side
Teach me how to say goodbye, rise up, rise up
Rise up, Eliza!
My love take your time, I'll see you on the other side
Rise a glass to freedom...
