Your Obedient Servant

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How does Hamilton
Dm
An arrogant
Dm
Immigrant, orphan
E
Bastard, whoreson
E 
Somehow endorse
              F
Thomas Jefferson, his enemy
                              Bb
A man he’s despised since the beginning
      A
Just to keep me from winning?
Dm
I wanna be in the room where it happens—

[Burr and Company]
         E
The room where it happens
         E 
The room where it happens

[Burr]
Dm
You’ve kept me from—

[Burr and Company]
F
The room where it happens

[Burr]
Bb            A
For the last time


Dm Edim F

         Bb     A
Dear Alexander:
      Dm
I am slow to anger
      Edim
But I toe the line
          F
As I reckon with the effects
         Bb          A
Of your life on mine
        Dm          
I look back on where I failed
         Edim
And in every place I checked
         F                                                          Bb    A
The only common thread has been your disrespect
         Dm
Now you call me “amoral,”
   Edim
A “dangerous disgrace,”
          Dm
If you’ve got something to say
        Bb
Name a time and place
A
Face to face
F                   Bb               C          
I have the honor to be Your Obedient Servant
           F
A dot Burr

[Hamilton]
N.C.
Mr. Vice President:

Ebm 
I am not the reason no one trusts you
Fdim
No one knows what you believe
                F#
I will not equivocate on my opinion
        B                    Bb
I have always worn it on my sleeve
          Ebm     
Even if I said what you think I said
                  Fdim
You would need to cite a more specific grievance
                  F#                               B
Here’s an itemized list of thirty years of disagreements

[Burr]
N.C.
Sweet Jesus

[Hamilton]
     Ebm
Hey, I have not been shy
                Fdim
I am just a guy in the public eye
                          F#
Tryin’ to do my best for our republic
Ebm
I don’t wanna fight
      B                     Bb
But I won’t apologize for doing what’s right
F#                  B       C#
I have the honor to be Your Obedient Servant
          F#
A dot Ham

[Burr]
Em
Careful how you proceed, good man
F#
Intemperate indeed, good man
Em                             G                              C
Answer for the accusations I lay at your feet or
                    B
Prepare to bleed, good man

[Hamilton]
Em
Burr, your grievance is legitimate
            F#
I stand by what I said, every bit of it
       Em
You stand only for yourself
              C
It’s what you do
             B
I can’t apologize because it’s true

[Burr]
N.C.
Then stand, Alexander
N.C.
Weehawken. Dawn.
N.C.
Guns. Drawn.

[Hamilton]
N.C.
You’re on

[Burr and Hamilton]
G                   C                D
I have the honor to be Your Obedient Servant

[Hamilton]
G
A dot Ham

[Burr]
G
A dot Burr