F#m
[BURR]
D7 F#m D7
There’s nothing like summer in the city
F#m D7
Someone under stress meets someone looking pretty
Faug
There’s trouble in the air you can smell it
And Alexander’s by himself I’ll let him tell it
[HAMILTON]
A
I hadn’t slept in a week
I was weak I was awake
Aaug
You never seen a bastard orphan
More in need of a break
F#m/A
Longing for Angelica
Missing my wife
A7
That’s when Miss Maria Reynolds walked into my life she said
[MARIA]
A
I know you are a man of honor
Aaug
I’m so sorry to bother you at home
F#m/A A7
But I don’t know where to go and I came here all alone…
[HAMILTON]
She said
[MARIA]
A
My husband’s doin’ me wrong
Aaug
Beatin’ me cheatin’ me mistreatin’ me
F#m/A
Suddenly he’s up and gone
A7
I don’t have the means to go on
[HAMILTON]
F#m D7
So I offered her a loan I offered to walk her home she said
[MARIA]
You’re too kind sir
[HAMILTON]
F#m
I gave her thirty bucks that I had socked away
D7
She lived a block away she said
[MARIA]
This one’s mine sir
[HAMILTON]
F#m
Then I said “well I should head back home ”
D7
She turned red she led me to her bed
Let her legs spread and said
[MARIA]
Faug
Stay?
[HAMILTON]
Hey…
[MARIA]
Hey…
[HAMILTON]
That’s when I began to pray
A
Lord show me how to
Say no to this
Aaug
I don’t know how to
Say no to this
F#m/A
But my God she looks so helpless
A7
And her body’s saying “hell yes”
[MARIA]
A
Whoa...
[HAMILTON]
Nooo show me how to
HAMILTON/ENSEMBLE
Say no to this
[HAMILTON]
Aaug
I don’t know how to
HAMILTON/ENSEMBLE
Say no to this
[HAMILTON]
F#m/A
In my mind I’m tryin’ to go
(ENSEMBLE)
Go Go Go
[HAMILTON]
A7 D
Then her mouth is on mine and I don’t say…
[ENSEMBLE]
A
No No
Say no to this
Aaug
No No
Say no to this
F#m/A
No No
Say no to this
A7
No No
Say no to this
[HAMILTON]
A
I wish I could say that was the last time
Aaug
I said that last time It became a pastime
F#m/A
A month into this endeavor I received a letter
A7
From a Mr James Reynolds even better it said
[JAMES]
A5
Dear Sir I hope this letter finds you in good health
And in a prosperous enough position to put wealth
In the pockets of people like me down on their luck
You see that was my wife who you decided to
[HAMILTON]
Fuuuu—
[JAMES]
Uh-oh You made the wrong sucker a cuckold
So time to pay the piper for the pants you unbuckled
And hey you can keep seein’ my whore wife
If the price is right if not I’m telling your wife
[HAMILTON]
F#m
I hid the letter and I raced to her place
D7
Screamed “How could you ” in her face
She said
[MARIA]
No sir
[HAMILTON]
F#m
Half dressed apologetic A mess she looked
D7
Pathetic she cried
[MARIA]
Please don’t go sir
[HAMILTON]
F#m
So was your whole story a setup
[MARIA]
I don’t know about any letter
[HAMILTON]
E/F#
Stop crying Goddamnit get up
[MARIA]
E
I didn’t know any better
[HAMILTON]
D
I am ruined
MARIA / HAMILTON
Please don’t leave me with him / I am
E D
helpless / helpless how could I do
Just give him what he wants / this
E D
and you can have me
/ I don't want you
Whatever you want / I don't want you
[MARIA]
Bbm
If you pay
Bb B
You can stay
[HAMILTON]
B
Lord show me how to
Say no to this
Baug
I don't know how to
Say no to this
Abm/B
But the situation's helpless
B7
And her body's screaming
Hell yes
B
No show me how to
Say no to this
Baug
How can I
Say no to this
Abm/B
There is nowhere I
can go
B7
When her body's on
E
mine I do not say
[ENSEMBLE]
B
No!
Say no to this
Baug
No!
Say no to this
Abm/B
No!
Say no to this
B7
No!
Say no to this
B
[HAMILTON]
Say no to this
Baug
I don't say no to this
Abm/B
There is nowhere I can go
[ENSEMBLE]
Go go go
B7
[JAMES]
So?
[HAMILTON]
Nobody needs to know
B Baug Abm/B B7