My Shot

My Shot: Accordi

     SOLm
I am not throwin' away my shot
FA/LA SIb
I am  not throwin' away my shot
SOL7/SI     DOm7
Hey yo, I'm just like my country
                          
I'm young, scrappy and hungry
        MIb                  RE7/FA#
And I'm not throwin' away my shot

           SOLm
I'ma get a scholarship to King's College
                     FA/LA     SIb
I probably shouldn't brag, but dang, 

I amaze and astonish
               SOL7/SI DOm
The problem is I got a lot of brains but no polish
              REm      MIbm
I gotta holler just to be heard
 
With every word, I drop knowledge
      SOLm  
I'm a diamond in the rough, a shiny piece of coal
FA/LA SIb
Tryna reach my goal my power of speech, 
          SOL/SI
unimpeachable
DOm                            REm
Only nineteen but my mind is older
      MIb                       RE7
These New York City streets get colder, I shoulder
      SOLm
Every burden, every disadvantage

I have learned to manage, 
FA/LA   SIb
I don't have a gun to brandish
                      
I walk these streets famished
    DOm                                  REm
The plan is to fan this spark into a flame
    MIb6 
But damn, it's getting dark, 
   RE7
so let me spell out my name
         SOLm        SIb       
I am the A-L-E-X-A-N-D-E-R we are meant to be
      DOm
A colony that runs independently
REm        MIb6                   RE7
Meanwhile, Britain keeps shittin' on us endlessly
     SOLm
Essentially, they tax us relentlessly
          SIb
Then King George turns around, 

runs a spendin' spree
SOL/SI    DOm                           
He ain't ever gonna set his descendants free
REm      MIb6                    RE7
So there will be a revolution in this century
             SOLm
Enter me, he says in parentheses
FA/LA    SIb
Don't be shocked 

when your history book mentions me
SOL/SI DOm                       
I will lay down my life if it sets us free
REm  MIb6                  RE7
Eventually, you'll see my ascendancy

         SOLm
And I am not throwin' away my shot
FA/LA SIb
I am  not throwin' away my shot
SOL7/SI     DOm7
Hey yo, I'm just like my country
                        
I'm young, scrappy and hungry
        MIb6                RE7
And I'm not throwin' away my shot
         SOLm
And I am not throwin' away my shot
FA/LA SIb
I am  not throwin' away my shot
SOL7/SI     DOm7             
Hey yo, I'm just like my country
                          
I'm young, scrappy and hungry
        MIb6                RE7
And I'm not throwin' away my shot

             SOLm
It's time to take a shot
                            FA/LA SIb
I dream of life without a monarchy
                                   SOL/SI DOm
The unrest in France will lead to anarchy?
                                   REm MIb
Anarchy how you say, how you, oh, anar-chy?
                               RE7/FA#
When I fight, I make the other side panicky
     SOLm
With my, shot
                         FA/LA
Yo, I'm a tailor's apprentice
      SIb
And I got y'all knuckleheads 
                            SOL/SI
in loco parentis (loco parentis)
    DOm
I'm joining the rebellion 

'cause I know it's my chance
REm     MIb
To socially advance, 
           RE/FA#
instead of sewin' some pants (woo)
          SOLm
I'm gonna take a shot
                             FA/LA
And but we'll never be truly free
  SIb
Until those in bondage 
                                SOL/SI
have the same rights as you and me
    DOm
You and I do or die
                  REm     MIb         
Wait 'til I sally in on a stallion
                     RE/FA#
With the first black battalion
      SOLm
Have another shot
                        FA
Geniuses, lower your voices
    SIb
You keep out of trouble 
                        SOL
and you double your choices
    DOm                                   REm                  
I'm with you, but the situation is fraught
       MIb6                RE7
You've got to be carefully taught
                              SOLm
If you talk, you're gonna get shot

Burr, check what we got
FA/LA  SIb        
Mister Lafayette, hard rock like Lancelot
SOL/SI       DOm
I think your pants look hot
              
Laurens, I like you a lot
REm           MIb
Let's hatch a plot blacker 
                RE/FA#
than the kettle callin' the pot
     SOLm
What are the odds the gods 

would put us all in one spot
FA/LA     SIb
Poppin' a squat on conventional wisdom, 

like it or not
SOL/SI     DOm
A bunch of revolutionary manumission abolitionists?
                 
Give me a position, show me where the ammunition is

SOLm
 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

Let's get this guy in front of a crowd

RE7      SOLm
I am not throwin' away my shot
FA/LA SIb
I am  not throwin' away my shot
SOL7/SI     DOm7
Hey yo, I'm just like my country

I'm young, scrappy and hungry
        MIb6                RE7
And I'm not throwin' away my shot
         SOLm
And I am not throwin' away my shot
FA/LA SIb
I am  not throwin' away my shot
SOL7/SI     DOm7
Hey yo, I'm just like my country

I'm young, scrappy and hungry
        MIb6                 RE7/FA#
And I'm not throwin' away my shot


Everybody sing
SOLm
Whoa, whoa, whoa
SIb        MIb        RE7
 Ayy, whoa (woo), whoa

Should let 'em hear ya (yeah)

Let's go
SOLm
Whoa, whoa, whoa
  FA/LA SIb
I said  shout it to the rooftops
             MIb6
Whoa, whoa, whoa

Said, to the rooftops
     
Whoa, whoa, whoa
RE7/FA#
 A-come on (yeah)

Come on, let's go

SOLm
Rise up
                               FA/LA  SIb
When you're living on your knees, you rise up
                                  MIb
Tell your brother that he's gotta rise up
                                  RE7/FA#
Tell your sister that she's gotta rise up
                              SOLm
When are these colonies gonna rise up? (Whoa, whoa)
                        FA/LA SIb
When are these colonies gonna rise up? (Whoa)
                        SOL/SI DOm      
When are these colonies gonna  rise up? (Whoa)
                              MIb6
When are these colonies gonna rise up?
RE7/FA#
Rise up

          SOLm
I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory
                SIb
When's it gonna get me?

In my sleep, seven feet ahead of me?
MIb7+
If I see it comin', do I run or do I let it be?
RE
Is it like a beat without a melody?
             SOLm
See, I never thought I'd live past twenty
                  SIb
Where I come from some get half as many
            MIb7+
Ask anybody why we livin' fast and we laugh, 
               RE7
reach for a flask

We have to make this moment last, that's plenty
SOLm
Scratch that this is not a moment, 
             FA/LA
it's the movement
SIb
Where all the hungriest brothers 

with something to prove went?
MIb7+
 Foes oppose us, we take an honest stand
RE7/FA#
We roll like Moses, claimin' our promised land
SOLm                          FA/LA
 And? If we win our independence?
SIb
Is that a guarantee of freedom for our descendants?
MIb7+
 Or will the blood we shed begin 
           RE7/FA#
an endless cycle of vengeance and death 
                   SOLm
with no defendants?
                                       
I know the action in the street is excitin'
           SIb
But Jesus, between all the bleedin' 'n' fightin'

I've been readin' 'n' writin'
DOm
 We need to handle our financial situation
MIb                 RE/FA#
 Are we a nation of states 
           
what's the state of our nation?
SOLm
 I'm past patiently waitin' 
                   FA/LA SIb
I'm passionately mashin' every expectation
                             SOL/SI
Every action's an act of creation
DOm
 I'm laughin' in the face of casualties and sorrow
        RE7
For the first time, I'm thinkin' past tomorrow

         SOLm
And I am not throwin' away my shot
FA/LA SIb
I am  not throwin' away my shot
SOL7/SI     DOm7
Hey yo, I'm just like my country

I'm young, scrappy and hungry
        MIb6                RE7
And I'm not throwin' away my shot
            SOLm
We're gonna rise up (time to take a shot)

I am not throwin' away my shot
FA/LA       SIb
We're gonna rise up (time to take a shot)
   
I am not throwin' away my shot
SOL/SI       DOm7
We're gonna, rise up, rise up

It's time to take a shot
SOLm/RE
Rise up, rise up

It's time to take a shot
MIb6
Rise up, it's time to take a shot
       SIb/FA
Rise up, take a shot, shot, shot
     RE7
It's time to take a shot, time to take a shot

And I am not throwin' away my
                     SOLm
Not throwin' away my shot

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My Shot è un brano che fa parte del musical Hamilton, nato nel 2015 dalla penna di Lin-Manuel Miranda che scrive musiche e testi. Consiste in un progetto artistico che racconta la vita di Alexander Hamilton, una delle figure più importanti nella storia degli Stati Uniti, Padre Fondatore e primo Ministro del tesoro della nascente nazione americana. La canzone racconta la scena di quando le grandi capacità oratorie di Hamilton fanno breccia su altri tre rivoluzionari: John Laurens, Marquis de Lafayette e Hercules Mulligan.

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Alberto Moneti

36 anni, polistrumentista: pianoforte, chitarra, batteria, clarinetto. Ha conseguito la licenza in teoria musicale e solfeggio presso il Conservatorio Cherubini di Firenze. Dal 1997 è organista presso la Basilica di Santa Maria del Sasso, a Bibbiena (AR).