Non-Stop

Non-Stop: Accordi

(rappato)
After the war I went back to New York

A-After the war I went back to New York

I finished up my studies and I practiced law

I practiced law, Burr worked next door

Even though we started at the very same time

Alexander Hamilton began to climb

How to account for his rise to the top?

Man, the man is
    FA
Non-stop
                                        
Gentlemen of the jury, I'm curious, bear with me
LAm
 Are you aware that we're making history?
FA
This is the first murder trial 
                 LAm
of our brand-new nation

The liberty behind

Deliberation (non-stop)
FA
I intend to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt
         LAm
With my assistant counsel

Co-counsel

Hamilton, sit down
           FA
Our client Levi Weeks is innocent

Call your first witness
       LAm
That's all you had to say

Okay  One more thing

FA
Why do you assume 
           REm7
you're the smartest in the room? (Hey)
LAm
Why do you assume 

you're the smartest in the room? (Hey)
FA
Why do you assume 
           REm
you're the smartest in the room? (Hey)
FA
Soon that attitude may be your doom (aww)
                             REm7
Why do you write like you're running out of time?
LAm
Write day and night 
                            
like you're running out of time?
FA
Everyday day you fight, 
            REm7
like you're running out of time
LAm
Keep on fighting in the meantime

    FA
Non-stop
 
Corruption's such an old song 
                          LAm
that we can sing along in harmony

And nowhere is it stronger than in Albany
FA 
This colony's economy's increasingly stalling and
LAm     
Honestly, that's why public service 
               FA
(he's just non-stop)

Seems to be calling me

I practiced the law, I practically perfected it
LAm
 I've seen injustice in the world 

and I've corrected it
FA                          REm
 Now for a strong central democracy
                     LAm
If not, then I'll be Socrates

Throwing verbal rocks

At these mediocrities (aww)
FA
Hamilton, at the Constitutional Convention

I was chosen for the Constitutional Convention

There as a New York junior delegate

Now what I'm gonna say may sound indelicate (aww)

Goes and proposes his own form of government (what?)

His own plan for a new form of government (what?)

Talks for six hours

The convention is listless

Bright young man

Yo, who the f is this?

FA                REm7   
Why do you always say what you believe? (Hey)
LAm
Why do you always say what you believe? (Hey)
FA                 REm7       FA7+
Every proclamation guarantees free ammunition 

for your enemies (aww)
FA                         REm7
Why do you write like it's going out of style?
LAm
Write day and night like it's going out of style?
FA                           REm7
Everyday you fight like it's going out of style
FA
Do what you do

REm   DO   FA      REm   DO   FA

REm   DO   FA      REm   DO   LAm

(parlato)
Alexander?
Aaron Burr, sir
Well, it's the middle of the night
Can we confer, sir?
Is this a legal matter?
Yes, and it's important to me
What do you need?
Burr, you're a better lawyer than me
Okay
I know I talk too much, I'm abrasive
You're incredible in court
You're succinct, persuasive
My client needs a strong defense
You're the solution
Who's your client?
The new U.S. Constitution?

RE#m
No

Hear me out
   DO#
No way
             LA#m
A series of essays, anonymously published
                RE#m
Defending the document to the public
DO#
No one will read it
      FA#
I disagree

And if it fails?

Burr, that's why we need it
          RE#m
The constitution's a mess
      DO#
So it needs amendments
     LA#m
It's full of contradictions

So is independence
   RE#m
We have to start somewhere
DO#
No   No way
       LA#m
You're making a mistake

Good night   ...Hey

What are you waiting for?

What do you stall for? (What?)

We won the war

What was it all for?

Do you support this constitution?

Of course

Then defend it

And what if you're backing the wrong horse?

Burr, we studied and we fought and we killed

For the notion of a nation we now get to build
    RE#m                      DO#
For once in your life, take a stand with pride
FA5
I don't understand how you stand to the side

FA#              RE#m  
I'll keep all my plans
            LA#m
Close to my chest (wait for it, wait for it, wait)
FA#                RE#m               
I'll wait here and see
              LA#m
Which way the wind

Will blow
  FA#         RE#m
I'm taking my time

Watching the
DO#9
Afterbirth of a nation
             SI7+            DO#
Watching the tension grow

RE#m
 I am sailing off to London
       FA#
I am accompanied by someone
               RE#m
Who always pays
                                        FA#
I have found a wealthy husband who will keep

Me in comfort for all my days
RE#m                                    FA#
 He is not a lot of fun, but there's no one who

Can match you for turn of phrase
SI7+
 My Alexander
  DO#4
Angelica
                  RE#m
Don't forget to write
        DO#/FA      FA#
Look at where you are
        SIadd9         RE#m
Look at where you started
                      DO#/FA         FA#
The fact that you're alive is a miracle
            SIadd9                  RE#m
Just stay alive, that would be enough
    DO#/FA   FA#
And if your wife could share 
  SIadd9           RE#m
a fraction of your time
           DO#/FA             LA#7/4
If I could grant you peace of mind

Would that be enough?
RE#m                                   FA#
 Alexander joins forces with James Madison 

and John Jay to write a series of essays
  RE#m
Defending the new United States Constitution
  FA#
Entitled The Federalist Papers
    RE#m
The plan was to write a total of twenty-five essays
    FA#
The work divided evenly among the three men
RE#m                           FA#
 In the end, they wrote eighty-five essays, 

in the span of six months

MIm       RE/FA#                     SOL
 John Jay got sick after writing five
RE                         MIm
James Madison wrote twenty-nine
     RE/FA#        SI7
Hamilton wrote the other fifty-one

MIm                          RE/FA#                  
How do you write like you're running out of time?
SOL                             RE
Write day and night like you're running out of time?
MIm                            RE/FA#
Everyday you fight like you're running out of time
            SOL          
Like you're running out of time
DO/SOL
Are you running out of time?
MIm                                        RE/FA#
How do you write like tomorrow won't arrive?
SOL                                         DO/SOL
How do you write like you need it to survive?
MIm                    RE/FA#
How do you write every second you're alive?
      SOL
Every second you're alive? 
      DO7+
Every second you're alive?

MIm                    SOL
 They are asking me to lead
                      DO6
I am doing the best I can
                         LAm
To get the people that I need
           SI7                 
I'm asking you to be my right hand man
MIm7
Treasury or State?

I know it's a lot to ask
SOL
Treasury or State?

To leave behind the world you know
LAm7/4
Sir, do you want me to run 

the Treasury or State department?
LAm
 Treasury
SI7
 Let's go

MIm
  Alexander
RE/FA#
 I have to leave

Alexander
SOL                              LAm
 Look around, look around at how lucky 
                   SI5
we are to be alive right now
MIm
Helpless
         RE/FA#       SOL
They are asking me to lead
            LAm          SOL/SI
Look around, isn't this enough?
                 DO7+
He will never be satisfied

What would be enough?
SOL/RE            RE              
 He will never be satisfied (to be satisfied)
SI7/RE#
Satisfied
                           
Satisfied (history has its eyes)
SOL                          MIm7
Why do you assume you're the smartest in the room?
SOL/SI                       DO7+
Why do you assume you're the smartest in the room?
SOL                          MIm
Why do you assume you're the smartest in the room?
SOL/SI                     DO7+                 
Why do you write like it's going out of style?
SOL/SI
Why do you fight like
DO7+            SOL  MIm RE                 
History has its eyes on  you
     DO/MI
I am not throwin' away my shot

(Just you wait)

I am not throwin' away my shot

(Just you wait)
     MIm/SI               
I am Alexander Hamilton, Hamilton
         DO6 SOL/RE SI7/RE# 
Just you wait...
                               MIm
I am not throwin' away my shot

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Chitarra Acustica

Non-Stop è un brano tratto dal musical Hamilton, ideato, scritto, diretto e interpretato (nel ruolo del protagonista) da Lin-Manuel Miranda. Andato in scena a partire dal gennaio 2015 a New York, racconta le vicende e la vita di Alexander Hamilton, Padre Fondatore degli Stati Uniti d'America e primo Segretario al Tesoro della nascente nazione. La canzone è il brano di chiusura del primo atto: Hamilton è appena stato eletto Segretario al Tesoro dal Presidente Washington... ma la moglie non è assolutamente d'accordo!

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L'autore del post

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).