The Room Where It Happens

The Room Where It Happens: Accordi

MIm   FAm
       ...Ah, Mr. Secretary!

Mr. Burr, sir

Did you hear the news 

about good old General Mercer?

No

You know Claremont street?

Yeah

They renamed it after him

The Mercer legacy is secure

Sure

And all he had to do is die

And that's a lot less work!

We ought to give it a try

Heh

And how you gonna get your debt plan through?
            
I guess I'm gonna have to finally listen to you
      LAm
Really?
     FA   MIb6   RE7/4   
Talk less, smile more
    LAm
Haha!
               FA              MIb6
Do whatever it takes to get my plan 

on the congress floor
LAm              FA                   MIb6
 Now Madison and Jefferson are merciless
                   RE7/4 
Well, hate the sin love the sinner
LAm
Hamilton!
          FA
I'm sorry Burr I gotta go
MIm                                        FAm
But decisions are happening over dinner

LAm                    FA                    MIb6
 Two Virginians and an immigrant walk into a room
                   RE7/4 
Diametrically opposed   Foes
LAm                 FA 
 They emerge with a compromise
            MIb6                           RE7/4 
Having open doors that were previously closed

Bros
    LAm
The immigrant emerges 
       FA                    MIb6
with unprecedented financial power
                      RE7/4 
A system he can shape however he wants
LAm              FA                      MIm
 The Virginians emerge with the nation's capital

And here's the pièce de résistance

LAm                     FA7
 No one else was in the room where it happened
    RE7
The room where it happened
    MI7
The room where it happened
LAm7/9                   FA7
 No one else was in the room where it happened
    RE9
The room where it happened
    MI7
The room where it happened
LAm                         DO6
No one really knows how the game is played
    RE7
The art of the trade
        MI7
How the sausage gets made
FA7
 We just assume that it happens
SOL                                       
 But no one else is in the room where it happens

MIm   FAm

LAm    FA                         MIb6                  
....Alexander was on Washington's doorstep 
           RE7/4            LAm
one day in distress and disarray
   FA                                 MIb6
Alexander said, "I've nowhere else to turn"
                     RE7/4 
And basically begged me to join the fray
LAm  FA 
  I approached Madison and said
 MIb6
"I know you hate him 
                    RE7/4          LAm
but let's hear what he has to say"
      FA 
Well, I arranged the meeting
MIm                                  
I arranged the menu, the venue, the seating
LAm
But
                       FA7
No one else was in the room where it happened
    RE7
The room where it happened
    MI7                    LAm
The room where it happened
                       FA7
No one else was in the room where it happened
    RE9
The room where it happened
    MI7                   
The room where it happened
LAm                         DO6
No one really knows how the parties get to "Yes"
    RE7
The pieces that are sacrificed 
   MI7
in every game of chess
FA7
 We just assume that it happens
SOL
 But no else is in the room where it happens

MIm   FAm

LAm           FA
...Madison is grappling with the fact
     MIb6                           RE7/4 
That not every issue can be settled by committee
LAm          FA                             MIb6
 Congress is fighting over where to put the capital

It isn't pretty
LAm                           FA
Jefferson approaches with the dinner invite
MIb6                         RE7/4 
Madison responds with Virginian insight
LAm                      FA
Maybe we could solve one problem with another
    MIm                    
And win a victory for the Southerners

In other words

Ho ho

A quid pro quo

I suppose

Wouldn't you like to work a little closer to home?

Actually, I would

Well, I propose the Potomac

And you'll provide him his votes?

Well, we'll see how it goes

Let's go

No!
                       FA7
...one else was in the room where it happened
    RE9
The room where it happened
    MI7                    LAm
The room where it happened
                       FA7
No one else was in the room where it happened
    RE9
The room where it happened
    MI7                    LAm
The room where it happened
           DO6 
My God, In God We Trust
       RE7                    DO6
But we never really know what got discussed
FA7                          FA#dim                       
 Click boom! Then it happened
SOL                         MI7
 But no one else was in the room where it happened

LAm
...What did they say to you to get you 
                                     DO
to sell New York City down the river...
                                   
Did Washington know about the dinner
                                           LAm                   
Was there Presidential pressure to deliver?
FA
 Or did you know even then it doesn't matter 

where you put the U.S. capital?

Cause we'll have the banks, we're in the same spot
    SIm7/5-
You got more than you gave

And I wanted what I got
         MI5                       FA5
When you got skin in the game, you stay in the game
    MI5                            FA5
But you don't get a win unless you play in the game
        MI5
Oh, you get love for it
    
You get hate for it
     
But you get nothing if you
    FA          
God help and forgive me
  MIm                          FA7+
I wanna build something that's gonna outlive me
MI7
What do you want Burr? (What do you want Burr?)

What do you want Burr? (What do you want Burr?)

If you stand for nothing then what'll you fall for? 
                  LAm
(What do you want Burr?)

                     REm
I, I wanna be in the room where it happens
    FA            MI7
The room where it happens
LAm                REm          
 I wanna be in the room where it happens
    MI7
The room where it happens
LAm                   FA7
 I (I wanna be in the room where it happens)
                   RE9
I wanna be in (the room where it happens)
    MI7           
The room where it happens
LAm                  FA7
I (I wanna be in the room where it happens)
                   RE9
I wanna be in (the room where it happens)
    MI7
The room where it happens
LAm                FA7
 I wanna be in the room where it happens (Oh)
    RE9
The room where it happens
    MI7
The room where it happens (I wanna be in the room)
LAm                FA7
 I wanna be in the room where it happens 

(I've got to be, I've got to be)
    DO6
The room where it happens (Oh)
    MI7
The room where it happens (That big old room, oh)
LAm             DO6
 The art of the compromise
REm
 Hold your nose and close your eyes
LAm                     DO6
 We want our leaders to save the day
REm                                      
 But we don't get a say in what they trade away
LAm            DO6
 We dream of a brand new start
REm                  LAm/MI
 But we dream in the dark for the most part
FA7              
 Dark as a tomb where it happens
RE7                   MI7
I've got to be in the room (room where it happens)
LAm      DO6     RE7           MI7
 I gotta be (the room where it happens)
LAm      DO6     RE7           MI7
 I gotta be (the room where it happens)
LAm         DO6       RE7
I've got to be in the room 
                   MI7
(the room where it happens)
LAm
 I gotta be, I gotta be, gotta be 
     RE7           MI7
(the room where it happens)

In the room 
         LAm/SOL   FA#m7/5-      FA7+    LAm/MI
(I wanna be in the room where it happens)
MI7         LAm
 Click, boom

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The Room Where It Happens è un brano tratto dal musical Hamilton, composto e interpretato da Lin-Manuel Miranda nel 2015. Si tratta di uno spettacolo musicale nato per omaggiare e raccontare ai posteri la vita di Alexander Hamilton, Padre Fondatore degli Stati Uniti e protagonista durante le battaglie della rivoluzione, nonché grande amico e aiutante stretto di George Washington. La canzone è interpretata dal personaggio di Aaron Burr; l'oggetto del dibattito con Hamilton è l'eredità lasciata dal generale Hugh Mercer.

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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).