2 Arranged by ALAN BILLINGSLEY SOLO/ SMALL GROUP SOLO/ SMALL GROUP SOPRANO ALTO TENOR BASS PIANO From HAMILTON MY SHOT or S.A.T.B. voices and piano with optional SoundTrax CD* Perormance time: approx. 5:40 Lively Hip-Hop, swing 16ths (q = ca. 91) Lively Hip-Hop, swing 16ths (q = ca. 91) Cm cresc. *Also available or S.A.B. (45664) and S.S.A. (45665). SoundTrax CD also available (45666). Words and Music by LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA with Albert Johnson, Kejuan Waliek Muchita, Osten Harvey, Jr., Roger Troutman and Christopher Wallace HAMILTON: 2015 5000 BROADWAY MUSIC (ASCAP), UNIVERSAL MUSIC - CAREERS obo itsel and P. NOID PUBLISHING (BMI), UNIVERSAL MUSIC - MGB SONGS obo itsel and JUVENILE HELL (ASCAP), EMI APRIL MUSIC INC. (ASCAP), BIG POPPA MUSIC (ASCAP), JUSTIN COMBS PUBLISHING COMPANY INC. (ASCAP), SONGS OF LASTRADA (BMI), RUBBER BAND MUSIC (BMI), BMG PLATINUM SONGS (BMI)/R2M MUSIC (BMI). All Rights or 5000 BROADWAY MUSIC (ASCAP) Administered by WB MUSIC CORP. My Shot contains elements o Shook Ones Pt. II written by Albert Johnson and Kejuan Waliek Muchita, published by Universal Music - Careers obo itsel and P. Noid Publishing (BMI)/ Universal Music - MGB Songs obo itsel and Juvenile Hell (ASCAP); and Going Back To Cali written by Osten Harvey, Jr., Roger Troutman and Christopher Wallace, published by EMI April Music Inc., BIG Poppa Music, Justin Combs Publishing Company Inc. (ASCAP). All rights administered by Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, 424 Church Street, Suite 1200, Nashville, TN 7219/ 1997 Songs O Lastrada (BMI) / Rubber Band Music (BMI). Worldwide rights administered by Grow Your Own Music (BMI), a division o A Side Music, LLC d/b/a Modern Works Music Publishing (BMI) / BMG Platinum Songs (BMI)/R2M Music (BMI). All rights administered by BMG Rights Management (US) LLC. All rights reserved. Used by permission; and You ve Got To Be Careully Taught rom South Paciic. Music by Richard Rodgers. Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. This selection is used by special arrangement with Rodgers & Hammerstein: an Imagem Company, www.rnh.com. This Arrangement 2016 5000 BROADWAY MUSIC (ASCAP), UNIVERSAL MUSIC - CAREERS obo itsel and P. NOID PUBLISHING (BMI), UNIVERSAL MUSIC - MGB SONGS obo itsel and JUVENILE HELL (ASCAP), EMI APRIL MUSIC INC. (ASCAP), BIG POPPA MUSIC (ASCAP), JUSTIN COMBS PUBLISHING COMPANY INC. (ASCAP), SONGS OF LASTRADA (BMI), RUBBER BAND MUSIC (BMI), BMG PLATINUM SONGS (BMI)/ R2M MUSIC (BMI). All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. Printed in USA. To purchase a ull-length perormance recording o this piece, go to alred.com/downloads 4566 Cm/E D7/F# I am
not throw-ing a-way my shot! I am not throw-ing a-way my shot! Hey yo, I m Gm F/A B G7/B 5 just like my coun - try, I m young, scrap - py, and hun gry, Finger snaps - and I m Cm cresc. 4566
4 6 not throw-ing a way 8 - my shot! I m a get a schol-ar-ship to King s Col-lege. I prob - ly should-n t brag, but Cm/E D7/F# µ Gm F/A dag, I a-maze and a-ston- ish. The prob-lem is I got a lot o brains but no pol-ish. I got-ta hol-ler just to B G7/B Cm Dm 4566
5 10 be heard. With ev - e - ry word, I drop knowl - edge! I m a E m 11 dia-mond in the rough, a shin-y piece o coal tryin to reach my goal. My pow-er o speech: un-im-peach a- mp Oo oo Gm - ble. F/A B G7/B 4566
6 1 On - ly nine - teen but my mind is old - er. These New York Cit -y streets get cold - er, I shoul - der ev - ry Cm bur - den, ev - ry dis - ad - van - tage I have learned to man age, oo mp 15 Cm/D Gm sim. 4566 Cm/E D7/A - I don t F/A
7 16 have a gun to bran- dish, I walk these streets am-ished. The plan is to an this spark in - to a lame. But, B Cm Cm/D 18 HAMILTON: dang, it s get-ting dark, so let me spell out the name, I am the A - L - E - X - A - N - D - LAURENS/LaFAYETTE/MULLIGAN: S. A. T. B. oo A - L - E - X - A - N - D - A - L - E - X - A - N - D - Cm/E D7/A Gm F/A 4566
8 E - R. We are meant to be a col - o - ny that runs in - de - pen - dent ly. - 20 21 E - R. We are meant to be. mp E - R. We are meant to be. Oh mp B 22 Brit-ain keeps spit- tin on us end - less - ly. Es - sen - tial - ly, they tax us re-lent - less ly, Cm oo - Mean while Cm/D - then King Cm/E 4566 D7/A sim. Gm F/A
9 24 George turns a - round, runs a spend - ing spree. He ain t B 25 ev - er gon-na set his de- scen-dants ree, so there will be a rev - o - lu-tion in this cen - tu ry. Cm Cm/D Cm/E D7/A G7/B oo - En - 4566
ter me! MULLIGAN/LAURENS/LaFAYETTE: 10 27 29 lay down my lie i it sets us ree. E- ven - tual- ly, you ll see my as- cen - dan cy, (He says in pa-ren - the-ses.) Ah Don t be shocked when your his-t ry book men-tions me. I will Gm F/A B G7/B cresc. poco a poco cresc. poco a poco ah ah - and I am cresc. poco a poco Cm Cm/D Cm/E D7/A cresc. poco a poco 4566
11 1 not Not throw-ing a way Gm F/A B G7/B throw -ing a-way my shot. I am not throw -ing a-way my shot. Hey yo, I m LAURENS: My shot! My shot! - my shot. I am not throw-ing a-way my shot. Hey yo, I m just like my coun - try, I m young, scrap - py, and hun gry, And I m just like my coun - try, I m young, scrap - py, and hun gry, - and I m - and I m Cm Cm/D 4566
12 4 HAMILTON/ LAURENS: not throw-ing a- way my shot. not throw-ing a- way my shot. I am not throw-ing a way Cm/E 6 I am not throw-ing a- way my shot. I am MULLIGAN/ LaFAYETTE: not throw-ing a- way my shot. I am not throw-ing a- way my shot. I am D7/F# not throw - ing a way not throw - ing a way not throw - ing a way - my shot. I am - my shot. Hey yo, I m - my shot. Hey yo, I m - my shot. Hey yo, I m Gm F/A sim. B G7/B 4566
1 7 just like my coun - try, I m young, scrap - py, and hun - gry, and I m just like my coun - try, I m young, scrap - py, and hun gry, just like my coun - try, I m young, scrap - py, and hun - gry, and I m Cm 8 LaFAYETTE: - and I m not throw-ing a- way my shot! It s time to take a shot. I dream o lie with-out a mon ar- not throw-ing a- way my shot! It s time to take a shot. not throw-ing a- way my shot! Shot! Cm/D - chy. Cm/E D7/F# Gm sz µ 4566
The un - rest in France will lead to on - ar- chy? On - ar- chy? How you say, how you say, An ar - 14 42 40 MULLIGAN: When I ight, I make the oth-er side pan-ick - y with my shot! Yo, I m a HAMILTON/LAURENS/MULLIGAN: Shot! Shot! - chy? tai-lor s ap-pren - tice and I 4566 Gm sz µ
15 44 got y all knuck-le-heads in lo -co par- en - tis. I m join in 46 LAURENS: ly ad-vance, in-stead o sew- in some pants. I m gon-na take a shot! But we ll nev-er be tru ly - the re-bel- lion cause I know it s my chance to so-cial- HAMILTON/LaFAYETTE/LAURENS: Shot! Shot! - ree un- Gm sz µ 4566
16 48 til those in bond-age have the same rights as you and me, you and I. Do or die. Wait till I sal-ly in on a 50 BURR: stal - li - on with the irst black bat-tal - i - on. Have an - oth - er shot! Gen-ius- es, low -er your voic es. HAMILTON/LaFAYETTE/MULLIGAN: Shot! Shot! - You 4566 Gm sz p F/A
17 52 keep out o trou-ble and you dou-ble your choic - es. I m with you, but the sit u 54 55 HAMILTON: got to be care-ul - ly taught; I you talk, you re gon-na get shot! Burr, check what we got. Mis-ter - - a - tion is raught. You ve B G7/B Cm Dm Cm/E D7/F# Gm F/A mp sz Oo 4566
18 56 La-ay ette, B 58 plot black - er than the ket - tle cal lin sim. - hard rock like Lan - ce-lot, I think your pants look hot, Laur- ens, I like you a lot. Let s hatch a oo G7/B Cm Cm/D - the pot. What are the C /E 4566 D7/A
19 59 odds the gods would put us all in one spot, pop - pin a Ah Gm 60 squat on con - ven - tion - al wis - dom, like it or not, a bunch o B F/A G7/B ah ah 4566
20 61 rev Cm 62 Give me a po - si - tion, show me where the am - mu - ni tion - o - lu - tion - ar - y man - u - mis - sion ab - o - li - tion - ists? Cm/D - is! 4566
21 6 sub. p 65 had a group o riends be - ore, I prom ise Oh, Finger snaps am I talk- in too loud? Some-times I get o - ver-ex - cit- ed, shoot o at the mouth. I nev-er - that I ll make y all proud. 4566
not throw-ing a-way my shot. I am not throw-ing a way not throw-ing a-way my shot. I am not throw-ing a way not throw-ing a way 22 66 67 LAURENS: Let s get this guy in ront o a +LaFAYETTE/MULLIGAN: crowd. I I I D w/ pedal am am am - my shot. Hey yo, I m - my shot. Hey yo, I m - my shot. I am not throw-ing a-way my shot. Hey yo, I m Gm F/A B G7/B 4566
2 69 just like my coun - try, I m young, scrap - py, and hun - gry, and I m just like my coun - try, I m young, scrap - py, and hun - gry, and I m just like my coun - try, I m young, scrap - py, and hun gry, sim. 70 Cm - and I m not throw - ing a - way my shot. I am not throw - ing a - way my shot. I am not throw - ing a - way my shot. I am Cm/E D7/F# 4566
24 71 not throw- ing a-way my shot. I am not throw-ing a-way my shot. Hey yo, I m not throw-ing a way not throw- ing a-way my shot. I am not throw-ing a-way my shot. Hey yo, I m 7 - my shot. I am not throw-ing a-way my shot. Hey yo, I m Gm F/A B G7/B just like my coun - try, I m young, scrap - py, and hun gry, just like my coun - try, I m young, scrap - py, and hun gry, just like my coun - try, I m young, scrap - py, and hun gry, - and I m - and I m - and I m Cm 4566
25 74 75 LAURENS: not throw-ing a way not throw-ing a- way my shot! Whoa, whoa, whoa! not throw-ing a- way my shot! Whoa, whoa, whoa! TENOR only: Cm/E D7/F# Gm9 76 Hey! - my shot! Ev - ry - bod - y sing: HAMILTON/LaFAYETTE/MULLIGAN: Whoa! Whoa! Yeah! Whoa! Whoa! Yeah! +BASS Wooh! Ay, let em hear ya! Let s go! B E maj7 D7(b9) 4566
26 79 I said, shout it to the roo - tops! Whoa, whoa, whoa! Whoa! Whoa, whoa, whoa! Whoa! Said, to the roo - tops! Come on! Come on, let s go! Whoa! Yeah! Whoa! Yeah! Gm9 81 E maj7 F#dim7 D7 4566 B
27 8 Gm9 85 Rise sim. up! When you re liv-ing on your knees, you rise up. Tell your broth-er that he s got-ta rise up. Tell your sis - ter that she s got -ta rise up. E maj7 F/A B F#dim7 LAURENS/LaFAYETTE/MULLIGAN and TREBLE SMALL GROUP: When are these col - o - nies gon-na D7 4566
28 87 rise up? When are these col - o - nies gon - na rise up? When are these col - o - nies gon - na Whoa, 89 rise up? When are these col - o - nies gon - na rise up? Rise up! Whoa! Rise up! cresc. poco a poco whoa, whoa! Whoa! Gm F/A B G7/B HAMILTON: sub. p I i -mag-ine Cm Cm/E D7/F# 4566
29 91 death so much it eels more like a mem - o - ry. When s it gon - na Gm 92 sub. p get me? In my sleep? Sev-en eet a-head o me? I I see it com in, - do I run or do I let it be? B E maj7( œ) 4566
cresc. poco a poco Is it like a beat with-out a mel - o - dy? See, I nev - er thought I d live past twen ty. 0 94 96 some get hal as man - y. Ask an - y - bod - y why we liv in D Gm9 p Oo - Where I come rom - ast and we laugh, reach or a lask, B E maj7( œ) 4566
98 Slowly growing in intensity we have 99 1 to make this mo-ment last, that s plen- ty. Scratch that, this is not a mo- ment, it s the move-ment D 100 where all the hun - gri - est broth - ers with some thing mp Oo Gm9 - to prove went? B 4566
2 101 Foes op-pose us, we take an hon-est stand, we roll like Mo - ses, claim- in our prom-ised land. 10 And? I we win our in - de- pen - dence? Zat a guar-an - tee o ree-dom or our de scen - Slowly growing in intensity E maj7 D7/F# D7 sim. mp Oo mp - dants? Gm9 F/A B 4566 Slowly growing in intensity
105 Or will the blood we shed be-gin an end -less cy cle 107 I know the ac - tion in the street is ex - cit in, - - o ven - geance and death with no de- en -dants? E maj7 D7/F# D7 Ah - but Je sus, µ 4566
be cresc. poco a poco 4 108 109 - tween all the bleed - in n ight - in I ve been read - in n writ - in. cresc. poco a poco cresc. poco a poco We need to han-dle our i-nan-cial sit - u - a - tion. Are we a na-tion o states? What s the state o our na- tion? ah 4566
5 111 112 ev - ry ex - pec - ta - tion, ev - ry ac - tion s an act o cre a - Gm I m past pa - tient - ly wait - in. I m pas - sion - ate - ly smash - in F/A - tion. B G7/B 4566
6 11 I m laugh - in in the ace o ca - sual - ties and sor - row, or the irst time, I m think - in past to - mor row, 114 Cm p D7/F# 4566 mp Ah mp - and I am LAURENS/LaFAYETTE/MULLIGAN: And And w/ pedal I I am am µ
7 115 not throw-ing a-way my shot. I am not throw-ing a-way my shot. Hey yo, I m not throw-ing a way not throw-ing a-way my shot. I am not throw-ing a-way my shot. Hey yo, I m 117 - my shot. I am not throw-ing a-way my shot. Hey yo, I m Gm F/A B G7/B just like my coun - try, I m young, scrap - py, and hun gry, just like my coun - try, I m young, scrap - py, and hun gry, just like my coun - try, I m young, scrap - py, and hun gry, - and I m - and I m - and I m Cm sim. 4566
8 118 not throw - ing a - way my shot. We re gon - na not throw - ing a - way my shot! We re gon - na not throw - ing a - way my shot! Cm/E 119 rise up! Time to take a shot! We re gon - na rise up! Time to take a shot! We re gon - na Not throw - ing a way D7/F# - my shot. I am Gm 4566 F/A
9 120 HAMILTON: cresc. poco a poco rise up! Time to take a shot! We re gon - na It s time to take a shot! not throw-ing a-way my shot. We re gon - na rise up! Rise up! cresc. poco a poco rise up! Time to take a shot! We re gon - na HAMILTON/LaFAYETTE/ 122 LAURENS/MULLIGAN: 12 Rise up! Rise up! Rise up! Rise up! Gm/D cresc. poco a poco B G7/B Cm It s time to take a shot! opt. SMALL GROUP: Whoa, Cm/E p whoa, cresc. poco a poco It s time to take a shot! whoa! 4566
40 124 Take a shot! Shot! Shot! A - yo, it s time to take a shot! Time to take a shot! And Whoa! Whoa, whu, whoa! And I am Ru Ru Ru Time to take a shot! Time to take a shot! And I am not throw -ing a - way my, not throw -ing a - way my shot! not throw -ing a - way my, not throw -ing a - way my shot! Gm/F 126 w/ pedal not throw -ing a - way my shot! D7/F# µ Gm sz I am 4566