My Shot

Accordi My Shot

     
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