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Wait for It -Hamilton (Musical)

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Theodosia writes me a letter every day
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Keeping her bed warm while her husband is away
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He's on the British side of Georgia
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He's tryna keep the colonies in line
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But he can keep all of Georgia
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Theodosia she's mine

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Love doesn't discriminate
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Between the sinners and the saints
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It takes, and it takes, and it takes
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But we keep loving anyway
Ab Eb Ab Ab Eb Ab Ab Eb Ab Ab Eb Ab AbEb
We laugh and we cry and we break and we make our mistakes
Db Db Db Eb FAb F F Eb F Db Db DbDb Eb F
And if there's a reason I'm by her side when so many have tried
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Then I'm willing to wait for it
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I'm willing to wait for it, wait for it

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My grandfather was a fire and brimstone preacher
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But there are things that the homilies and hymns won't teach ya
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My mother was a genius
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My father commanded respect
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When they died they left no instructions
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Just a legacy to protect

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Death doesn't discriminate
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Between the sinners and the saints
Ab Eb Ab Ab Eb Ab Ab Eb
It takes, and it takes, and it takes
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And we keep living anyway
Ab Eb Ab Ab Eb Ab Ab Eb Ab Ab Eb Ab AbEb
We rise and we fall and we break and we make our mistakes
Db Db Db Eb FAb Db Db EbF
And if there's a reason I'm still alive
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When everyone who loves me has died
F FF F F Eb Eb
I'm willing to wait for it
F FF F F Eb Eb
I'm willing to wait for it

F Eb Eb F Eb Eb F Eb Eb Bb Ab Ab
(Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait for it)
Ab Eb Eb Eb Eb Eb Eb F Eb DbF
I am the one thing in life I can control
F Eb Eb F Eb Eb F Eb Eb Bb Ab Ab
(Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait for it)
Ab Eb EbEbEbEbEb Eb Eb Eb FEbDbEbDb

I am inimitable, I am an original

F Eb Eb F Eb Eb F Eb Eb Bb Ab Ab

(Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait for it)
Ab Eb EbEb EbEb F EbDb F

I'm not falling behind or running late

F Eb Eb F Eb Eb F Eb Eb Bb Ab Ab

(Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait for it)
Ab Eb EbEb Eb Eb Eb AbAb oAb F

I'm not standing still, I am lying in wait

AbEbEb EbEb Eb EbF EbDb FEbDb

Hamilton faces an endless uphill climb

Ab Eb EbEb Eb Eb Ab Eb EbEb Db EbDb

He has something to prove, he has nothing to lose

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Hamilton's pace is relentless, he wastes no time

Ab Ab Ab Ab Gb Gb F

What is it like in his shoes

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Hamilton doesn't hesitate

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He exhibits no restraint

Db Ab Db Db Ab Db Db Ab

He takes, and he takes, and he takes

Db Bb Bb BbBb BbAbAb

And he keeps winning anyway

AbF Gb Ab Ab F Gb AbF Gb Ab

Changes the game, plays and he raises the stakes

F Bb Bb Bb BbBb Bb Bb Bb Bb Bb Bb Bb BbBb

And if there's a reason he seems to thrive when so few survive

Bb Bb BbBb Bb BbBb Bb Bb Ab Ab

Then God dammit I'm willing to wait for it

Bb BbBb Bb F Db Ab

I'm willing to wait for it

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Life doesn't discriminate

EbEb Eb EbEb Eb Eb Eb

Between the sinners and the saints
Ab Eb Ab Ab Eb Ab Ab Eb
It takes, and it takes, and it takes

Ab F F FF FEbEb

And we keep living anyway

Ab Eb Ab Ab Eb Ab Ab Eb Ab Ab Eb Ab AbEb

We rise and we fall and we break and we make our mistakes
Ab Eb Ab Ab GbFEbDb
(We rise) (and we fall)

Db Db Db Eb FAb Db Db EbF

And if there's a reason I'm still alive
Db F FF Eb FEb

When so many have died

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Then I'm willing to

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Wait for it