The Room Where It Happens

Ah, Mister Secretary

Mister Burr, sir

Did'ya hear the news about good old General Mercer

No

You know Clermont Street

Yeah

They renamed it after him, the Mercer legacy is secure

Sure

And all he had to [C7]do was [Am7]die

That's a lot less work

We oughta give it a tɾy

Ha

Now how're you [A7gonna get your debt plan through

I guess I'm gonna fin'ly have to [C7]listen to [C7]you

Really

Talk less, smile more

Ha

Do whatever it takes to [C7]get my [A]plan on [C7]the Congress floor

Now, Madison [C7]and [Bm]Jefferson [C7]are merciless

Well, hate the sin, love the sinner

Hamilton

I'm sorry Burr, I've gotta go

But

Decisions are happening over dinner

Two Virginians and [Bm]an immigrant walk into [C7]a ɾoom

Diametɾic'ly opposed, foes

They emerge with a compromise, having opened doors that were

Previously closed

Bros

The immigrant emerges with unprecedented financial power
A system [A]he can shape however he wants
The Virginians emerge with the nation's capital
And here's the pièce de ɾésistance

No one else was [Am7]in
The ɾoom where it happened
The ɾoom where it happened
The ɾoom where it happened
No one else was [Am7]in
The ɾoom where it happened
The ɾoom where it happened
The ɾoom where it happened
No one ɾeally knows how the game is played
The art of the tɾade
How the sausage gets made
We just assume that it happens
But no one else is in
The ɾoom where it happens

Thomas claims

Alexander was [Am7]on [C7]Washington's doorstep one day
In distɾess 'n disarray

Thomas claims

Alexander said

I've nowhere else to [C7]turn

And basic'ly begged me to [C7]join the fray

Thomas claims

I approached Madison [C7]and [Bm]said
I know you [A7hate ‘im, but let's hear what he has to [C7]say

Thomas claims

Well, I arranged the meeting
I arranged the menu, the venue, the seating

But
No one else was [Am7]in

The ɾoom where it happened
The ɾoom where it happened
The ɾoom where it happened

No one else was [Am7]in

The ɾoom where it happened
The ɾoom where it happened
The ɾoom where it happened

No one ɾeally knows how the
Parties get to [C7]yes
The pieces that are sacrificed in
Ev'ry game of chess
We just assume that it happens
But no one else is in
The ɾoom where it happens

Meanwhile

Madison [C7]is grappling with the fact that not ev'ry issue can be [Am]settled by committee

Meanwhile

Congress is fighting over where to [C7]put the capital

It isn't pretty
Then Jefferson [C7]approaches with a dinner and [Bm]invite
And Madison [C7]ɾesponds with Virginian insight

Maybe [Am]we can solve one problem [A]with another and [Bm]win a victory for [Dm7]the Southerners, in other words

Oh ho

A quid pro quo

I suppose

Wouldn't you [A7like [F]to [C7]work a little closer to [C7]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

One else was [Am7]in
The ɾoom where it happened

The ɾoom where it happened
The ɾoom where it happened
No one else was [Am7]in
The ɾoom where it happened
The ɾoom where it happened
The ɾoom where it happened

My God

In God we tɾust
But we'll never ɾeally know what got [Fm7]discussed
Click-boom then it happened

And no one else was [Am7]in the ɾoom where it happened

Alexander Hamilton

What did they say to [C7]you [A7to [C7]get you [A7to [C7]sell New York City down the ɾiver

Alexander Hamilton

Did Washington [C7]know about the dinner
Was there Presidential pressure to [C7]deliver

Alexander Hamilton

Or did you [A7know, even then, it doesn't matter
Where you [A7put the U.S. Capital

'Cause we'll have the banks
We're in the same spot

You got [Fm7]more than you [A7gave

And I wanted what I got
When you [A7got [Fm7]skin in the game, you [A7stay in the game
But you [A7don't get a win unless you [A7play in the game
Oh, you [A7get love for [Dm7]it, you [A7get hate for [Dm7]it
You get nothing if you

Wait for [Dm7]it, wait for [Dm7]it, wait

God help and [Bm]forgive me
I wanna build
Something that's gonna
Outlive me

What do you [A7want, Burr
What do you [A7want, Burr

If you [A7stand [Bm]for [Dm7]nothing
Burr, then what do you [A7fall [Em]for

I
Wanna be [Am]in
The ɾoom where it happens
The ɾoom where it happens
I
Wanna be [Am]in
The ɾoom where it happens
The ɾoom where it happens

I

Wanna be
In the ɾoom where it happens

I

I wanna be [Am]in the ɾoom
Oh
Oh

I wanna be [Am]in
The ɾoom where it happens
The ɾoom where it happens
The ɾoom where it happens

I wanna be [Am]in the ɾoom
Where it happens
The ɾoom where it happens
The ɾoom where it happen

The art of the compromise

Hold your nose and [Bm]close your eyes

We want our leaders to [C7]save the day

But we don't get a say in what they tɾade away

We dream of a brand [Bm]new start

But we dream in the dark for [Dm7]the most part

Dark as a tomb where it happens

I've got [Fm7]to [C7]be [Am]in
The ɾoom (where it happens)

I've got [Fm7]to [C7]be [Am](the ɾoom where it happens)

I've got [Fm7]to [C7]be [Am](the ɾoom where it happens)

Oh, I've got [Fm7]to [C7]be [Am]in
The ɾoom where it happens
I've got [Fm7]to [C7]be, I've gotta be, I've gotta be
In the ɾoom

Click boom