Hamilton - Dear Theodosia Chords
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Difficulty: | intermediate |
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Tuning: | E A D G B E |
Key: | A |
Capo: | no capo |
Author Sparklesparkle [a] 482. 7 contributors total, last edit on Apr 25, 2022
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Dear Theodosia from Hamilton (written by Lin-Manuel Miranda)
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A x02220 or 577655
C#m/G# 446654
F#m 244222
Dmaj7 xx0222 or x54222
E 022100
Esus4 022200
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[Intro]
| A | C#m/G# | F#m | Dmaj7 E |
[Burr]
A C#m/G#
Dear Theodosia, what to say to you?
F#m
You have my eyes
Dmaj7
You have your mother's name
E A C#m/G#
When you came into the world you cried
F#m
And it broke my heart
Dmaj7 E
A C#m/G#
I'm dedicating every day to you
F#m Dmaj7
Domestic life was never quite my style
E A
When you smile
C#m/G# F#m
You knock me out, I fall apart
Dmaj7
And I thought I was so smart
E A C#m/G#
You will come of age with our young nation
F#m
We'll bleed and fight for you
Dmaj7
We'll make it right for you
E A C#m/G#
If we lay a strong enough foundation
F#m
We'll pass it on to you
Dmaj7
We'll give the world to you
E A
And you'll blow us all away
C#m/G# F#m Dmaj7
Someday, someday
E A
Yeah, you'll blow us all away
C#m/G# F#m Dmaj7 E
Someday, someday
[Hamilton]
A C#m/G# F#m
Oh, Phillip when you smile I am undone
Esus4
My son
E A
Look at my son
C#m/G# F#m
Pride is not the word I'm looking for
Esus4 E
There is so much more inside me now
A C#m/G# F#m
Oh, Phillip you outshine the morning sun
Esus4 E
My son
A C#m/G#
When you smile
F#m
I fall apart
Esus4 E
And I thought I was so smart
[Hamilton and Burr]
D E D E D
My father wasn't around (My father wasn't around)
E D E D
I swear that I'll be around for you
E D E D
I'll do whatever it takes (I'll make a million mistakes)
E D Esus4
I'll make the world safe and sound for you
A C#m/G#
You'll come of age with our young nation
F#m
We'll bleed and fight for you
Dmaj7
We'll make it right for you
E A C#m/G#
If we lay a strong enough foundation
F#m
We'll pass it on to you
Dmaj7
We'll give the world to you
E A
And you'll blow us all away
C#m/G# F#m Dmaj7
Someday, someday
E A
Yeah, you'll blow us all away
C#m/G# F#m Dmaj7
Someday, someday
A
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37 comments

First off, I want to commend you on a great job transcribing this song, Sparklesparkle.
After listening to it, I would correct every C#m/G with an E/G#.
I think every F#m& should be a F#m.
Switch the Dmaj7's to just D's and switch all the D's in Hamilton & Burr's part to Dmaj7's.
Thanks!
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Great job! When they sing "my father wasn't around, I swear that I'll be around" I would change to D E Fm E D rather than D E D E D eccetera.
As for the corrections above, I prefer the original tab. The corrections change the chords from minor to major, and I personally think the former sounds better
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Thanks for your kind words and suggestions. I have changed the F#m7 to F#m. Based on the notes in the piano, it is definitely a C#m/G# (the A slides down to G# and the C# stays) and there is a C# in the D chords. I can confirm that the "my father wasn't around" part only has D and E chords in it, and F#m shouldn't be A.
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