Wait For It - Hamilton (Leslie Odom Jr.)

One of my favorite songs from the musical!  Continuing the series I started a while back of finding the notes for the Hamilton songs that contained minimal rap verses in them :)

o --> octave jump

FFFF           F       F  F   FF     FF     F
Theodosia writes me a letter every day
FF           F     F      F     F        F     FF        F    FF
Keeping her bed warm while her husband is away
F      F  Eb   FEb      F   Eb   FEb
He's on the British side of Georgia
F       FF      F    F       FFF    Gb  F
He's tryna keep the colonies in line
Db  F   Eb   F     Eb Db  DbDb
But he can keep all of Georgia
DbDbFF    Ab    FEbDb
Theodosia she's mine

F         FF       FFEbEb
Love 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
Eb   F    F       FF      FEbEb
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
Db    F      FF      F    F    Eb Eb
Then I'm willing to wait for it
F     FF       F    F   Eb Eb   F  Eb  Eb
I'm willing to wait for it, wait for it

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

F          FF        FFEbEb
Death 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
Db  Db  Db   Eb  FAb  Db   Db  EbF
And if there's a reason I'm still alive
Ab       DbDbDb Ab   Db   Db  Eb   F
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
AbEbEb      Eb  Eb EbEbF     F      Eb   Db  FDb

Hamilton's pace is relentless, he wastes no time
Ab   Ab Ab  Ab  Gb  Gb    F

What is   it   like in    his shoes

BbBbBb  BbBb   BbAbAb

Hamilton doesn't hesitate
Ab  AbAbGb F  GbAb

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

F        FF       FFEbEb

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
Db     F       FF     F

Then I'm willing to
F       F   F

Wait for it