Newsies - King Of New York chords by Alan Menken

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

RACE:
G minorGm
Ya don't need money when you're famous! They gives ya whatever you want, gratis!

HENRY:
G minorGm
Such as...?

RACE:
G minorGm
A augmentedA pair o' new shoes with matchin' laces

ROMEO:
G minorGm
A augmentedA permanent box at the Sheepshead Races

HENRY:
G minorGm
Pastrami on rye with a sour pickle

FINCH:
G minorGm               C/DC/D
My personal puss on a wooden nickel!

RACE:
G+G    C majorC  DmDm C/EC/E F6F6  F#m7b5F#m7b5 G+G   C majorC Am9Am9 B minorBm D MajorD
Look at me, I'm the King of New York!
G+G   C majorC DmDm C/EC/E F6F6
Suddenly, I'm respectable
Bb majorBb       Eb MajorEb
Starin' right at'cha
       D MajorD
Lousy with stature

ALBERT:
G+G            E minorEm
Nobbin' with all the muckety-mucks
  C majorC           A minorAm   G/DG/D
I'm blowin' my dough, and goin' deluxe

RACE:
D MajorD  G+G  C majorC
And there I be!
DmDm  C/EC/E F6F6
Ain't I pretty?

RACE & HENRY:
Bb majorBb   Eb MajorEb
It's my city
I'm the King of New York!

JOJO:
G minorGm
A augmentedA solid gold watch with a chain to twirl it

LES:
G minorGm
My very own bed and an indoor terlet

MUSH:
G minorGm
A augmentedA barbershop haircut that cost a quarter

DAVEY:
G minorGm                C/DC/D
A augmentedA regular beat for the star reporter!

RACE:
G+G     C majorC
Am-scray, punk
DmDm  C/EC/E F6F6   F#m7b5F#m7b5 G+G
She's the King of New York!

KATHERINE:
G+G   C majorC   A minorAm   B minorBm   D MajorD
Whod'a thunk! I'm the king of New York!

NEWSIES:
G+G   C majorC   DmDm  C/EC/E F6F6
We was sunk, pale and pitiful

KATHERINE:
Bb majorBb     Eb MajorEb
Bunch'a wet noodles

KATHERINE & NEWSIES:
Eb MajorEb
Pulitzer's poodles!

LES:
G+G        E minorEm
Almost about to drown in the drink

BUTTONS:
   C majorC
When she fished us out

RACE:
  A minorAm      G/DG/D
And drowned us in ink!

KATHERINE:
D MajorD G+G     C majorC
So let's get drunk!

NEWSIES:
Yeah!

KATHERINE:
DmDm C/EC/E F6F6   Bb majorBb     Eb MajorEb
Not with liquor, fame works quicker
Eb MajorEb
When you're King of New York!


NEWSIES:
G minorGm
I gotta be either dead or dreamin'
G minorGm
Cause look at that pape with my face beamin'
A minorAm
Tomorrow they may wrap fishes in it
A minorAm
But I was a star for one whole minute!

Dance Break:
FF Bb majorBb C minorCm Bb/DBb/D Eb6Eb6 Em7b5Em7b5
FF Bb majorBb Gm9Gm9 Am7Am7 Bb majorBb C minorCm Bb/DBb/D Eb6Eb6
AbAb Bb majorBb C majorC D MajorD AbAb

KATHERINE & NEWSIES:
G+G    C majorC
Look at me
DmDm   F6F6  F#m7b5F#m7b5 G+G
I'm the King of New York!
G+G    C majorC
Wait and see!
DmDm C/EC/E F6F6     Bb majorBb     Eb MajorEb
This is gonna make both the Delanceys
Eb MajorEb
Pee in their pants-sies!
G+G           E minorEm
Flashpots are shootin' bright as a sun
  C majorC        A minorAm    G/DG/D
I'm one highfalutin' son of a gun!
 G+G   C majorC
I guarantee
DmDm  C/EC/E F6F6     Bb majorBb   Eb MajorEb
Though I crapped out, I ain't tapped out!
Eb MajorEb   D MajorD
I'm the King of New-
G+G     C majorC
Friends may flee
DmDm  C/EC/E F6F6
Let 'em ditch ya!
Bb majorBb    Eb MajorEb
Snap one pit'cha
Eb MajorEb         D MajorD
You're the King of New-
G+G  C majorC
History!
DmDm  C/EC/E F6F6
Front page story
Bb majorBb    Eb MajorEb
Guts and glory
F/Eb Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 Dm7Dm7
I'm the King

G/BG/B C majorC F/AF/A Bb majorBb Eb/GEb/G AbAb

D MajorD F5F5 G5G5
of New York!