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Newsies - Watch What Happens chords by Alan Menken

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Intro:
Chord diagramE7E7

Verse 1:
Chord diagramE7E7
"Write what you know", So they say, all I know is
      A(add4)/E
I don't know what to write or the right way to write it.
        Chord diagramE7E7
This is big, lady, don't screw it up,
                          Chord diagramA augmentedA   Chord diagramF# minorF#m   Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramC# minorC#m Chord diagramF#m7F#m7 Chord diagramB7B7
This is not some little vaudeville I'm reviewing.

 Chord diagramE7E7
Poor little kids versus rich greedy sour pusses
Chord diagramA/EA/E
Ha! It's a cinch! It could practically write itself-
     Chord diagramE7E7
And let's pray it does, cause as I may have mentioned,
        Chord diagramA augmentedA Chord diagramF# minorF#m   Chord diagramD MajorD   Chord diagramC# minorC#m Chord diagramF# minorF#m Chord diagramD#m7b5D#m7b5
I have no clue what I'm doing.

Chord diagramAb7Ab7
Chord diagramA minorAm I insane? This is what I've been waiting for.
     Db/Ab
Well that, plus the screaming of ten angry editors.
    Chord diagramAb7Ab7
"A girl " "It's a girl!" "How the hell " "Is that even legal "
 Chord diagramDbDb   Chord diagramBbmBbm  Chord diagramGbGb Chord diagramF minorFm  Chord diagramBbM7Bbm7
"Look, just go and get her!"

Chord diagramAb7Ab7
Not only that, there's a story behind the story:
Db/Ab
Thousands of children, exploited, invisible.
      Chord diagramB7B7
Speak up, take a stand, and there's someone to write about it.
E7sus                  Chord diagramE7E7
That's how things get better.

Break:
 Chord diagramA augmentedA                           E7sus
Give life's little guys some ink,
                         Chord diagramD MajorD
And when it dries just watch what happens.
      Chord diagramDsus2Dsus2      Chord diagramE MajorE         Chord diagramA augmentedA
Those kids will live and breathe right on the page
    E7sus                            Chord diagramD MajorD
And once they're center stage, you watch what happens.
    Chord diagramDsus2Dsus2        Chord diagramE MajorE       Chord diagramF# minorF#m
And who's there with her camera and her pen
    Chord diagramG+G
As boys turn into men?
         Chord diagramE minor 7Em7
They'll storm the gates and then
       Chord diagramE MajorE        Chord diagramD/ED/E      Chord diagramE MajorE        Chord diagramA5A5        Chord diagramDsus2Dsus2
Just watch what happens when they do.

Verse 2:
Chord diagramE7E7
Picture a handsome, heroically charismatic-
A(add4)/E                                               Chord diagramE7E7
Plain spoken, know nothing, skirt-chasing, cocky little son of a-
                                            Chord diagramA augmentedA   Chord diagramF# minorF#m Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramC# minorC#m Chord diagramF#m7F#m7 Chord diagramB7B7
Lie down with dogs and you wake up with a raise and a promotion.
Chord diagramE7E7
So, he's a flirt, a complete ego maniac.
    Chord diagramA/EA/E
The fact is he's also the face of the strike-
        Chord diagramE7E7
What a face- face the fact,
                                           Chord diagramA augmentedA Chord diagramF# minorF#m  Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramC# minorC#m Chord diagramF# minorF#m Chord diagramD#m7b5D#m7b5
That's a face that could save us all from sinking in the ocean.

Chord diagramAb7Ab7
Like someone said, "Power tends to corrupt"
        Db/Ab
And absolute power, wait! Wait, corrupts!?
                     Chord diagramAb7Ab7
Absolutely, that is genius!
                                                 Chord diagramDbDb  Chord diagramBbmBbm  Chord diagramGbGb     Chord diagramF minorFm  Chord diagramBbM7Bbm7
But give me some time, I'll be twice as good as that six months from never.

Chord diagramAb7Ab7
Just look around at the world we're inheriting
    Db/Ab
And think of the one we'll create.
                          Chord diagramB7B7
Their mistake is they got old, that is not a mistake we'll be making.
        E7sus               Chord diagramE7E7
No sir, we'll stay young forever!

Break:
 Chord diagramA augmentedA                         E7sus                  Chord diagramD MajorD
Give those kids and me the brand new century and watch what happens.
    Chord diagramDsus2Dsus2   Chord diagramE MajorE    Chord diagramA augmentedA                     E7sus
It's David and Goliath, do or die! The fight is on,
              Chord diagramD MajorD
And I can't watch what happens.
   Chord diagramDsus2Dsus2   Chord diagramE MajorE      Chord diagramF# minorF#m                     Chord diagramG+G
But all I know is nothing happens if you just give in.
   Chord diagramF# minorF#m                      Chord diagramG+G
It can't be any worse than how it's been.

Ending:
        Chord diagramA5A5      A5/G#          A5/G        Chord diagramD/F#D/F#
And it just so happens that we just might win,
Dm/F  E7sus
So whatever happens!
        Chord diagramA5A5        Chord diagramBm7Bm7 E7sus  Chord diagramA augmentedA

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