Santa Fe chords by Alan Menken

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
Fm7Fm7 Bb/FBb/F Fm7Fm7 Bb/FBb/F
     Fm7Fm7       Bb/FBb/F
Folks, we finally got our headline.
     Fm7Fm7        Bb/FBb/F
"Newsies Crushed as Bulls Attack"
      Db/F
Crutchie's calling me,
   Eb/FEb/F         Bb/FBb/F C/FC/F
Dumb crip's just too damn slow.
     Fm7Fm7        Bb/FBb/F
Guys are fightin', bleedin' fallin'
     Fm7Fm7        Bb/FBb/F
thanks to good ole' Captain Jack.
    Bb/CBb/C        C9C9         Ab2
Captain Jack just wants to close his eyes and go.

Verse 1:
    Bb majorBb
Let me go.
  G minorGm
Far away.
     Eb MajorEb     F/Eb Eb/BbEb/Bb Bb majorBb   F/AF/A  D/F#D/F#  G minorGm   Gm/F Eb MajorEb Bb/DBb/D
Somewhere they won't ever find me, and tomorrow won't remind me of today.
    Cm7Cm7  F7F7   Dm7Dm7   Gm7Gm7
And the city's finally sleepin'.
    Cm7Cm7    F7F7   Dm7Dm7   Gm7Gm7
And the moon looks old and grey.
   DbMaj9Dbmaj9 AbMaj9Abmaj9   Gm7Gm7    C9C9  F7susF7sus
I get on a  train thats bound for Santa Fe.

Verse 2:
F7F7   Bb majorBb
And I'm gone.
    G minorGm
And I'm done.
    Eb MajorEb    F/Eb  Cm/BbCm/Bb Bb majorBb
No more running. No more lying.
    F/AF/A   D/F#D/F# G minorGm  Gm/F Eb MajorEb
No more fat old man denying me my pay.
    Cm7Cm7   F7F7   Dm7Dm7  Bb/DBb/D    Ebmaj7Ebmaj7   F/Eb D7susD7sus D7D7
Just a moon so big and yellow, it turns night right into day.
      Cm7Cm7       F7susF7sus    Bb majorBb C/Bb Bb majorBb C/Bb
Dreams come true. Yeah they do. In Santa Fe.

Bridge:
Eb MajorEb      F/Eb  Eb MajorEb  F/Eb   Cm/BbCm/Bb Bb majorBb  Cm/BbCm/Bb Bb majorBb
Where does it say you gotta live and die  here?
Eb MajorEb      F/Eb Eb MajorEb    F/Eb  Bb2  Bb majorBb
Where does it say a guy can't catch a break?
Bb/Ab
Why should you only take what you're given?
G minorGm            Ebm/Gb
Why should you spend your whole life living
Gm2                 Ebmaj7Ebmaj7
trapped where there ain't no future. Even at 17.
G2                  Ebmaj7Ebmaj7
Breaking your back for someone else's sake.
    Ab2             Am7(b5)        D7susD7sus D7D7
If the life don't seem to suit you, how about a change of scene?
Gm2        Gm2/F       F/GF/G
Far from the lousy headlines and the deadlines in between.
G7G7 Fmaj7/G F/GF/G

Verse 3:
G7sus G7G7 C majorC     A minorAm
San - ta Fe, my old friend.
    FF    G/F    F/CF/C   C majorC
I can't spend my whole life dreaming.
     G/BG/B    E/G# A minorAm   Am/GAm/G   FF C/EC/E
Though I know thats all I seem inclined to do.
    Dm7Dm7   G7G7 E minor 7Em7  C/EC/E
I ain't getting any younger.
   Fmaj7Fmaj7 G7/F    E7sus E7E7
And I wanna start brand new.
    Dm9Dm9       Fmaj7/G
I need space. And fresh air.
    C majorC      Em/B     A minorAm
Let 'em laugh in my face. I don't care.
Em/GEm/G  Fmaj7Fmaj7     G7sus G+G
Save my place. I'll be there.

Instrumental:
C/GC/G D/G C/GC/G D/G

Outro:
    Eb/GEb/G      C/GC/G
Just be real is all I'm asking.
     Eb/GEb/G      C/GC/G
Not some painting in my head.
     Am/D      F/GF/G      A minorAm Am/GAm/G
Cause I'm dead if I can't count on you today.
   AbAb   Ab/G Fm7Fm7    Em/GEm/G G+G A minorAm Am11Am11
I got nothing if I ain't got San- ta Fe.