Chords with lyrics
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
A minorAm
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!