Newsies - Watch What Happens chords by Soundtracks

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Intro:
E7E7

Verse 1:
 E7E7
"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.

     E7E7
This is big, lady, don't screw it up,

              A augmentedA   F# minorF#m    D MajorD  C# minorC#m   F#m7F#m7   B7B7
This is not some little vaudeville I'm reviewing.

 E7E7
Poor little kids versus rich greedy sour pusses

 A/EA/E
Ha! It's a cinch! It could practically write itself-

   E7E7
And let's pray it does, cause as I may have mentioned,

     A augmentedA  F# minorF#m    D MajorD   C# minorC#m   F# minorF#m   D#m7b5D#m7b5
I have no clue what I'm doing.


 Ab7Ab7
A minorAm I insane? This is what I've been waiting for.

   Db/Ab
Well that, plus the screaming of ten angry editors.

   Ab7Ab7
"A girl?" "It's a girl!" "How the hell?" "Is that even legal?"

 DbDb   BbmBbm   GbGb  F minorFm   BbM7Bbm7
"Look, just go and get her!"


 Ab7Ab7
Not only that, there's a story behind the story:

 Db/Ab
Thousands of children, exploited, invisible.

    B7B7
Speak up, take a stand, and there's someone to write about it.

 E7sus            E7E7
That's how things get better.

Break:
 A augmentedA               E7sus
Give life's little guys some ink,

             D MajorD
And when it dries just watch what happens.

    Dsus2Dsus2      E MajorE      A augmentedA
Those kids will live and breathe right on the page

   E7sus                 D MajorD
And once they're center stage, you watch what happens.

   Dsus2Dsus2       E MajorE     F# minorF#m
And who's there with her camera and her pen

   G+G
As boys turn into men?

     E minor 7Em7
They'll storm the gates and then

    E MajorE     D/ED/E     E MajorE     A5A5      Dsus2Dsus2
Just watch what happens when they do.


Verse 2:
 E7E7
Picture a handsome, heroically charismatic-

 A(add4)/E                             E7E7
Plain spoken, know nothing, skirt-chasing, cocky little son of a-

                       A augmentedA   F# minorF#m   D MajorD  C# minorC#m   F#m7F#m7   B7B7
Lie down with dogs and you wake up with a raise and a promotion.

 E7E7
So, he's a flirt, a complete ego maniac.

   A/EA/E
The fact is he's also the face of the strike-

     E7E7
What a face- face the fact,

                      A augmentedA  F# minorF#m   D MajorD  C# minorC#m   F# minorF#m   D#m7b5D#m7b5
That's a face that could save us all from sinking in the ocean.


 Ab7Ab7
Like someone said, "Power tends to corrupt"

     Db/Ab
And absolute power, wait! Wait, corrupts!?

           Ab7Ab7
Absolutely, that is genius!

                         DbDb   BbmBbm   GbGb    F minorFm   BbM7Bbm7
But give me some time, I'll be twice as good as that six months from never.


 Ab7Ab7
Just look around at the world we're inheriting

   Db/Ab
And think of the one we'll create.

              B7B7
Their mistake is they got old, that is not a mistake we'll be making.

     E7sus           E7E7
No sir, we'll stay young forever!


Break:
 A augmentedA              E7sus            D MajorD
Give those kids and me the brand new century and watch what happens.

   Dsus2Dsus2     E MajorE   A augmentedA            E7sus
It's David and Goliath, do or die! The fight is on,

        D MajorD
And I can't watch what happens.

  Dsus2Dsus2     E MajorE    F# minorF#m             G+G
But all I know is nothing happens if you just give in.

  F# minorF#m             G+G
It can't be any worse than how it's been.


Ending:
     A5A5     A5/G#        A5/G       D/F#D/F#
And it just so happens that we just might win,

 Dm/F    E7sus
So whatever happens!

     A5A5      Bm7Bm7   E7sus    A augmentedA
Let's begin!