Newsies - King Of New York chords by Alan Menken

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

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

HENRY:
Gm
Such as...?

RACE:
Gm
A pair o' new shoes with matchin' laces

ROMEO:
Gm
A permanent box at the Sheepshead Races

HENRY:
Gm
Pastrami on rye with a sour pickle

FINCH:
Gm               C/D
My personal puss on a wooden nickel!

RACE:
G    C  Dm C/E F6  F#m7b5 G   C Am9 Bm D
Look at me, I'm the King of New York!
G   C Dm C/E F6
Suddenly, I'm respectable
Bb       Eb
Starin' right at'cha
       D
Lousy with stature

ALBERT:
G            Em
Nobbin' with all the muckety-mucks
  C           Am   G/D
I'm blowin' my dough, and goin' deluxe

RACE:
D  G  C
And there I be!
Dm  C/E F6
Ain't I pretty?

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

JOJO:
Gm
A solid gold watch with a chain to twirl it

LES:
Gm
My very own bed and an indoor terlet

MUSH:
Gm
A barbershop haircut that cost a quarter

DAVEY:
Gm                C/D
A regular beat for the star reporter!

RACE:
G     C
Am-scray, punk
Dm  C/E F6   F#m7b5 G
She's the King of New York!

KATHERINE:
G   C   Am   Bm   D
Whod'a thunk! I'm the king of New York!


NEWSIES:
G   C   Dm  C/E F6
We was sunk, pale and pitiful

KATHERINE:
Bb     Eb
Bunch'a wet noodles

KATHERINE & NEWSIES:
Eb
Pulitzer's poodles!

LES:
G        Em
Almost about to drown in the drink

BUTTONS:
   C
When she fished us out

RACE:
  Am      G/D
And drowned us in ink!

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

NEWSIES:
Yeah!

KATHERINE:
Dm C/E F6   Bb     Eb
Not with liquor, fame works quicker
Eb
When you're King of New York!


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

Dance Break:
F Bb Cm Bb/D Eb6 Em7b5
F Bb Gm9 Am7 Bb Cm Bb/D Eb6
Ab Bb C D Ab

KATHERINE & NEWSIES:
G    C
Look at me
Dm   F6  F#m7b5 G
I'm the King of New York!
G    C
Wait and see!
Dm C/E F6     Bb     Eb
This is gonna make both the Delanceys
Eb
Pee in their pants-sies!
G           Em
Flashpots are shootin' bright as a sun
  C        Am    G/D
I'm one highfalutin' son of a gun!
 G   C
I guarantee
Dm  C/E F6     Bb   Eb
Though I crapped out, I ain't tapped out!
Eb   D
I'm the King of New-
G     C
Friends may flee
Dm  C/E F6
Let 'em ditch ya!
Bb    Eb
Snap one pit'cha
Eb         D
You're the King of New-
G  C
History!
Dm  C/E F6
Front page story
Bb    Eb
Guts and glory
F/Eb Ebmaj7 Dm7
I'm the King

G/B C F/A Bb Eb/G Ab

D F5 G5
of New York!