Newsies - King Of New York

Tom : Gm
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!

[NEWBE S]
G C Dm C/E F6
We was sunk, pale and pitiful

[KATHERINE]
Bb Eb
Bunch'a wet noodles

[KATHERINE & NEWBE S]
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!

[NEWBE S]
Yeah!

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

[NEWBE S]
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 & NEWBE S]
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