Misc Musicals – Newsies - King Of New York (Bass Tab)

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There's a few versions of this. Double bar lines indicate a section that's not in the recording but is in is transcribed from this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_f3qPmIkUw

[Intro]
Played straight except for the E which is ahead of the beat
G|-0-2-3-2-0-2-3---|
D|---------------2-|
A|-----------------| x2
E|-----------------|

[Verse]
Play with vocals
G|-0-2-3-2-0-2-3---|
D|---------------2-|
A|-----------------| x3
E|-----------------|

G|-0-2-3-4-5-6-7---|
D|-----------------|
A|---------------5-|
E|-----------------|

[Chorus]

G|---------------------------------|
D|----------0-2-3-4-5------------0-|
A|-2-2--3-------------3-3--0-2-3---|
E|---------------------------------|

G|---------------------------------|
D|----------0-2-3------1--1--1-1-0-|
A|---2--3-----------1--------------|
E|-3-------------------------------|

G|------------------------------|
D|---5----2----0----------------|
A|-4-------------3----0---0-5-5-|
E|------------------------------|

G|-----------------------------------7-|
D|----------0-2-3-3-------1---1--------|
A|---2--3------------1-1---------5-5---|
E|-3-----------------------------------|

[Verse]

G|-0-2-3-2-0-2-3---|
D|---------------2-|
A|-----------------| x3
E|-----------------|

G|---------------7-|
D|-----------------|
A|---0-1-2-3-4-5---|
E|-3---------------|

[Chorus]

G|-----------------------------------|
D|----------0-2-3-4-5--------------0-|
A|-2-2--3-------------3-3--0-x-2-3---|
E|-----------------------------------|

G|---------------------------------|
D|----------0-2-3------1--1--1-1-0-|
A|---2--3-----------1--------------|
E|-3-------------------------------|

G|----------------------------|
D|-5----2----0----------------|
A|-------------3----0---0-5-5-|
E|----------------------------|

G|-----------------------------------7-|
D|----------0-2-3-3-------1---1--------|
A|---2--3------------1-1--------5--5---|
E|-3-----------------------------------|

[Verse]

G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|-----------------| x2
E|-3-5-6-5-3-5-6-0-|

G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|-0-2-3-2-0-2-3---|
E|---------------3-|

G|----------------|
D|---------0-1-2--|
A|-0-2-3-4--------|
E|----------------|

[Dance break]
(1:26)
G|----------------------------------------|
D|-0-0-1--------3-3-4--------4-4-3--3-3-2-|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|

(1:34)                       (1:39)
G|--------------------------------------------------10-10-------10-------4--3-|
D|---------------------------------2--3-3--3--3-/10----------10----10---------|
A|-0-2---5-5--5--5--5--5--5--3-0-5--------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

(1:47)                                           (1:57)          (2:00)
G|------------------------------------------------10-----------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-1--1--1--1--1--1-2-2----2--3--3--3--3--3-3----------1-1--1--1---------3-|
E|---------------------------------------------------1-------------4-4-----|

(2:02)                          (2:07)
G|------------------------------------2------||
D|-----------------------------------------0-||
A|-1-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-----0-----------||
E|-------------------------------------------||

There's an extra bit here in the actual show. For the recording version skip this bit.

(2:09)
G|---0-1-----------------------------------------|
D|-1----------------6-6-4-4--6-------------------|
A|--------------4-6--------------------------0-1-|
E|----------------------------------2-4----1-----|

G|-------------------1-3----------------------------------------7--7---------|
D|-8-8-6------8-6-----------0-2-3-2-0-3---0-0-2-3-2-0-3---0--5-------3h4h5-6-|
A|--------4-4----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

(2:32)                                              (2:40)                  (2:45)
G|------------7------4--4--4--4-1h2h3-4---4--4--4-4------5--5--4-5---5--------------||
D|-5-6----------0-------------------------------------------------------------------||
A|-----0-----------2--------------------2-----------2--3-----------3---------3------|| (end of extra section)
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------1-||
The final F is an upbeat into the next section

[Tap dancing]
(2:46)
G|-----------6-------6-9-----------------------|
D|---------8-------------------2-3-------------|
A|-1-------------------------------2--2-3--3-4-|
E|---------------------------------------------|

G|-------------------------------------11-12-|
D|------4-2-0-------4-5-7-8-9-10-11-12-------|
A|------------3-4-5--------------------------|
E|-4--3--------------------------------------|

G|-9----------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------||
D|---------12-10--------------12-----12-----------12----------||-12-----------12----------||
A|----------------------12------------------------------------||--------------------------||
E|-------------------------------10------10-9/10------10-9/10-||-----10-9/10------10-9/10-||

(3:15)
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------2----------0-2-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----3----4----------1----2-------4--0--4---------------------------------------------------------1-|
E|-4-6---4---------2-4---2----------------------1-1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1h2-3-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3---|

                                         (3:40)
G|---------------0-1--2--------------||----------------------------------0-1-2---||
D|-------------2---------------------||2-0-0-2-3-2-0-2-3-----0-0-2-3-4-4---------||
A|-0-0--0---------------0-0------3-5-||------------------2---------------------0-||
E|-----------------------------------||------------------------------------------||

(3:46)                      (3:52)
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|---4--4--4--0-2-4-4--4--4----------------------------------|
A|------------------------------6-6--6--6--4-3-3--3--3-3-3---|
E|-2------------------------4-6----------------------------2-|
The C's are in time with the horns

(3:58)
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------0-1--3--------------------------0-1-2----------0-----|
A|---0--3--3--------1-1----1-2-3----0-3----3----------1--3----0---|
E|-1---------------------3--------1-----3----------4------------4-|

[Chorus]
(4:09)
G|-----------------------------------|
D|----------0-2-3-4-5--------------0-|
A|---2--3-------------3-3--0-x-2-3---|
E|-3---------------------------------|

G|-------------------------------------|
D|------------0-2-3--------1--1--1-1-0-|
A|---2--3-2h3---------1--1-------------|
E|-3-----------------------------------|

G|--------------------------------------|
D|-5--5----2--2--2--0--------------0--0-|
A|---------------------3--3--0--3-------|
E|--------------------------------------|

G|----------------------------------|
D|----------0-2-3-3-----1---1---0-0-|
A|-2-2--3------------1--------------|
E|----------------------------------|

G|----------------------------------|
D|----------0-2-3-3-----1---1---0-0-|
A|-2-2--3------------1--------------|
E|----------------------------------|

G|---------------------------------|
D|----------0-2-3-3-----1--1-1-1-0-|
A|---1--3------------1-------------|
E|-3-------------------------------|
The first 2 Eb's are down the octave if you have a 5 string

G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------5-5-6-------0-3---|
A|-2-2-3--0-0-1--------------------|
E|-----------------------\5------3-|

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