Misc Musicals – Newsies - Santa Fe (Ukulele)

          Gm7     G     C
Folks, we finally got a headline

         Gm7        G     C        Am
"Newsies crushed as Bulls attack"

           Dm               G                    C     D    C   D
Crutchie's callinf me, dumb crip's just too damn slow

         Gm7       G         C
Guys are fightin', bleedin', fallin'

          Gm7       G       C     Am
Thanks to good ole' Captain Jack

        C                  D7                 Bb
Captain Jack just wants to close his eyes and GO!

       C
Let me go

     Am
Far away

          F          G    F    C
Somewhere they won't ever find me

      G      E     A      Am    F
And tomorrow won't remind me of today

         Dm     G7           Gm7  Am
When the city's finally sleepin'

        Dm         G7      Em   Am
And the moon looks old and grey

      D#   Bb           Am        D7        G
I get on a train that's bound for Santa Fe

        C
And I'm gone

        Am
And I'm done

         F     G       F C
No more runnin', no more hidin'

        G       E     A     Am    F
No more fat old men denying me my pay

       Dm      G7      C
Just a moon so big and yellow

         F           G7   E
It turns night right into day

            Dm
Dreams come true

          G7
Yea,h they do

         C
In Santa Fe

F             G       F     G        C
Where does it say you gotta live and die here?

F             G     F         G       C
Where does it say a guy can't catch a break?

C
Why should you only take what you're given?

Am                        Fm
Why should you spend your whole life livin'

Am
Trapped where there ain't no future

F
Even at seventeen

Am                                    F
Breakin' your back for someone else's sake

       Bb
If the life don't seem to suit ya

Bm                    E
How 'bout a change of scene?

Am
Far from the lousy headlines

        G
And the deadlines in between

G7    C
Santa Fe

       Am
My old friend

        F        G     F    C
I can't spend my whole life dreaming

         G           E     A      Am        F
Though I know that's all I seem inclined to do

        Dm      G7  C
I ain't gettin' any younger

      F       G7    E
And I wanna start brand new

       Dm
I need space

         G7
And fresh air

        C           Em
Let 'em laugh in my face

        Am
I don't care

C      Dm
Save my place

        F
I'll be there

          Gm7         G      C
Just be real is all I'm askin'

         Gm7       G         C    Am
Not some paintin' in my head

         Dm             G7                 C
'Cause I'm dead if I can't count on you today

      D#      Bb   Am        D7    C
I got nothin' if I ain't got Santa Fe