Misc Soundtrack – Newsies - King Of New York (Guitar)

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[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!