[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!