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