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!


[NEWBE S]
G      C     Dm   C/E F6
We was sunk, pale and pitiful

[KATHERINE]
Bb          Eb
Bunch'a wet noodles

[KATHERINE & NEWBE S]
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!

[NEWBE S]
Yeah!

[KATHERINE]
Dm  C/E  F6      Bb         Eb
Not with liquor, fame works quicker
Eb
When you're King of New York!


[NEWBE S]
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 & NEWBE S]
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!