West Side Story - Gee Officer Krupke
- Misc Musicals
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Verse 1
key is B]
B C
Dear kindly Sergeant Krupke, you gotta understand,
C7 F
It's just our bringin' up-ke, that gets us out of hand.
F7 A#
Our mothers all are junkies, our fathers all are drunks.
G#dim7 F#7 B
Golly Moses, natcherly we're punks!
E B
Gee, Officer Krupke, we're very upset;
F#7 B
We never had the love that ev'ry child oughta get.
E Em B G#7
We ain't no delinquents, we're misunderstood.
F#7 B
Deep down inside us there is good!
G
There is good! There is good, there is good,
D
There is untapped good!
A7 F#7 B bass riff, end on modulation up 1 <2beat>step
Like inside, the worst of us is good!
[
Verse 2
key is C]
C Db
Dear kindly Judge, your Honor, my parents treat me rough.
Db7 Gb
With all their marijuana, they won't give me a puff.
Gb7 B
They didn't wanna have me, but somehow I was had.
Adim7 G7 C
Leapin' lizards! That's why I'm so bad!
F C
Officer Krupke, you're really a square;
G7 C
This boy don't need a judge, he needs an analyst's care!
F Fm C A7
It's just his neurosis that oughta be curbed.
G7 C
He's psychologic'ly disturbed!
Ab
I'm disturbed! We're disturbed, we're disturbed,
Eb
We're the most disturbed,
Bb7 G7 C riff
Like we're psychologic'ly disturbed.
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Verse 3
key is C#]
C# D
My daddy beats my mommy, my mommy clobbers me
D7 G
My grandpa's always plastered, my grandma pushes tea.
G7 B#
My sister wears a mustache, my brother wears a dress.
A#dim7 G#7 C#
Goodness gracious, that's why I'm a mess! Yes!
F# C#
Officer Krupke, you're really a slob.
G#7 C#
This boy don't need a doctor, just a good honest job.
F# F#m C# A#7
Society's played him a terrible trick,
G#7 C#
And sociologic'ly he's sick!
A
I am sick! We are sick, we are sick,
E
we are sick, sick, sick,
B7 G#7 C# riff
Like we're socio-logically sick!
[
Verse 4
key is D]
D Eb
Dear kindly social worker, they tell me get a job
Eb7 Ab
Like be a soda jerker, which means like be a slob.
Ab7 C#
It's not I'm anti-social, I'm only anti-work.
Bdim7 A7 D
Glory-osky! That's why I'm a jerk! EEk!
G D
Officer Krupke, you've done it again.
A7 D
This boy don't need a job, he needs a year in the pen.
G Gm D B7
It ain't just a question of misunderstood;
A7 D
Deep down inside him, he's no good!
Bb
I'm no good! We're no good, we're no good!
F
We're no earthly good,
C7 A7 D
Like the best of us is no damn good!
Vesre 5: No modulation. Different people saying each line.
D
The trouble is he's crazy.
Eb
The trouble is he drinks.
Eb7
The trouble is he's lazy.
Ab
The trouble is he stinks.
Ab7
The trouble is he's growing.
Db
The trouble is he's grown. slow down
Bdim A7 D
Krupke, we got troubles of our own!
Slower ending
Bb F
Gee, Officer Krupke, we're down on our knees,
C7 F
'Cause no one wants a fellow with a social disease.
Bb Bbm F Bb7 pause
Gee, Officer Krupke, what are we to do?
F C F shave and a haircut…
Gee, Officer Krupke, KRUP YOU!











