Newsies - Carrying The Banner

Race Bb7 That's my cigar Albert G/A D You'll steal another Specs Bb7 G/A D Hey, look, it's bath time at the zoo Henry F7 D7 G I thought that I'd suprise my mother Albert Bb7 G/A If you could find her Newsies D Bb7 A Who asked you Race G/A D/A From Bottle Alley to the harbor G/A D/A There's easy pickings guaranteed Finch D7/A D7 G Try any banker, bum, or barber... G/A D They almost all knows how to read! Jack G A/G G A/G It's a crooked game we're playin' G A/G G One we'll never lose Bb C/Bb Bb C/Bb Long as suckers don't mind payin' Bb C/Bb Asus Just to get bad news Newsies D D/F# Ain't it a fine life G G/A D D/F# G G/A Carryin' the banner through it all D D/F# A mighty fine life G G/A F#m7 Bm7 Carryin' the banner tough and tall Em7 D/F# When the bell rings G/A A7 We goes where we wishes F#m7 We's as free as fishes B7sus B7 Sure beats washing dishes Em7 D/F# G E7/G# What a fine... life A7sus D Carryin' the banner home-free all! Finch (Spoken) D Hey Crutchie, what your leg say, gonna rain? Crutchie (Spoken) A7sus No rain... Ha, partly cloudy clear by evenin'! Race (Spoken) A7sus And the limp sells 50 papes all by itself! Crutchie A7 I don't need a limp to sell papes. I've got personality. G7 G/A D It takes a smile that spreads like butter G7 G/A D The kind that turns a lady's head Racetrack D/F# D7 D7/F# G It takes an orphan with a stutter Finch Bb7 Who's also blind Albert G/A And mute Elmer D And dead! Crutchie, Buttons, Jo-Jo G A/G G A/G Summer stinks and winter's freezing G A/G G When you works outdoors Jack, Tommy Boy, Crutchie, Buttons, Jo-Jo Bb C/Bb Bb C/Bb Start out sweating end up sneezing Bb C/Bb A5 In between it pours! Newsies D D/F# Still, it's a fine life G G/A D D/F# G Asus Carryin' the banner with me chums D D/F# A bunch of big shots G G/A F#m7 Bm7 Tossin' out a freebie to the bums Finch Em7 Hey! What's the hold up A7sus Waitin' makes me antsy F#m I likes living chancey Newsies B7sus B7 Harlem to Delancey Em7 D/F# G E7/G# What a fine life A7sus Carryin' the banner through the Nuns Dsus D Bsus Bm Blessed children Dsus D A/B Bm Though you wander lost and depraved G(add4) G(add2 Esus Em Jesus..... loves you A7sus A7 Dsus D You shall be saved! Race (In counterpoint to Nuns and other Newsies) Dsus D Bsus Bm Curdled coffee Dsus D A/B Bm Concrete donuts sprinkled with mold G(add4) G(add2 Esus Em Homemade... biscuits A7sus A7 D5 Just two years old Jack D5 If I hate the headlines D5 I'll make up a headline Add Crutchie Bb7 And I'll say anything I hafta Add Race and Romeo D5 'Cause at two for a penny if I take too many Bb7 Weasel just makes me eat 'em afta Group One Group Two E5 Got a feelin' bout the headline I do too! C7 I smells me a headline So it must be true Papes are gonna sell like we was givin' em' away What a switch! E5 Betcha dinner it's a doozy Soon we'll all be rich 'bout a pistol-packing floozey C7 Who know how... Don't know a better way... Both Groups B7sus ...to make a newsie's day! Newsies A7 A/B E E/G# You wanna move the next edition C7 A/B E Give us an earthquake or a war Elmer G7 E7 A How 'bout a crooked politician Newsies C9 A/B E Ya nitwit, that ain't news no more A B/A A B/A Uptown to Grand Central Station A B/A A Down to City Hall C D/C C D/C We improves our circulation C D/C B7sus Walking till we fall Group One Group Two E5 E/G# But we'll be out there Got a feelin' bout the headline, I smells me a headline A B E5 E/G# A B Carrying the banner man to man! Papes is gonna sell like we was givin' em' away E5 E/G# We're always out there Betcha dinner it's a doozy, 'bout a pistol-packing floozey A B G#m7 C#m7 Soakin' every sucker that we can! Don't know any better way to make a newsie's day F#m7 Here's the headline: I was stakin' out the circus B7sus Newsies on a mission! And then someone said that coney's really hot G#m7 K**l the competition But when I get there C#7sus C#7 Sell the next edition There was Spot with all his cronies F#m7 We'll be out there, carryin' the banner Heck, I'm gonna take what little dough I got and play the ponies G#m7 C#m7 See us out there, carryin' the banner We at least deserve a headline for the hours that they work us F#m7 A A#dim B7sus B See us out there, carryin' the banner Jeez, I bet if I just stayed a little longer at the circus Newsies C F F/A Bb C F F/A Bb C We'll all be out there, carryin' the banner man to man F F/A Bb C Am7 Dm7 We're always out there, soakin' evey sucker that we can Gm7 Bbsus Here's the head...line: C7sus Newsies on a mission Am7 K**l the competition D7sus D7 Sell the next edition Gm7 C7sus We'll be out there, carryin' the banner Gm7 C7sus See us out there, carryin' the banner Gm7 C7sus Always out there, carryin' the banner F Ah, ah, ah, go!