Intro
Bm
There’s nothing rich folks love more
F#
Than going downtown and slummin’ it with the poor
G
They pull up in their carriages and gawk
D
At the students in the common
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Just to watch them talk
Bm
Take Philip Schuyler: the man is loaded
F#
Uh-oh, but little does he know that
G
His daughters, Peggy, Angelica, Eliza
D F#7/A#
Sneak into the city just to watch all the guys at—
Bm7
Work, work! Angelica!
D
Work, work! Eliza!
Bm7
And Peggy! The Schuyler sisters!
D
Angelica!
NC
Peggy!
NC
Eliza!
Bm7
Work!
Verse
Bm7
Daddy said to be home by sundown
D
Daddy doesn’t need to know
Bm7
Daddy said not to go downtown
D
Like I said, you’re free to go
Bm7
But—look around, look around, the
D Gmaj9
Revolution’s happening in New York New York Angelica
F#7/A#
Work!
Bm7
It’s bad enough daddy wants to go to war
D
People shouting in the square
Bm7
It’s bad enough there’ll be violence on our shore
D
New ideas in the air
Bm7
Look around, look around—
D Gmaj9
Angelica, remind me what we’re looking for…
NC
She’s lookin’ for me!
F#7/A# Bm7
Eliza, I’m lookin’ for a mind at work
D
I’m lookin’ for a mind at work!
Bm7
I’m lookin’ for a mind at work!
D
Whooaaaaa! Whooaaaaa!
Bm7
Work!
Verse
Bm7
There’s nothin’ like summer in the city
D/A
Someone in a rush next to someone lookin’ pretty
Gmaj7
Excuse me, miss, I know it’s not funny
D/A
But your perfume smells like your daddy’s got money
Em
Why you slummin’ in the city in your fancy heels
D/F#
You searchin for an urchin who can give you ideals?
Gmaj7
Burr, you disgust me
NC
Ah, so you’ve discussed me
F#7/A#
I’m a trust fund, baby, you can trust me!
Bm7
I’ve been reading Common Sense by Thomas Paine
D/A
So men say that I’m intense or I’m insane
Gmaj9
You want a revolution? I want a revelation
F#m7/A
So listen to my declaration:
Em9
“We hold these truths to be self-evident
Dmaj7/F#
That all men are created equal”
Gmaj9
And when I meet Thomas Jefferson
F#7/A#
I’m ‘a compel him to include women in the sequel!
Bm7
Work!
Bm7
Look around, look around at how
D/A
Lucky we are to be alive right now!
Gmaj9
Look around, look around at how
F#m7
Lucky we are to be alive right now!
Em9 Dmaj7/F#
History is happening in Manhattan and we just happen to be
Gmaj9
In the greatest city in the world!
A#maj7
In the greatest city in the world!
Verse
Bm7
Cuz I’ve been reading Common Sense by Thomas Paine
D6/A
So men say that I’m intense or I’m insane
Gmaj9
You want a revolution? I want a revelation
F#m7
So listen to my declaration:
Bm7
We hold these truths to be self evident
D6/A
That all men are created equal
Gmaj7
Look around, look around
F#m7
At how lucky we are to be alive right now!
Em9 Dmaj7/F#
History is happening in Manhattan and we just happen to be
Gmaj7
In the greatest city in the world
A#maj7
In the greatest city in the world!
Outro
Bm7
Work, work! Angelica!
D
Eliza!
Bm7
And Peggy! The Schuyler sisters!
D
We’re looking for a mind at
Bm7
work!
D6/A
Whoa!
Gmaj9
In the greatest
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City in the world