Tone: [Bm]
Intro:
[Bm]There’s nothing rich folks love more
[Gb]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
[Bb]Just to watch them talk
[Bm]Take Philip Schuyler: the man is loaded
[Gb]Uh-oh, but little does he know that
[G]His daughters, Peggy, Angelica, Eliza
[D]Sneak into the city just to wat[Gb7]watch all the guys at—
[Bm7]Work, work! Angelica!
[D]Work, work! Eliza!
[Bm7]And Peggy! The Schuyler sisters!
[D]Angelica!
Peggy!
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]Revolution’s happening in N[G]New York New York Angelica
[Gb7]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]Angelica, remind me what we’re lo[G]looking for…
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She’s lookin’ for me!
Chorus:
Eliza, I’m lookin’ for a [Gb7]mind at wor[Bm7]work
I’m lookin’ for a mind at w[D]work!
I’m lookin’ for a mind at wo[Bm7]work!
[D]Whooaaaaa! Whooaaaaa!
[Bm7]Work!
Verse:
[Bm7]There’s nothin’ like summer in the city
[D]Someone in a rush next to someone lookin’ pretty
[Gmaj7]Excuse me, miss, I know it’s not funny
[D]But your perfume smells like your daddy’s got money
[Em]Why you slummin’ in the city in your fancy heels
[D]You searchin for an urchin who can give you ideals?
[Gmaj7]Burr, you disgust me
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Ah, so you’ve discussed me
[Gb7]I’m a trust fund, baby, you can trust me!
[Bm7]I’ve been reading Common Sense by Thomas Paine
[D]So men say that I’m intense or I’m insane
[G]You want a revolution? I want a revelation
[Gbm7]So listen to my declaration:
[Em9]“We hold these truths to be self-evident
[Dmaj7]That all men are created equal”
[G]And when I meet Thomas Jefferson
[Gb7]I’m ‘a compel him to include women in the sequel!
[Bm7]Work!
Chorus:
[Bm7]Look around, look around at how
[D]Lucky we are to be alive right now!
[G]Look around, look around at how
[Gbm7]Lucky we are to be alive right now!
[Em9]History is happening in [Dmaj7]Manhattan and we just happen to be
[G]In the greatest city in the world!
In the greatest city in[Bbmaj7]in the world!
Verse:
[Bm7]Cuz I’ve been reading Common Sense by Thomas Paine
[D6]So men say that I’m intense or I’m insane
[G]You want a revolution? I want a revelation
[Gbm7]So listen to my declaration:
[Bm7]We hold these truths to be self evident
[D6]That all men are created equal
[Gmaj7]Look around, look around
[Gbm7]At how lucky we are to be alive right now!
[Em9]History is happening in [Dmaj7]Manhattan and we just happen to be
[Gmaj7]In the greatest city in the world
[Bbmaj7]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]Whoa!
[G]In the greatest
City in the[A]the world[D]world