The Schuyler Sisters

Accordi The Schuyler Sisters

SIm7
 There's nothing rich folks love more

Than going downtown and slummin' it with the poor

They pull up in their carriages and gawk

At the students in the common 

just to watch 'em talk

Take Philip Schuyler, the man is loaded

Uh-oh, but little does he know

That his daughters, Peggy, Angelica, Eliza
FA#
Sneak into the city 

just to watch all the guys at-

 
SIm7
(Work, work!) Angelica!
 
RE
(Work, work!) Eliza!
    
SIm7
And Peggy! (Work, work!)
             
SOL 
RE
The Schuyler si--sters!
                         
Angelica! Peggy! Eliza! (Work!)
SIm7
 Daddy said to be home by sundown
RE
 Daddy doesn't need to know
SIm7                      
RE
 Daddy said not to go downtown

Like I said, you're free to go
   
SIm7
But look around, look around
    
RE                        
SOL7+/9
The revolution's happening in New York (New York)
        
FA#7    
SIm7
Angelica (work!)

It's bad enough Daddy wants to go to war
RE
 People shouting in the square
SIm7                                         
RE
 It's bad enough there'll be violence on our shore

New ideas in the air
SIm7
 Look around, look around
  
RE                           
SOL7+/9
Angelica, remind me what we're looking for
                   
She's lookin' for me!
                         
FA#7/9- 
SIm7
Eliza, I'm lookin' for a mind at work (work)
                          
RE
I'm lookin' for a mind at work (work)
                          
SIm7
I'm lookin' for a mind at work (work)
           
Whoa-ooh, whoa-oh-oh
RE           
Whoa-ooh, whoa-oh-oh (work!)

     
SIm7
Whoo! There's nothin' like summer in the city
SIm/LA
Someone in a rush next to someone lookin' pretty
  
SOL7+
Excuse me, miss, I know it's not funny
         
LA6
But your perfume smells 

like your daddy's got money
        
MIm7/9
Why you slummin' in the city in your fancy heels?
    
FA#m7
You searchin' for an urchin 

who can give you ideals?
SOL7+
Burr, you disgust me
                          
FA#7/9-
Ah, so you've discussed me
 
I'm a trust fund, baby, you can trust me
SIm7
 I've been reading "Common Sense" by Thomas Paine
RE/LA
 So men say that I'm intense or I'm insane
SOL7+
 You want a revolution? I want a revelation
LA6 
So listen to my declaration
    
MIm7                            
"We hold these truths to be self-evident
     
RE7+/FA#
That all men are created equal"
         
SOL7+
And when I meet Thomas Jefferson (unh!)
                     
FA#7/9-
I'ma compel him to include women 
                     
SIm7
in the sequel (work!)

Look around, look around
       
RE/LA
At how lucky we are to be alive right now
SOL7+
 Look around, look around
       
FA#m
At how lucky we are to be alive right now
MIm7                        
FA#m7
 History is happening in Manhattan

And we just happen 
             
SOL7+/9      
to be in the greatest city in the world
                            
FA#7/9-
In the greatest city in the world!

SIm7
'Cause I've been reading "Common Sense" 

by Thomas Paine (look around, look around)
RE/LA
 So men say that I'm intense or I'm insane 

(the revolution's happening in New York)
SOL7+                                  
FA#m7
 You want a revolution? I want a revelation 

(look around, look around, New York)

So listen to my declaration (it's happening)
   
SIm
We hold these truths to be self-evident 

(look around, look around)
     
SIm/LA
That all men are created equal 

(at how lucky we are to be alive right now)
SOL7+
 Look around, look around
   
FA#m7
At how lucky we are to be alive right now
MIm7                        
FA#m7
 History is happening in Manhattan

And we just happen to be 
       
SOL7+
in the greatest city in the world 

(in the greatest city)
                            
FA#7/9-
In the greatest city in the world!
SIm
 Angelica!
 
RE
(Work, work!) Eliza!
    
SIm
And Peggy! (Work, work!)
                       
RE
The Schuyler sisters! (Work, work!)
                           
SIm7
We're looking for a mind at work! (Work, work!)

Hey! (Work, work!)
RE
Hey! (Work, work! Whoa!)

Hey! (Work, work!)
       
SOL7+
In the greatest city (work! Work!)
                            
LA11
In the greatest city in the world
                            
RE
In the greatest city in the world!