The Schuyler Sisters

[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
A#
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
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Sneak into the city just to 
F#7/A#
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!

[Primera Parte]

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                          G7M(9)
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—
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Angelica, remind me what we’re 
    G7M(9)
looking for

She’s lookin’ for me!

[Estribillo]

                         F#7/A# 
Eliza, I’m lookin’ for a mind at 
    Bm7
work
                           D
I’m lookin’ for a mind at work!
                            Bm7
I’m lookin’ for a mind at work!
D
Whooaaaaa! Whooaaaaa!
Bm7
Work!

[Segunda Parte]

Bm7
There’s nothin’ like summer in the 
city
D/A
Someone in a rush next to someone 
lookin’ pretty
G7M
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?
G7M
Burr, you disgust me

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
G7M(9)
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
D7M/F#
That all men are created equal”
G7M(9)
And when I meet Thomas Jefferson
F#7/A#
I’m ‘a compel him to include women 
in the sequel!
Bm7
Work!

[Estribillo]

Bm7
Look around, look around at how
D/A
Lucky we are to be alive right now!
G7M(9)
Look around, look around at how
F#m7
Lucky we are to be alive right now!
Em9                     D7M/F#
History is happening in Manhattan 
and we just happen to be
G7M(9)
In the greatest city in the world!
                       A#7M
In the greatest city in the world!

[Tercera Parte]

Bm7
Cuz I’ve been reading Common Sense 
by Thomas Paine
D6/A
So men say that I’m intense or I’m 
insane
G7M(9)
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
G7M
Look around, look around
F#m7
At how lucky we are to be alive 
right now!
Em9                     D7M/F#
History is happening in Manhattan 
and we just happen to be
G7M
In the greatest city in the world
A#7M
In the greatest city in the world!

[Final]

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!
G7M(9)
In the greatest
           A     D
City in the world