This is a complex song, definitely when you try to transcribe it for ukulele. You can use this as a starting point to improvise.
Intro: Gm7 C Gm7 C
Verse 1:
Gm7 C
Folks, we finally got our headline
Gm7 C
"Newsies Crushed as Bulls Attack"
Eb F C D
Crutchie's calling me, Dumb crip's just too damn slow
Gm7 C
Guys are fightin', bleedin' fallin'
Gm7 C
Thanks to good ole' Captain Jack
C D9 Bb
Captain Jack just wants to close his eyes and go
Verse 2:
C Am
Let me go, Far away.
F G F C G E Am Cmaj7 F
Somewhere they won't ever find me, and tomorrow won't remind me of today
C Dm7 G7 Em7 Am7
And the city's finally sleepin'
Dm7 G Em7 Am7
And the moon looks old and grey
Ebadd9 Bbadd9 Am7 D9 Dm7
I get on a train thats bound for Santa Fe
Verse 3:
G7 C Am
And I'm gone, And I'm done
F G Dm C
No more running, No more lying
G E Am Cadd9 F
No more fat old men denying me my pay
C Dm7 G7 Em7 C Fmaj7 G E7
Just a moon so big and yellow, it turns night right into day
E7 Dm7 G7 C D C D
Dreams come true, Yeah they do, In Santa Fe
Bridge:
F G F G Dm C Dm C
Where does it say you gotta live and die here
F G F G C C
Where does it say a guy can't catch a break
C
Why should you only take what you're given
Am Fm
Why should you spend your whole life living
Am
Trapped where there ain't no future
Fmaj7 Am
Even at seventeen
Am Fmaj7
Breaking your back for someone else's sake
Bb Bm7 E7 E7
If the life don't seem to suit you, how 'bout a change of scene
Am Am G A7 Gmaj7 G
Far from the lousy headlines and the deadlines in between
Verse 4:
A7 A7 D Bm
Santa Fe, my old friend
G A G D
I can't spend my whole life dreaming
A Gb Bm Bm G D
Though I know that's all I seem inclined to do
Em7 A7 Gbm7 D Gmaj7 A7 Gb7
I ain't getting any younger, And I wanna start brand new
Gb7 Em9 Gmaj7
I need space, And fresh air
D A Bm
Let 'em laugh in my face, I don't care
Gbm Gmaj7 A7
Save my place, I'll be there
Interlude: D E D E
Verse 5:
F D
Just be real is all I'm asking
F D
Not some painting in my head
Bm G Bm Bm
Cause I'm dead if I can't count on you today
Bb Bb Gm7 Gbm A Bm Bm Bb C D
I got nothing if I ain't got Santa Fe
