Key: Chorus:
[Intro]
F# E/F# [4X]
[Verse 1]
F# E/F#
F# E/F#
F# E/F# F#
E/F#
They say the neon
lights are bright on
Broadway (on
Broadway)
F#
E/F# F# E/F#
F# E/F# F#
E/F#
They say there's
always magic in the
air (on
Broadway)
B A/B
B A/B
But when you're
walkin' down the
street
B A/B
B C#
And you ain't had
enough to eat
F# E/F#
F# E/F#
F# E/F# F#
E/F#
The glitter rubs
right off and you're
nowhere (on
Broadway)
[key change to G]
[Verse 2]
G F/G
G F/G
G F/G G
F/G
They say the girls
are something else
on Broadway (on
Broadway)
G F/G
G F/G G
F/G G
F/G
But looking at them
just gives me the
blues (on
Broadway)
C Bb/C
C Bb/C
'Cause how you gonna
make some time
C Bb/C
C D
When all you got is
one thin dime
G F/G
G F/G
G F/G G
F/G
And one thin dime
won't even shine
your shoes (on
Broadway)
[key change to
Ab]
[Verse 3]
Ab
Gb/Ab Ab
Gb/Ab Ab Gb/Ab
Ab Gb/Ab
Ha! They say that I
won't last too long
on Broadway (on
Broadway)
Ab Gb/Ab
Ab Gb/Ab
Ab Gb/Ab Ab
Gb/Ab
I'll catch a
Greyhound bus for
home, they all say
(on Broadway)
Db
Cb/Db Db
Cb/Db
[3- But] Oh!
They're dead wrong,
I know they are
Db Cb/Db
Db Eb
'Cause I can play
this here guitar
Ab Gb/Ab
Ab Gb/Ab Ab
Gb/Ab Ab
Gb/Ab
And I won't quit
'til I'm a star on
Broadway (on
Broadway)
[repeat verse 3 with
strings, horns, and
guitar solo over
first two lines]
[Coda]
Ab
Gb/Ab Gb
Ab/Gb
I'm gonna make it,
yeah (on
Broadway)
I'll be a big, big,
big man (on
Broadway)
I'll have my name in
lights (on
Broadway)
Everybody,
everybody's gonna
know me, yes (on
Broadway)
All up and down
Broadway (on
Broadway) [fade] |