#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the# #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.# #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# 'I can play this here guitar / And I won't quit 'til I'm a star / On Broadway'? Oh, well, it sounds more poetic than 'And I won't quit 'til I earn union scale in a pit band / On Broadway' -- AWR "On Broadway" (Leiber / Stoller / Mann / Weil) 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] -- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers