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               F#/Ab      Ab      F#/Ab    Ab F#/Ab     Ab F#/Ab
      Ha!  They say that I won't last too long on Broadway (on Broadway)
      Ab           F#/Ab     Ab      F#/Ab      Ab F#/Ab     Ab F#/Ab
      I'll catch a Greyhound bus for home, they all say (on Broadway)
               C#                B/C#    C#       B/C#
      [3: But] Oh!  They're dead wrong, I know they are
        C#         B/C#      C#    Eb
      'Cause I can play this here guitar
      Ab          F#/Ab     Ab    F#/Ab     Ab F#/Ab     Ab F#/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      F#/Ab     F# Ab/F#
      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