#----------------------------------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# (244322@1) E/F# (222100@1) [4X] / / / / Verse 1: F# (244322@1) E/F# (222100@1)F# (244322@1) E/F# (222100@1) F# (244322@1)E/F# (222100@1) F# (244322@1)E/F# (222100@1)They say the neon lights are bright on Broadway (on Broadway) F# (244322@1) E/F# (222100@1) F# (244322@1)E/F# (222100@1) F# (244322@1)E/F# (222100@1) F# (244322@1)E/F# (222100@1)They say there's always magic in the air (on Broadway) B (x2444x@1) A/B (002520@1) B (x2444x@1) A/B (002520@1)But when you're walkin' down the street B (x2444x@1) A/B (002520@1) B (x2444x@1) C# (x43121@1)And you ain't had enough to eat F# (244322@1) E/F# (222100@1) F# (244322@1) E/F# (222100@1) F# (244322@1) E/F# (222100@1) F# (244322@1)E/F# (222100@1)The glitter rubs right off and you're nowhere (on Broadway) [key change to G] Verse 2: G (320003@1) F/G (303211@1) G (320003@1) F/G (303211@1) G (320003@1)F/G (303211@1) G (320003@1)F/G (303211@1)They say the girls are something else on Broadway (on Broadway) G (320003@1) F/G (303211@1) G (320003@1) F/G (303211@1) G (320003@1) F/G (303211@1) G (320003@1)F/G (303211@1)But looking at them just gives me the blues (on Broadway) C (x32010@1) Bb/C C (x32010@1) Bb/C 'Cause how you gonna make some time C (x32010@1) Bb/C C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1)When all you got is one thin dime G (320003@1) F/G (303211@1) G (320003@1) F/G (303211@1) G (320003@1) F/G (303211@1) G (320003@1)F/G (303211@1)And one thin dime won't even shine your shoes (on Broadway) [key change to Ab] Verse 3: Ab (xx1114@1) Gb/Ab Ab (xx1114@1) Gb/Ab AbGb/Ab (xx1114@1) AbGb/Ab (xx1114@1) Ha! They say that I won't last too long on Broadway (on Broadway) Ab (xx1114@1) Gb/Ab Ab (xx1114@1) Gb/Ab AbGb/Ab (xx1114@1) AbGb/Ab (xx1114@1) I'll catch aGreyhound (x02210@1)bus for home, they all say (on Broadway) Db (x43121@1) Cb/Db Db (x43121@1) Cb/Db [3: But] Oh! They're dead wrong, I know they are Db (x43121@1) Cb/Db Db (x43121@1) Eb (x43121@3)'Cause I can play this here guitar Ab (xx1114@1) Gb/Ab Ab (xx1114@1) Gb/Ab AbGb/Ab (xx1114@1) AbGb/Ab (xx1114@1) And I won't quit 'til I'm astar (x02210@1) on Broadway (on Broadway) [repeat verse 3 with strings, horns, and guitar solo over first two lines] Coda: Ab (xx1114@1) Gb/Ab GbAb/Gb (244322@1) I'm gonna make it, yeah (on Broadway) I'll be abig, (x02210@1)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