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'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


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