Intro:

      F#5   E5   [4X]
      /  /  /  /

Verse 1:

       F#5          E5  F#5         E5      F#5  E5     F#5  E5
      They say the neon lights are bright on Broadway (on Broadway)
       F#5              E5    F#5  E5    F#5  E5      F#5  E5
      They say there's always magic in the air      (on Broadway)
       B5               A5     B5        A5
      But when you're walkin' down the street
       B5            A5   B5        C#5
      And you ain't had enough to eat
      F#5          E5       F#5       E5     F#5   E5      F#5  E5
      The glitter rubs right off and you're nowhere      (on Broadway)

[key change to G]

Verse 2:

       G5            F5       G5        F5       G5  F5       G5  F5
      They say the girls are something else on Broadway (on Broadway)
       G5          F5      G5        F5       G5   F5       G5  F5
      But looking at them just gives me the blues     (on Broadway)
        C5            Bb5   C5        Bb5
      'Cause how you gonna make some time
       C5          Bb5     C5        D5
      When all you got is one thin dime
       G5           F5         G5    F5         G5   F5       G5  F5
      And one thin dime won't even shine your shoes     (on Broadway)

[key change to Ab]

Verse 3:

      Ab5               F#5      Ab5      F#5    Ab5 F#5     Ab5 F#5
      Ha!  They say that I won't last too long on Broadway (on Broadway)
      Ab5           F#5     Ab5      F#5      Ab5 F#5     Ab5 F#5
      I'll catch a Greyhound bus for home, they all say (on Broadway)
               C#5                B5    C#5       B5
      [3: But] Oh!  They're dead wrong, I know they are
        C#5         B5      C#5    Eb5
      'Cause I can play this here guitar
      Ab5          F#5     Ab5    F#5     Ab5 F#5     Ab5 F#5
      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:

                 Ab5      F#5     F#5 Ab5
      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
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