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#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.#
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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# 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
