On Broadway The Drifters
'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:
T[F#]hey say the [E/F#]neon l[F#]ights are b[E/F#]right on B[F#]road[E/F#]way (on B[F#]road[E/F#]way)
T[F#]hey say there's [E/F#]always m[F#]agic[E/F#] in the [F#]air [E/F#] (on B[F#]road[E/F#]way)
B[B]ut when you're w[A/B]alkin' d[B]own the s[A/B]treet
A[B]nd you ain't [A/B]had en[B]ough to e[C#]at
[F#]The glitter [E/F#]rubs right [F#]off and y[E/F#]ou're now[F#]here [E/F#] (on B[F#]road[E/F#]way)
[key cbange to G]
Verse 2:
T[G]hey say the g[F/G]irls are s[G]omething [F/G]else on Br[G]oad[F/G]way (on Br[G]oad[F/G]way)
B[G]ut looking [F/G]at them j[G]ust gives[F/G] me the bl[G]ues [F/G] (on Br[G]oad[F/G]way)
'C[C]ause how you [Bb/C]gonna m[C]ake some [Bb/C]time
W[C]hen all you[Bb/C] got is o[C]ne thin d[D]ime
A[G]nd one thin [F/G]dime won't e[G]ven s[F/G]hine your sh[G]oes [F/G] (on Br[G]oad[F/G]way)
[key cbange to Ab]
Verse 3:
[Ab]Ha! They say tha[F#/Ab]t I won't l[Ab]ast too [F#/Ab]long on B[Ab]roa[F#/Ab]dway (on B[Ab]roa[F#/Ab]dway)
[Ab]I'll catch a [F#/Ab]Greyhound [Ab]bus for [F#/Ab]home, they [Ab]all[F#/Ab] say (on B[Ab]roa[F#/Ab]dway)
[3: But] [C#]Oh! They're dead [B/C#]wrong, I[C#] know the[B/C#]y are
'C[C#]ause I can [B/C#]play this [C#]here g[Eb]uitar
[Ab]And I won't [F#/Ab]quit 'til [Ab]I'm a [F#/Ab]star on B[Ab]roa[F#/Ab]dway (on B[Ab]roa[F#/Ab]dway)
[repeat verse 3 witb strings, borns, and guitar solo over first two lines]
Coda:
I'm gonna m[Ab]ake it, [F#/Ab]yeah (on B[F#]roa[Ab/F#]dway)
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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