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Intro
FA# MI/FA# 4X
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Verse 1:
FA# MI/FA# FA# MI/FA# FA# MI/FA# FA# MI/FA#
They say the neon lights are bright on Broadway (on Broadway)
FA# MI/FA# FA# MI/FA# FA# MI/FA# FA# MI/FA#
They say there's always magic in the air (on Broadway)
SI LA/SI SI LA/SI
But when you're walkin' down the street
SI LA/SI SI DO#
And you ain't had enough to eat
FA# MI/FA# FA# MI/FA# FA# MI/FA# FA# MI/FA#
The glitter rubs right off and you're nowhere (on Broadway)
[key change to G]
Verse 2:
SOL FA/SOL SOL FA/SOL SOL FA/SOL SOL FA/SOL
They say the girls are something else on Broadway (on Broadway)
SOL FA/SOL SOL FA/SOL SOL FA/SOL SOL FA/SOL
But looking at them just gives me the blues (on Broadway)
DO SIb/DO DO SIb/DO
'Cause how you gonna make some time
DO SIb/DO DO RE
When all you got is one thin dime
SOL FA/SOL SOL FA/SOL SOL FA/SOL SOL FA/SOL
And one thin dime won't even shine your shoes (on Broadway)
[key change to Ab]
Verse 3:
SOL# FA#/SOL# SOL# FA#/SOL# SOL# FA#/SOL# SOL# FA#/SOL#
Ha! They say that I won't last too long on Broadway (on Broadway)
SOL# FA#/SOL# SOL# FA#/SOL# SOL# FA#/SOL# SOL# FA#/SOL#
I'll catch a Greyhound bus for home, they all say (on Broadway)
DO# DOb/DO# DO# DOb/DO#
[3: But] Oh! They're dead wrong, I know they are
DO# DOb/DO# DO# MIb
'Cause I can play this here guitar
SOL# FA#/SOL# SOL# FA#/SOL# SOL# FA#/SOL# SOL# FA#/SOL#
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:
SOL# FA#/SOL# FA# SOL#/FA#
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]
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