Drifters - On Broadway guitar tab

an 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 Gb/Ab Ab Gb/Ab Ab Gb/Ab Ab Gb/Ab

Ha! They say that I won't last too long on Broadway (on Broadway)

Ab Gb/Ab Ab Gb/Ab Ab Gb/Ab Ab Gb/Ab

I'll catch a Greyhound bus for home, they all say (on Broadway)

Db Cb/Db Db Cb/Db

[3: But] Oh! They're dead wrong, I know they are

Db Cb/Db Db Eb

'Cause I can play this here guitar

Ab Gb/Ab Ab Gb/Ab Ab Gb/Ab Ab Gb/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 Gb/Ab Gb Ab/Gb

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