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Version 1 Version 2 Version 3 Version 4[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]