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]