On Broadway — The Drifters

Chords and lyrics for On Broadway by The Drifters (key of F#).

Intro

F# E/F# [4X]

Verse 1

[F#]They say the [E/F#]neon [F#]lights are [E/F#]bright on [F#][E/F#]Broadway (on [F#][E/F#]Broadway)
[F#]They say there's [E/F#]always [F#]magic[E/F#] in the [F#]air [E/F#] (on [F#][E/F#]Broadway)
[B]But when you're [A/B]walkin' [B]down the [A/B]street
[B]And you ain't [A/B]had [B]enough to [C#]eat
[F#]The glitter [E/F#]rubs right [F#]off and [E/F#]you're [F#]nowhere [E/F#] (on [F#][E/F#]Broadway)

Verse 2

[G]They say the [F/G]girls are [G]something [F/G]else on [G][F/G]Broadway (on [G][F/G]Broadway)
[G]But looking [F/G]at them [G]just gives[F/G] me the [G]blues [F/G] (on [G][F/G]Broadway)
[C]'Cause how you [Bb/C]gonna [C]make some [Bb/C]time
[C]When all you[Bb/C] got is [C]one thin [D]dime
[G]And one thin [F/G]dime won't [G]even [F/G]shine your [G]shoes [F/G] (on [G][F/G]Broadway)

Verse 3

[Ab]Ha! They say [Gb/Ab]that I won't [Ab]last too [Gb/Ab]long on [Ab][Gb/Ab]Broadway (on [Ab][Gb/Ab]Broadway)
[Ab]I'll catch a [Gb/Ab]Greyhound [Ab]bus for [Gb/Ab]home, they [Ab]all[Gb/Ab] say (on [Ab][Gb/Ab]Broadway)
[3: But] [Db]Oh! They're dead [Cb/Db]wrong, I [Db]know they[Cb/Db] are
[Db]'Cause I can [Cb/Db]play this [Db]here [Eb]guitar
[Ab]And I won't [Gb/Ab]quit 'til [Ab]I'm a [Gb/Ab]star on [Ab][Gb/Ab]Broadway (on [Ab][Gb/Ab]Broadway)

Coda

I'm gonna [Ab]make it, [Gb/Ab]yeah (on [Gb][Ab/Gb]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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