"On Broadway" is a song written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil in collaboration with the team of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller.
[Estrofa]
G#          F#   G#         F#     
They say the neon lights are bright
   G#   F# G# F# 
 on Broadway 
They say the neon lights are bright on Broadway 
G#          F#   G#         F#      
They say there's always magic in the
  G#   F# G# F# 
 air 
They say there's always magic in the air 
C#              B      C#       
But when you're walkin' down that
 B    C# 
 street 
But when you're walkin' down that street 
              C#     D     D# 
And you ain't had enough to eat 
G#          F#   G#         F#       
The glitter rubs right off and you're
 G#   F# G# F# 
 nowhere
The glitter rubs right off and you're nowhere
[Instrumental]
A           G        A        G      A   G A G
[Estrofa]
A           G        A        G     
They say the girls are something else
 A   G A G 
 on Broadway 
They say the girls are something else on Broadway 
A             G   A   G           A 
But looking at them just gives me the
 G A G 
 blues 
But looking at them just gives me the blues 
D            C    D        C  D 
'Cause how ya gonna make some time 
             C     D       E 
When all you got is one thin dime? 
A           G         A   G       
And one thin dime won't even shine
  A  G A G 
 your shoes
And one thin dime won't even shine your shoes
[Estrofa]
Bb Ab 
Bb            Ab      Bb       Ab    
  Bb   A Bb Ab 
Bb            Ab      Bb       Ab      Bb   A Bb Ab 
Ha! They say that I won't last too
Bb            Ab      Bb       Ab    
 long on Broadway 
  Bb   A Bb Ab 
Bb            Ab      Bb       Ab      Bb   A Bb Ab 
I'll catch a Greyhound bus for home,
Eb                  Db       Eb      
 they all say 
  Db 
Eb                  Db       Eb        Db 
But oh! They're dead wrong, I know
Eb                  Db       Eb  Em  
 they are 
    F 
Eb                  Db       Eb  Em      F 
'Cause I can play this here guitar 
Bb            Ab      Bb       Ab    
  Bb   A Bb Ab 
Bb            Ab      Bb       Ab      Bb   A Bb Ab 
And I won't quit till I'm a star on Broadway
[Outro]
Bb            Ab      Bb      
I won't quit till I'm a star on
 Ab      Bb   A Bb Ab 
 Broadway 
I won't quit till I'm a star on Broadway 
Bb            Ab      Bb       Ab      Bb   A Bb Ab
[Solo]
Bb Ab