On Broadway Chords

KeyF# CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays520

On Broadway by George Bensons is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of F#. It uses the chords F#, E, B, A, C, C#, G, F, Bb, D, G# and D#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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

  G           F         G         F       G    F   G F 
  The say the girls are something else on Broadway 
  G           F       G          F      G     F   G   F 
  But looking at them just gives me the blues 
  C             Bb    C         Bb 
  Cause how you gonna make some time 
  C               Bb     C   C#   D 
  When all you've got is one thin dime 
  G            F          G    F            G     F  G  F 
  And one thin dime won't even shine you're shoes 


  G#           F#      G#       F#      G#   F#  G#  F# 
  The say that I won't last too long on Broadway 
  G#           F#        G#      F#            G#  F# G# F# 
  I'll catch a Greyhound bus for home they all say 
  C#             B       C#        B 
  But no they're wrong I know they are 
  C#          B         C#   D  D# 
  Cause I can play this here guitar 
  G#          F#        G#    F#      G#   F#   G#  F# 
  And I won't quit till I'm a star on Broadway 

  G#     F#   G# F# G# F# G# F# ... 
  On Broadway ...	 
    	

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