Chords with lyrics
Top of the charts in 1951.
(Capo 3rd fret.)
#1.
A augmentedA B minorBm E MajorE A augmentedA
Come on along and listen to..the lullaby of Broadway.
B minorBm E MajorE A augmentedA
The hip hooray and ballyhoo..the lullaby of Broadway.
D MajorD E minorEm A augmentedA D MajorD
The rumble of a subway train..the rattle of the taxis.
E minorEm A augmentedA D MajorD
The Daffydils who entertain..at Angelo's and Maxi's.
#2.
E MajorE A augmentedA B minorBm E MajorE A augmentedA
When a Broadway baby says good night..it's early in the morning.
B minorBm E MajorE A7A7
Manhattan babies don't sleep tight..until the dawn.
CHORUS:
D MajorD G+G D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD G+G D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
Go...od night, ba..by..Go..od night, the milkman's on his way.
D MajorD G+G D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD G+G D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
Sle..ep tight, ba..by..Sle..ep tight, let's call it a day. Hey!
(ORCHESTRAL BREAK:)
#3.
C majorC DmDm G+G C majorC
The band begins to go to town..and everyone goes crazy.
DmDm G+G C majorC
You rock-a-bye your baby round..til everything gets hazy.
G+G A minorAm D MajorD G+G
Hush-a-bye..I'll buy you this and that..you hear your daddy saying.
A minorAm D MajorD G7G7
And baby goes home to her flat..to sleep all day.
CHORUS:
C majorC FF C majorC G+G C majorC FF C majorC G+G C majorC
Go...od night, ba..by..Go..od night, the milkman's on his way.
C majorC FF C majorC G+G C majorC FF C majorC E MajorE
Sle..ep tight, ba..by..Sle..ep tight, let's call it a day.
DmDm E minorEm G+G G7G7 C majorC
Listen to the lullaby..of old..Broad..way...(Fade.)
A augmentedA fifties smash from Kraziekhat.