E: Sun, 3 May 1998 01:06:32 EDT
From: N0w1mHere
Subject: j/billy_joel/miami_2017.tab
Miami 2017 (Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway)
(c) 1976 by Billy Joel
Off the album «Turnstiles»
Transcribed by Neil Fein
This is how I play this on guitar. If anyone has a better way to
Play this, please let me know! [email protected] , because this one’s a
Pain to play. (Sounds nice when you do it right, though…)
Intro (also the fadeout)
Let bass notes ring. The first note’s a harmonic because you’ll
Have to slide up a bit. Practice it slow; this has to be perfect
To sound good. To perform it I have to rehearse it for several days
Before the gig or I get rusty.
I use a clean sound with a touch of chorus, just a hint.
Legal, this is what I, Neil Fein, heard on the record.
———-10-14-15-14——-17- —-12—12-10—12-
——-10————-15——- ———————
—[12]——————-14—- —9—-9——-9—-
——————————- -10——————
——————————- ———————
——————————- ———————
—-12——-12——-12- -12——-12——-12—-
——-15——-15——- —-15——-15——-15-
———-12——-12—- ——-12——-12——-
————————- ————————-
-14———————- -13———————-
————————- ————————-
This part is more or less the same, but an octave down:
——-2-3-2——5- —0——0——0-
——3——-3—— ——3——3——
—2————2— ——-0——0—
-0—————— ——————
——————- -3—————
——————- ——————
——0——0—— -0—————
-3——3——3— —3-1-0———
—0——0——0- ———2-0——
—————— ————-4-2-
-2————— -1—————
—————— ——————
D G/D D G/D D A/C#
Seen the lights go out on Broadway
Bm G A Asus A G
I saw the Empire State laid low
D/F# G Gsus G
And life went on beyond the Palisades
A Asus A
They all bought Cadillacs
G A
And left there long ago
D G/D D G/D D A/C#
They held a concert out in Brooklyn
Bm G A Asus A G
To watch the island bridges blow
D/F# G
They turned our power down
D/A G/B
And drove us underground
A/C# G/B
But we went right on with the show
A/D D G/D D A/D D A D/A A
(Repeat with same chords)
I seen the lights go out on Broadway
I saw the ruins at my feet
You know we almost didn^Тt notice it
We seen it all the time
On Forty-Second street
They burned the churches up in Harlem
Like in that Spanish civil war
The flames were everywhere
But no one really cared
