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Here’s a classic for Genesis/Gabriel fans. Has anyone transcribed the
keyboard intro for guitar? It would make a nice addition to this file.
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Artist: Genesis
~Title: The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Album: The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (1974)
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THE LAMB LIES DOWN ON BROADWAY
Words and Music by
Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford,
Peter Gabriel, and Steve Hackett
Chord Voicings:
Asus2 Amaj7 Bb Bsus4 C# C#m D6 Dmaj7 Dmaj7/C#
e—0——0—1—-2—4—4—2—-2——2—-
B—0——2—3—-5—6—5—0—-2——3—-
G—2——1—3—-4—6—6—2—-2——x—-
D—2——2—3—-4—6—6—0—-0——x—-
A—0——0—1—-2—4—4—x—-x——4—-
E—x——x—x—-x—x—x—x—-x——x—-
E Eb Ebm7 E5 Emaj7 Esus2 F#m6 G#m
e—0—3—2—4—-4——0—-2—-4—
B—0—4—2—5—-4——0—-2—-4—
G—1—3—3—3—-4——4—-2—-4—
D—2—1—1—2—-2——4—-1—-6—
A—2—x—x—x—-x——2—-x—-6—
E—0—x—x—x—-x——0—-2—-4—
Moderately Bright
4/4 time
Key of E (four sharps)
[Intro]
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| |Bb | |Bsus4 |
And the lamb_______________ lies down_____________
| |Esus2 | |
___ on Broad — way.
[Verses 1, 2, and 3]
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|: Esus2 | |
1. Ear — ly morn — ing Man — hat — tan,___
2. Night-time’s fly — ers feel____ their pains._
3. Su — zanne tired,_ her work____ all done,__ thinks
|Esus2 | |
o — cean winds blow on the land.______
Drug — store takes down the chains.____
mon — ey, hon — ey, be on, ne — on.___
|G#m | |
The Mov — ie Pal — ace is now un — done.___ The
Met — al mo — tion comes in bursts,_ but the
Cab — man’s vel — vet glove sounds the horn,___ and the
|Asus2 | |
all — night watch — men have had their fun.____
gas sta — tion_ can quench that thirst._ Sus —
saw — dust king_ spits out his scorn.__
|G#m | |
Sleep — ing cheap — ly on the mid — night show,___ it’s the
pen — sion cracked___ on un — made road.___ The
Won — der wom — en, draw your blind!__ Don’t
|Asus2 | |
same old end — ing; time to go._____ Get out!___
truck- er’s eyes read «o — ver — load.»__
look at me! I’m not your kind.___ I’m Rael!__
|E |E5 |
____ It
And out of the sub — way,
____
|Eb | |
seems they can — not leave____ their dream.___ There’s
Ra — el Im — pe — ri — al Aer — o — sol Kid_
Some-thing in — side me has just be — gun._____
|Ebm7 | |
some-thing mov — ing in the side — walk steam.__ And the
ex — its in — to day-light, spray gun hid.____ And the
Lord knows__ what I have done.___ And the
|Bb | |
lamb_________________________________ lies
lamb_________________________________ lies
lamb_________________________________ lies
|Bsus4 | |
down_________________________________ on *
down_________________________________ on &
down_________________________________ on #
{ * go to |1. }
{ & go to |2. [Bridge] }
{ # go to |3. [Outro] }
_____________________________________________________________________
|1.
|Esus2 | |
Broad — way.
| | 😐
{go to start of verse 2}
[Bridge]
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|2.
|Esus2 | |
Broad — way. The
|Amaj7 | |
lamb seems right out of place, yet the
|Emaj7 | |
Broad — way street scene finds a
|Amaj7 | |
fo — cus in its face.
|F#m6 | |
Some — how it’s ly — ing there, brings a
|C# | |
still — ness to the air. Though
|C#m Dmaj7/C# |C#m Dmaj7/C# |
man — made light, at
|C#m Dmaj7/C# |C#m Dmaj7/C# |
night is ver — y bright,_____ there’s
|Dmaj7 D6 |Dmaj7 D6 |
no white — wash vic — tim, as the
|Amaj7 | |
ne — ons dim,____ to the coat of
|E | |
white.
|E5 |Eb |
Ra — el Im — pe — ri — al
| |Ebm7 |
Aer — o — sol Kid, wipes his gun — he’s for —
| |Bb |
got — ten what he did. And the lamb______________________________
| |Bsus4 |
____ lies down______________________________
| |Esus2 |
____ on Broad — way.
| | {go to start of verse 3}
[Outro]
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|3. Repeat and fade
|: Esus2 | |
Broad — way. On
| | 😐
Broad — way. On
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| Frank Palcat | [email protected] |
| Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | /////////////|
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