Billy Joel — Miami 2017 Tab
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Date: 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! NeilFein@aol.com , 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.
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This part is more or less the same, but an octave down:
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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^