Key: E major•
Intro 1
C#m
B
A
B
C#m
B
A
B
Verse 1
C#m
A
As he walk
C#m
A
B
s along the gorge's edge,
A
He meets a sense of yesteryear.
E
C#m
A
C#m
A window in the bank
A
B
above his head
A
E
Reveals his home amidst the streets.
G#m
Subway sounds,
the sounds of complaint
A
The smell of acid on his gun of paint.
G#m
As it carves out anger in a
blood-red band,
band,
A
Destroyed tomorrow by an
unknown hand;
E
My home.
D#
Is this the way out from the
endless scene?
D#m
F#
Or just an entrance to another dream?
Bb
Bsus4
E
And the light dies down on Broadway.
C#m
A
But as the skylight
C#m
A
B
beckons him to leave,
A
He hears a scream from far below.
C#m
E
C#m
A
C#m
Within the raging water,
A
B
writhes the form
Of brother John,
A
C#m
E
he cries for help.
G#m
The gate is fading now, but open wide.
A
But John is drowning, I must decide
G#m
Between the freedom I had in the rat-race,
A
Or Or to stay forever in this
forsaken place;
E
Hey John!
D#
He makes for the river and
the gate is gone,
D#m
F#
Back to the void where it came from.
Bb
Bsus4
E
Bsus4
B
E
And the light dies down on Broadway.
Outro 1
Em
E
Em
E
Esus4
A
Em
E
Em
E
Em
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsC#m B A E G#m...
C#m
B
A
E
G#m
D#
D#m
F#
Bb
Bsus4
Em
Esus4
Capo: 2
Transpose: 0
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