Miami 2017 (Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway) chords by Billy Joel (Official Version)
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Intro 1
(D major) (A minor/C) (G/B) (G minor/Bb)
(D major) (A minor/C) (G/B) (G minor/Bb)
(D/F#) (G major) (D/A) (G/B)
(A/C#) (G/B) (D major) (A/D) (G/D)
Verse 1
(D major) I've seen the lights (G/D) go out
on Broadway (D major) (A7/C#)
(B minor) I saw the (Gadd9) Empire State laid (A major) low (Gadd9)
(F sharp minor7) And life went on beyond the Palisades (B minor)
(Bsus2) They (B minor) all bought (Asus4) Cadillacs (A major)
and left there (Gadd9) long ago (A major)
(D major) They held a (G/D) concert out in (D major) Brooklyn (A7/C#)
(B minor) To watch the (Gadd9) Island
bridges blow (A major) (Gadd9)
(D/F#) They turned our (G major) power down
(D/A) And drove us underground (G/B)
(A/C#) But we went (G/B) right on with the
(B minor) (show)
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Interlude 1
(D major) (B minor) (D major) (B minor) (D major)
(F sharp minor) (A major) (D/A) (A major)
(B minor) (D major) (B minor) (D major) (B minor) (D major)
(F sharp minor) (A major) (D/A) (A major)
Verse 2
(D major) I've seen the (G/D) lights go out on (D major) Broadway
(B minor) I saw (B minor/A) (G major) the ruins at my (A major) feet
(F sharp minor7) You know we almost
didn't (B minor) notice it (Bsus2)
We'd seen (B minor) it (Asus4) all the time (A major)
on For (Gadd9) ty- Second Street (A major)
(D major) They burned the (G/D) churches up in (D major) Harlem
(B minor) Like in (B minor/A) that (G major) Spanish Civil War (A major)
(D/F#) The flames were everywhere (G major)
(D/A) But no one (G/B) really cared
(A/C#) It always (G/B) burned up there
(be (B minor) fore)
Interlude 2
(D major) (B minor) (D major) (B minor) (D major)
(F sharp minor) (A major) (D/A) (A major)
(B minor) (D major) (B minor) (D major) (B minor) (D major)
(F sharp minor) (A major) (D/A) (A major)
Verse 3
(D major) I've seen the (G/D) lights go out on (D major) Broadway
(B minor) I watched (B minor/A) the (G major) mighty skyline (A major) fall
(F sharp minor7) The boats were waiting at the (B minor) Battery
(Bsus2) The un (B minor) ion (Asus4) went on strike, (A major)
they never (Gadd9) sailed at all (A major)
(D major) They sent a (G/D) carrier out from (D major) Norfolk
(B minor) And picked (B minor/A) the (G major) Yankees up for free (A major)
(D/F#) The said that Queens (G major) could stay
(D/A) They blew the (G/B) Bronx away
(A/C#) And sank Man (G/B) hattan out at
(B minor) (sea)
Interlude 3
(D major) (B minor) (D major) (B minor) (D major)
(F sharp minor) (A major) (D/A) (A major)
(B minor) (D major) (B minor) (D major) (B minor) (D major)
(F sharp minor) (A major) (D/A) (A major)
Verse 4
(D major) You know those lights (G/D) were bright
on Broadway (D major) (A7/C#)
(B minor) That was so (Gadd9) many years ago (A major) (Gadd9)
(F sharp minor7) Before we all lived here
(B minor) in Florida (Bsus2)
Be (B minor) fore the (Asus4) Mafia (A major) took over (Gadd9) Mexico (A major)
(D major) There are not (G/D) many who remember (D major) (A7/C#)
(B minor) They say a (Gadd9) handful still survive (A major) (Gadd9)
(D/F#) To tell the world (G major) about
(D/A) The way the lights (G/B) went out
(A/C#) And keep the memory (G/B) alive (B flat major)
Outro 1
(D major) (A minor/C) (G/B) (G minor/Bb)
(D major) (A minor/C) (G/B) (G minor/Bb)
[Repeat and fade]
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