Genesis - The light dies down on broadway
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Capo: 4
Tuning: E A D G B E
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The Light Dies Down on Broadway – Genesis
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Written by: Banks/Collins/Gabriel/Hackett/Rutherford
From: "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" (1974)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
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Capo: 4th fret
Play: C
Key: E
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
G6 3-x-0-0-0-0
Fmaj7 (t)1-3-3-2-1-0
F/A x-0-3-2-1-1 or x-0-3-2-1-x
Am7 x-0-2-0-1-3 or x-0-2-0-1-x
G7 3-x-0-0-0-1
Fadd9 (t)1-x-3-2-1-3
C-5 x-3-4-5-x-x
Gsus4 3-x-0-0-1-3
Csus4 x-3-3-0-1-1
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[Intro]
| Am | G6 | Fmaj7 | G6 |
| Am | G6 | Fmaj7 | G6 |
[Verse]
Am F/A Am7 F/A [ G6 ]
As he walks along the gorge's edge,
G6 G7 G Fadd9 F G | C C/B |
He meets a sense of yesteryear.
Am F/A Am7 F/A [ G6 ]
A window in the bank above his head
G6 G7 G Fadd9 F G | C |
Reveals his home amidst the streets.
[Pre-Chorus]
Em Subway sounds, the sounds of complaint
The Fsmell of acid on his gun of paint.
As it Em7carves out anger in a blood-red band
DesFtroyed tomorrow by an unknown hand
| C | C-5 |
My home
Is Bthis the way out from this endless scene?
Bm7 Or just an entrance to another dream?
[Chorus]
And the F#light (light, light, light, light ...)
Dies Gsus4down (down, down, down, down)
| C | % |
On Broadway
[Verse]
Am F/A Am7 F/A [ G6 ]
But as the skylight beckons him to leave,
G6 G7 G Fadd9 F G | C C/B |
He hears a scream from far below.
Am F/A Am7 F/A [ G6 ]
Within the raging water, writhes the form
G6 G7 G Fadd9 F G | C |
Of brother John, he cries for help.
[Pre-Chorus]
Em The gate is fading now, but open wide
But FJohn is drowning, I must decide
BeEm7tween the freedom I had in the rat-race
Or to Fstay forever in this forsaken place;
| C | C-5 |
Hey John!
He Bmakes for the river and the gate is gone
Bm7Back to the void where it came from.
[Chorus]
And the F#light (light, light, light, light ...)
Dies Gsus4down (down, down, down, down)
[ C ]
On Broadway
[Outro]
| C | % | % | % |
| C | Csus4 | C | % |
| C | Csus4 | C | % |
| C | Csus4 | C | % |
(fade out)