Miami 2017
Billy JoelVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
Chords Used: :xx0232 :2x023x :x02220 :xx0003
:x32010 :3x0002 :242222
:320003 :x2003x B7sus2:x24222
:x13331 :x24432 :x02230
I've seen the lights go out on Broadway
I saw the Empire State laid low.
And life went on beyond the Palisades,
They all bought Cadillacs
And left there long ago.
They held a concert out in Brooklyn
Bm G A--Asus4-A
To watch the Island bridges blow.
They turned our power down
And drove us underground
But we went right on with the show
I've seen the lights go out on Broadway
I saw the ruins at my feet
You know we almost didn't notice it
We'd see it all the time on Forty-Second Street.
They burned the churches up in Harlem
Like in that Spanish Civil War
The flames were everywhere
But no one really cared
It always burned up there before
I've seen the lights go out on Broadway
I watched the mighty skyline fall.
The boats were waiting at the Battery
The union went on strike
They never sailed at all.
They sent a carrier out from Norfolk
And picked the Yankees up for free.
They said that Queens could stay
They blew the Bronx away
And sank Manhattan out at sea
You know those lights were bright on Broadway
But that was so many years ago
Before we all lived here in Florida
Before the Mafia took over Mexico.
There are not many who remember
They say a handful still survive
To tell the world about
The way the lights went out
And keep the memory alive
repeat for as long as u like): D C G Bb
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Readable chord sheet for Miami 2017 by Billy Joel
Chords Used: [D]:xx0232 [D/F#]:2x023x [A]:x02220 [G/D]:xx0003
[C]:x32010 [Gmaj7]:3x0002 [F#m7]:242222
[G]:320003 [G/B]:x2003x B7sus2:x24222
[Bb]:x13331 [Bm]:x24432 [Asus4]:x02230
[D] [C] [G] [Bb] [D] [C] [G] [Bb] [D] [F#] [Gmaj7] [D] [G] [B] [A] [G/B] [D] [A] [G/B]
[D]I've seen the lights[G/B] go out on Bro[D]adway [A]
[Bm] I saw the [G]Empire State laid [A]low.
[F#m7] And life went on beyond the P[Bm]alisades,
[B7sus2] They all bought[D] Cadillacs
[A] And left there [G]long ago.
[D] They held a [G/B]concert out in [D]Brooklyn[A]
Bm G A--Asus4-A
To watch the Island bridges blow.
[D/F#] They turned our [G]power down
[D] And drove us u[G/B]nderground
[A] But we went [G/B]right on with the s[D]how
[D] [D] [A] [Asus4] [A]
[D] I've seen the [G/D]lights go out on [D]Broadway
[Bm] I saw the [G]ruins at my [A]fee[Asus4]t [A]
[F#m7] You know we almost didn't [Bm]notice it[B7sus2]
[B7sus2]We'd see it [A]all the time on Forty-[G]Second Street.[A]
[D] They burned the [G/D]churches up in [D]Harlem
[Bm] Like in that [G]Spanish Civil War[A] [Asus4] [A]
[D/F#] The flames were e[G]verywhere
[D] But no one [G/B]really cared
[A] It always [G/B]burned up there before[D]
[D] [D] [A] [Asus4] [A]
[D] I've seen the [G/D]lights go out on [D]Broadway
[Bm] I watched the [G]mighty skyline [A]fal[Asus4]l. [A]
[F#m7] The boats were waiting at the[Bm] Battery[B7sus2]
[B7sus2] The union w[A]ent on strike
They never [G]sailed at all.
[D] They sent a [G/D]carrier out from [D]Norfolk
[Bm] And picked the [G]Yankees up for fre[A]e. [Asus2] [A]
[D/F#] They said that [G]Queens could stay
[D] They blew the B[G/B]ronx away
[A] And sank Man[G/B]hattan out at s[D]ea
[D] [D] [A] [Asus4] [A]
[D] You know those [G]lights were bright on Bro[D]adway [A]
[Bm] But that was so[G] many years ag[A]o
[F#m7] Before we all lived here[Bm] in Florida[B7sus2]
[B7sus2] Before the M[A]afia took over [G]Mexico.
[D] There are not [G/D]many who re[D]member [A]
[Bm] They say a [G]handful still sur[A]vive
[D/F#] To tell the [G]world about
[D]The way the l[G/B]ights went out
[A] And keep the me[G/B]mory alive[Bb]
repeat for as long as u like): D C G Bb