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The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

Genesis
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Strum
D-DU-UDU
{tuning: Standard (EADGBE)}
{sot}=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-={eot}
Artist: Genesis
{sot}~Title: The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Album: The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (1974)
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-={eot}
THE LAMB LIES DOWN ON BROADWAY
Words and Music by
Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford,
Peter Gabriel, and Steve Hackett
Chord Voicings:
e---0-----0---1----2---4---4---2----2------2----
B---0-----2---3----5---6---5---0----2------3----
G---2-----1---3----4---6---6---2----2------x----
D---2-----2---3----4---6---6---0----0------x----
A---0-----0---1----2---4---4---x----x------4----
E---x-----x---x----x---x---x---x----x------x----{eot}
e--0--3---2---4----4-----0----2----4--
B--0--4---2---5----4-----0----2----4--
G--1--3---3---3----4-----4----2----4--
D--2--1---1---2----2-----4----1----6--
A--2--x---x---x----x-----2----x----6--
E--0--x---x---x----x-----0----2----4--{eot}
Moderately Bright
4/4 time
Key of E (four sharps)
{section: Intro}
~~~~~
[Verses 1, 2, and 3]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2. Night-time's fly - ers feel____ their pains._
3. Su - zanne tired,_ her work____ all done,__ thinks
Drug - store takes down the chains.____
mon - ey, hon - ey, be on, ne - on.___
Met - al mo - tion comes in bursts,_ but the
Cab - man's vel - vet glove sounds the horn,___ and the
gas sta - tion_ can quench that thirst._ Sus -
saw - dust king_ spits out his scorn.__
pen - sion cracked___ on un - made road.___ The
Won - der wom - en, draw your blind!__ Don't
truck- er's eyes read "o - ver - load."__
look at me! I'm not your kind.___ I'm Rael!__
And out of the sub - way,
____
Ra - el Im - pe - ri - al Aer - o - sol Kid_
Some-thing in - side me has just be - gun._____
ex - its in - to day-light, spray gun hid.____ And the
Lord knows__ what I have done.___ And the
lamb_________________________________ lies
lamb_________________________________ lies
down_________________________________ on &
down_________________________________ on #
{ * go to |1. }
{ & go to |2. [Bridge] }
{ # go to |3. [Outro] }
_____________________________________________________________________
|1.
| | :|
{go to start of verse 2}
{section: Bridge}
~~~~~~
_____________________________________________________________________
|2.
| | {go to start of verse 3}
{section: Outro}
~~~~~
_____________________________________________________________________
|3. Repeat and fade
| | :|
Broad - way. On

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Arrangement source for The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway by Genesis

{tuning: Standard (EADGBE)}
{sot}=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-={eot}
Artist: Genesis
{sot}~Title:  The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Album:  The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (1974)
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-={eot}

                    THE LAMB LIES DOWN ON BROADWAY

                          Words and Music by
              Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford,
                   Peter Gabriel, and Steve Hackett

Chord Voicings:

{sot}  [Asus2] [Amaj7] [Bb] [Bsus4] [C#] [C#m]  [D6] [Dmaj7] [Dmaj7/C#]
e---0-----0---1----2---4---4---2----2------2----
B---0-----2---3----5---6---5---0----2------3----
G---2-----1---3----4---6---6---2----2------x----
D---2-----2---3----4---6---6---0----0------x----
A---0-----0---1----2---4---4---x----x------4----
E---x-----x---x----x---x---x---x----x------x----{eot}

{sot}   [E]  [Eb] [Ebm7] [E5] [Emaj7] [Esus2] [F#m6] [Abm]
e--0--3---2---4----4-----0----2----4--
B--0--4---2---5----4-----0----2----4--
G--1--3---3---3----4-----4----2----4--
D--2--1---1---2----2-----4----1----6--
A--2--x---x---x----x-----2----x----6--
E--0--x---x---x----x-----0----2----4--{eot}

Moderately Bright
4/4 time
Key of E (four sharps)

{section: Intro}
 ~~~~~
         And the  [Bb]lamb_______________         lies  [Bsus4]down_____________

___           on  [Esus2]Broad   -   way.

[Verses 1, 2, and 3]
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1. [Esus2]Ear - ly     morn -  ing   Man   -    hat    -    tan,___
2. Night-time's fly  -  ers   feel____  their        pains._
3. Su - zanne   tired,_ her   work____   all         done,__ thinks

 [Esus2]     o - cean    winds    blow    on      the     land.______
      Drug   -    store    takes   down    the     chains.____
      mon - ey,   hon   -   ey,    be      on,     ne - on.___

 [Abm]   The  Mov - ie  Pal - ace  is   now    un - done.___   The
         Met - al  mo - tion       comes  in   bursts,_   but  the
    Cab - man's    vel - vet glove sounds the  horn,___   and  the

 [Asus2]all - night   watch - men   have  had     their   fun.____
 gas   sta  -  tion_   can         quench  that    thirst._    Sus -
 saw - dust    king_   spits       out     his     scorn.__

 [Abm]Sleep - ing  cheap - ly  on  the  mid - night  show,___  it's  the
 pen -  sion  cracked___      on    un - made   road.___        The
 Won -  der   wom  -  en,          draw  your   blind!__       Don't

 [Asus2]same   old    end  -  ing;        time   to   go._____   Get out!___
 truck- er's   eyes    read        "o - ver -  load."__
 look   at     me!     I'm         not  your   kind.___   I'm Rael!__

 [E]____                              [E5]                             It
           And  out  of  the  sub - way,
 ____

 [Eb]    seems  they  can - not  leave____   their  dream.___   There's
 Ra - el    Im - pe  -  ri - al    Aer - o  -   sol  Kid_
 Some-thing in - side   me   has   just  be  -  gun._____

 [Ebm7]some-thing  mov  -  ing in  the    side - walk  steam.__   And  the
 ex - its    in   -  to  day-light, spray  gun   hid.____   And  the
      Lord   knows__         what   I      have  done.___   And  the

 [Bb]lamb_________________________________                       lies
 lamb_________________________________                       lies
 lamb_________________________________                       lies

 [Bsus4]down_________________________________                        on     *
 down_________________________________                        on     &
 down_________________________________                        on     #

{ *  go to |1.          }
{ &  go to |2. [Bridge] }
{ #  go to |3. [Outro]  }

 _____________________________________________________________________
|1.
 [Esus2]Broad         -          way.

|                                 |                                :|

{go to start of verse 2}

{section: Bridge}
 ~~~~~~
 _____________________________________________________________________
|2.
 [Esus2]Broad         -          way.                                The

 [Amaj7]lamb        seems       right     out    of    place,    yet  the

 [Emaj7]Broad    -    way       street    scene                 finds   a

 [Amaj7]fo    -    cus      in     its    face.

 [F#m6]   Some - how   it's   ly - ing   there,          brings      a

 [C#]still  -  ness          to  the   air.                    Though

 [C#m]man            -        [Dmaj7/C#]  made    [C#m]light,          [Dmaj7/C#]            at

 [C#m]night   is   ver[Dmaj7/C#] - y     bright,__[C#m]___             [Dmaj7/C#]         there's

 [Dmaj7]no        white [D6] -  wash          [Dmaj7]vic  -  tim,    [D6]         as  the

 [Amaj7]ne  -  ons      dim,____                   to  the    coat    of

 [E]white.

 [E5]                                  [Eb]Ra - el     Im - pe  -  ri - al

    Aer - o  -   sol  Kid,         [Ebm7]wipes   his   gun --  he's  for -

 got - ten what he  did.  And  the [Bb]lamb______________________________

 ____                      lies    [Bsus4]down______________________________

 ____                       on     [Esus2]Broad          -         way.

|                                 |  {go to start of verse 3}

{section: Outro}
 ~~~~~
 _____________________________________________________________________
|3.  Repeat and fade
 Br[Esus2]oad         -          way.                                On

|                                 |                                :|
 Broad         -          way.                                On

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