Originally in D, I play in A capo 3
Intro
Siren noises are roughly...
| F |
Piano intro, skip on guitar
| A | Gadd9 | D6/F# | F(#11) | |
| A | G6/9 | D6/F# | F(#11) | |
| A/C# | Dmaj7 | A/E | D/F# | |
| E/G# | D/F# | A | A/G# | D/F# |
| A | D/A | A | A | E/G# |
| I’ve seen the | lights go out on | Broadway |
| F#m | Dadd9 | E | Esus4 | E | Dadd9 |
| I saw the | Empire State laid | low |
| C#m7 | F#m |
| And life went on beyond the P | alisades |
| A/E | E | |
| They all bought | Cadillacs |
| Dadd9 | D | E | |
| And left there | long ago |
| A | D/A | A | A | E/G# |
| They held a | concert out in | Brooklyn |
| F#m | Dadd9 | E | Esus4 | E | Dadd9 |
| To watch the | island bridges | blow |
Hanging stops
| A/C# | D |
| They turned our | power down |
| A/E | D/F# |
| And drove us u | nderground |
| E/G# | D/F# | A |
| But we went | right on with the s | how |
Now the rock starts, on guitar change Bm to G/B
| A | F#m | A | F#m | A | A/E | E | A/E | E |
| → | → | → | → | → | → |
x2
| A | D/A | A | A | E/G# |
| I’ve seen the | lights go out on | Broadway |
| F#m | D | E | A/E | E |
| I saw the | ruins at my | feet |
| C#m7 | F#m |
| You know we almost didn’t | notice it |
| A/E | E | |
| We’d seen it | all the time |
| D | D | E | |
| On Forty- | Second Street |
| A | D/A | A | A | E/G# |
| They burned the | churches up in | Harlem |
| F#m | D | E | A/E | E |
| Like in that | Spanish civil | war |
| A/C# | D |
| The flames were e | verywhere |
| A/E | D/F# |
| But no one | really cared |
| E/G# | D/F# | A |
| It always | burned up there before |
| A | F#m | A | F#m | A | A/E | E | A/E | E |
| → | → | → | → | → | → |
x2
| A | D/A | A | A | E/G# |
| I’ve seen the | lights go out on | Broadway |
| F#m | D | E | A/E | E | Dadd9 |
| I watched the | mighty skyline | fall |
| C#m7 | F#m |
| The boats were waiting at the | Battery |
| A/E | E | |
| The union w | ent on strike |
| D | D | E | |
| They never | sailed at all |
| A | D/A | A | A | E/G# |
| They sent a car | rier out from | Norfolk |
| F#m | D | E | A/E | E | |
| And | picked the | Yankees up for | free |
| A/C# | D |
| They said that | Queens could stay |
| A/E | D/F# |
| They blew the B | ronx away |
| E/G# | D/F# | A |
| And sank Man | hattan out at s | ea |
| A | F#m | A | F#m | A | A/E | E | A/E | E |
| → | → | → | → | → | → |
x2
Hanging stop on “lights”, mellow out
| A | D/A | A | A | E/G# |
| You know those | lights were bright on | Broadway |
| F#m | D | E | Esus4 | E | Dadd9 |
| But that was so | many years ago |
| C#m7 | F#m |
| Before we all lived here in | Florida |
| A/E | E | Dadd9 | D | E | |
| Before the | Mafia | took over | Mexico |
| A | D/A | A | A | E/G# |
| There are not | many who re | member |
| F#m | Dadd9 | E |
| They say a | handful still | survive |
| A/C# | D |
| To tell the | world about |
| A/E | D/F# |
| The way the l | ights went out |
| E | D/F# | F |
| And keep the me | mory alive |
Repeat intro
| A | Gadd9 | D6/F# | F(#11) |
| A | G6/9 | D6/F# | F(#11) |
| A/C# |