Billy Joel - Miami 2017
Originally in D, I play in A capo 3
Intro
Siren noises are roughly...
F
Piano intro, skip on guitar
AGadd9D6/F#F(#11)
AC6/9D6/F#F(#11)
A/C#Dmaj7A/ED/F#
E/G#D/F#AA/G#D/F#
AI’ve seen the D/Alights go out on ABroadway AE/G#
F#mI saw the Dadd9Empire State laid Elow Esus4EDadd9
C#m7And life went on beyond the PF#malisades
They all bought A/ECadillacs E
And left there Dadd9long ago DE
AThey held a D/Aconcert out in ABrooklyn AE/G#
F#mTo watch the Dadd9island bridges Eblow Esus4EDadd9
Hanging stops
A/C#They turned our Dpower down
A/EAnd drove us uD/F#nderground
E/G#But we went D/F#right on with the sAhow
Now the rock starts, on guitar change Bm to G/B
AF#m→A→F#m→A→A/E→EA/E→Ex2
AI’ve seen the D/Alights go out on ABroadway AE/G#
F#mI saw the Druins at my Efeet A/EE
C#m7You know we almost didn’t F#mnotice it
We’d seen it A/Eall the time E
On Forty-DSecond Street DE
AThey burned the D/Achurches up in AHarlem AE/G#
F#mLike in that DSpanish civil Ewar A/EE
A/C#The flames were eDverywhere
A/EBut no one D/F#really cared
E/G#It always D/F#burned up there beforeA
AF#m→A→F#m→A→A/E→EA/E→Ex2
AI’ve seen the D/Alights go out on ABroadway AE/G#
F#mI watched the Dmighty skyline Efall A/EEDadd9
C#m7The boats were waiting at the F#mBattery
The union wA/Eent on strike E
They never Dsailed at all DE
AThey sent a carD/Arier out from ANorfolk AE/G#
And F#mpicked the DYankees up for Efree A/EE
A/C#They said that DQueens could stay
A/EThey blew the BD/F#ronx away
E/G#And sank ManD/F#hattan out at sAea
AF#m→A→F#m→A→A/E→EA/E→Ex2
Hanging stop on “lights”, mellow out
AYou know those D/Alights were bright on ABroadway AE/G#
F#mBut that was so Dmany years ago EEsus4EDadd9
C#m7Before we all lived here in F#mFlorida
Before the A/EMafia Etook over Dadd9Mexico DE
AThere are not D/Amany who reAmember AE/G#
F#mThey say a Dadd9handful still Esurvive
A/C#To tell the Dworld about
A/EThe way the lD/F#ights went out
EAnd keep the meD/F#mory aliveF
Repeat intro
AGadd9D6/F#F(#11)
AC6/9D6/F#F(#11)
A/C#