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The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway – Genesis
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Genesis
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (1974)
(Banks/Collins/Gabriel/Hackett/Rutherford)
From: "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway"
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
E5 0-2-2-x-0-0
Edim 0-1-2-1-x-x
D/C# x-4-x-2-3-2
Dmaj7 x-x-0-2-2-2
D6 x-x-0-2-0-2
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[Intro]
| Em | % | E | % |
| Em | % | E | % |
| Eb | % | Em | % | % |
(break)
| Em | % | E | % | F#7 | % |
| Eb | % | Ebm7 | % |
Bb Bsus4 [ E5 ]
And the lamb lies down on Broadway
| E5 | % |
[Verse]
E5
Early morning Manhattan
E5
Ocean winds blow on the land
G#m
The Movie-Palace is now undone
A5
The all-night watchmen have had their fun
G#m
Sleeping cheaply on the midnight show
A5
It's the same old ending-time to go
| E | Edim |
Get out!
Eb
It seems they cannot leave their dream
Ebm7
There's something moving in the sidewalk steam
Bb Bsus4 | E5 | % |
And the lamb lies down on Broadway
[Verse]
E5
Nightime's flyers feel their pains
E5
Drugstore takes down the chains
G#m
Metal motion comes in bursts
A5
But the gas station can quench that thirst
G#m
Suspension cracked on unmade road
A5
The trucker's eyes read 'Overload'
E Edim
And out on the subway
Eb
Rael Imperial Aerosol Kid
Ebm7
Exits into daylight, spraygun hid
Bb Bsus4 Emaj7
And the lamb lies down on Broadway
[Middle 8]
Emaj7 Amaj7
The lamb seems right out of place
Emaj7 Amaj7
The Broadway street scene finds a focus in its face
F#m6
Somehow it's lying there
C#
Brings a stillness to the air
C#m D/C# C#m D/C#
Though man - made light
C#m D/C# C#m D/C#
At night is very bright
Dmaj D6 Dmaj7 D6
There's no whitewash victim
Amaj7 | E | Edim |
As the neons dim, to the coat of white
Eb
Rael Imperial Aerosol Kid
Ebm7
Wipes his gun-he's forgotten what he did
Bb Bsus4 | E5 | % |
And the lamb lies down on Broadway
[Verse]
E5
Suzanne tired her work all done
E5
Thinks money-honey-be on-neon
G#m
Cabman's velvet glove sounds the horn
A
And the sawdust king spits out his scorn
G#m
Wonder women draw your blind!
A
Don't look at me! I'm not your kind
| E | Edim |
I'm Rael!
Eb
Something inside me has just begun
Ebm7
Lord knows what I have done
Bb Bsus4 | E5 | % |
And the lamb lies down on Broadway
[Coda]
E5
(On Broadway)
E5 E5
They say the lights are always bright on Broadway
(On Broadway) (On Broadway)
E5 E5
They say there's always magic in the air
(On Broadway) (On Broadway)
E5 E5
They say the lights are always bright on Broadway
(On Broadway) (On Broadway)
E5 E5
They say there's always magic in the air
(On Broadway) (On Broadway)
(repeat and fade)
