Billy Joel – Miami 2017 Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway (Ukulele)

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Turnstiles, 1976 [Intro] D C G Bb D C G Bb D Gmaj7 D G A G D A G
D                   G             D     A
I've seen the lights go out on Broadway

Bm         G                 A
 I saw the Empire State laid low

F#m7                          Bm
 And life went on beyond the Palisades

B7sus2          D
 They all bought Cadillacs

A               G
 And left there long ago

D            G              D       A
 They held a concert out in Brooklyn

Bm            G              A  Asus4  A
 To watch the Island bridges blow

D                G
 They turned our power down

D              G
 And drove us underground

A            G                  D
 But we went right on with the show
[Interlude] D D A Asus4 A x2
D              G                D
 I've seen the lights go out on Broadway

Bm         G           A  Asus4 A
 I saw the ruins at my feet

F#m7                       Bm       B7sus2
 You know we almost didn't notice it

B7sus2      A                     G             A
We'd see it all the time on Forty-Second Street

D                G              D
 They burned the churches up in Harlem

Bm            G                A  Asus4 A
 Like in that Spanish Civil War

D                 G
 The flames were everywhere

D           G
 But no one really cared

A          G                     D
 It always burned up there before
[Interlude] D D A Asus4 A x2
D              G                D
 I've seen the lights go out on Broadway

Bm             G              A  Asus4 A
 I watched the mighty skyline fall

F#m7                          Bm      B7sus2
 The boats were waiting at the Battery

B7sus2      A
 The union went on strike

           G
They never sailed at all

D            G                D
 They sent a carrier out from Norfolk

Bm              G                 A  Asus2 A
 And picked the Yankees up for free

D               G
 They said that Queens could stay

D               G
 They blew the Bronx away

A            G              D
 And sank Manhattan out at sea
[Interlude] D D A Asus4 A x2
D               G                        D      A
 You know those lights were bright on Broadway

Bm              G             A
 But that was so many years ago

F#m7                     Bm         B7sus2
 Before we all lived here in Florida

B7sus2       A              G
 Before the Mafia took over Mexico

D              G          D      A
 There are not many who remember

Bm          G                A
 They say a handful still survive

D            G
 To tell the world about

D            G
The way the lights went  out

A               G         Bb
 And keep the memory alive
[Coda]
D  C  G  Bb
(Repeat for as long as you like)