Genesis – The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (Guitar)

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Words and Music by Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford, Peter Gabriel, and Steve Hackett Chord Voicings:
   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----|

    E  D# D#m7 E-5 Emaj7 Esus2 F#m6 G#m
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--|
Moderately Bright 4/4 time Key of E (four sharps) [Intro] ~~~~~
|                |Bb              |                |Bsus4           |
         And the  lamb_______________         lies  down_____________

|                |Esus2           |                |
___           on  Broad   -   way.
[Verses 1, 2, and 3] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|: Esus2                          |                                 |
1. 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.___
|G#m                              |                                 |
    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.__
|G#m                              |                                 |
 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                                |E-5                               |
 ____                                                           It
And out of the sub - way, ____
|D#                               |                                 |
     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._____
|D#m7                             |                                 |
 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} [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                     Dmaj7/C# |C#m             Dmaj7/C#         |
 man            -          made    light,                      at

|C#m             Dmaj7/C#         |C#m             Dmaj7/C#         |
 night   is   ver - y     bright,_____                      there's

|Dmaj7           D6               |Dmaj7           D6               |
 no        white  -  wash          vic  -  tim,             as  the

|Amaj7                            |                                 |
 ne  -  ons      dim,____                   to  the    coat    of

|E                                |                                 |
 white.

|E-5                               |D#                               |
                                   Ra - el     Im - pe  -  ri - al

|                                 |D#m7                             |
    Aer - o  -   sol  Kid,         wipes   his   gun --  he's  for -

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 got - ten what he  did.  And  the lamb______________________________

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 ____                      lies    down______________________________

|                                 |Esus2                            |
 ____                       on     Broad          -         way.
| | {go to start of verse 3} [Outro] ~~~~~ _____________________________________________________________________ |3. Repeat and fade
|: Esus2                          |                                 |
 Broad         -          way.                                On
| | :| Broad - way. On
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