Billy Joel

Billy Joel - Miami 2017 guitar tab

Date: Sun, 3 May 1998 01:06:32 EDT

From: N0w1mHere

Subject: j/billy_joel/miami_2017.tab

Miami 2017 (Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway)

(c) 1976 by Billy Joel

Off the album "Turnstiles"

Transcribed by Neil Fein

This is how I play this on guitar. If anyone has a better way to

play this, please let me know! NeilFein@aol.com , because this one's a

pain to play. (Sounds nice when you do it right, though...)

Intro (also the fadeout)

Let bass notes ring. The first note's a harmonic because you'll

have to slide up a bit. Practice it slow; this has to be perfect

to sound good. To perform it I have to rehearse it for several days

before the gig or I get rusty.

I use a clean sound with a touch of chorus, just a hint.

Legal, this is what I, Neil Fein, heard on the record.

----------10-14-15-14-------17- ----12---12-10---12-

-------10-------------15------- --------------------

--[12]-------------------14---- --9----9-------9----

------------------------------- -10-----------------

------------------------------- --------------------

------------------------------- --------------------

----12-------12-------12- -12-------12-------12----

-------15-------15------- ----15-------15-------15-

----------12-------12---- -------12-------12-------

------------------------- -------------------------

-14---------------------- -13----------------------

------------------------- -------------------------

This part is more or less the same, but an octave down:

-------2-3-2-----5- ---0-----0-----0-

-----3-------3----- -----3-----3-----

---2-----------2--- -------0-----0---

-0----------------- -----------------

------------------- -3---------------

------------------- -----------------

-----0-----0----- -0---------------

-3-----3-----3--- ---3-1-0---------

---0-----0-----0- ---------2-0-----

----------------- -------------4-2-

-2--------------- -1---------------

----------------- -----------------

D G/D D G/D D A/C#

Seen the lights go ...

Bm G A Asus A G

I saw the Empire...

D/F# G Gsus G

And life went on ...

A Asus A

They all bought ....

G A

And left there ...

D G/D D G/D D A/C#

They held a concert ...

Bm G A Asus A G

To watch the ...

D/F# G

They turned our ...

D/A G/B

And drove us ...

A/C# G/B

But we went right ....

A/D D G/D D A/D D A D/A A

(Repeat with same chords)

("alive" is on a G/D chord, I play it X55433)

(End with same as intro fingerstyle)

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