Joel Billy - Miami 2017 guitar chord
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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)
