Miami 2017

Seen the lights

(G)go out on (D)Broadway,

(Bm7)I saw the (G)Empire

State laid (A)low.

(F#m7)And life went on lived beyond the (Bm)Palisades,

(F#m)they (Bm)all bought

(D)Cadillacs, (A)and left there long (G)ago.

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(D)They held a (G)concert out in (D)Brooklyn

(Bm7)to watch the (G)island bridges blow.

(D)They turned our (G)power down,

(D)and drove us (G)underground,

(A)but we went (G)right on with the show.

(D)I've seen the (G)lights

go out on (D)Broadway,

(Bm)I saw the (G)ruins at my feet.

(F#m7)You know we almost didn't (Bm7)notice it.

We'd seen it all (A)the time

on (G)FortySecond Street.

They burned the churches down in (D)Harlem

(Bm)like in that (G)Spanish civil war.

(D)The flames were (G)ev'rywhere,

(D)but no one (G)really cared,

(A)it always (G)burned up there (D)before.

(D)I've seen the (G)lights

go out on (D)Broadway,

(Bm)I saw the (G)mighty skyline fall.

(F#m7)The boats were waiting at the (Bm7)battery,

the union went (A)on strike;

they never (G)sailed at all.

They sent a carrier out from (D)Norfolk

(Bm)and picked the (G)Yankees up for free.

(D)They said that Queens (G)could stay

(D)and blew the Bronx (G)away,

(A)and sank (G)Manhattan out at (D)sea.

(D)You know those lights were bright on Broad

(A)and keep the (G)memory (Bb)alive.