The Light Dies Down On Broadway chords by Genesis

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: C# minorC#m

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
C# minorC#m BB A augmentedA BB C# minorC#m


Verse 1:
C# minorC#m              BB
As he walks along the gorge's edge
      A augmentedA       E MajorE
He meets a sense of yesteryear
 C# minorC#m             BB
A augmentedA window in the bank above his head
      A augmentedA        E MajorE
Reveals his home amidst the streets

Pre-Chorus 1:
G# minorG#m
Subway sounds, the sounds of complaint
  A augmentedA
The smell of acid on his gun of paint
   G# minorG#m
As it carves out anger in a blood-red band
  A augmentedA
Destroyed tomorrow by an unknown hand
  E MajorE
My home


Chorus 1:
  D#D#
Is this the way out from the endless scene?
E MajorE
Or just an entrance to another dream?
    A#A#     BB    E MajorE
And the light dies down on Broadway


Verse 2:
  C# minorC#m
But as the skylight beckons him to leave
BB     A augmentedA         E MajorE
He hears a scream from far below
 C# minorC#m                BB
Within the raging water, writhes the form
      A augmentedA         E MajorE
Of brother John, he cries for help

Pre-Chorus 2:
G# minorG#m
The gate is fading now, but open wide
  A augmentedA
But John is drowning, I must decide
 G# minorG#m
Between the freedom I had in the rat-race
   A augmentedA
Or to stay forever in this forsaken place
  E MajorE
Hey John!!


Chorus 2:
  D#D#
He makes for the river and the gate is gone
E MajorE
Back to the void where it came from
    A#A#     BB    E MajorE
And the light dies down on Broadway


Outro:
E MajorE
(fade out)