The Light Dies Down On Broadway chords by Genesis

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: C#m

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
C#m B A B C#m


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

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


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


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


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


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


Outro:
E
(fade out)