Miami 2017 tab by Billy Joel

Tabs

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! [email protected] , 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 MajorD    G/DG/D       D MajorD     G/DG/D D MajorD A/C#A/C#
Seen the lights go ...
B minorBm    G+G         A augmentedA  AsusAsus A augmentedA G+G
I saw the Empire...
D/F#D/F#            G+G     GsusGsus  G+G
And life went on ...
        A augmentedA     AsusAsus A augmentedA
They all bought ....
        G+G     A augmentedA
And left there ...

D MajorD      G/DG/D      D MajorD     G/DG/D D MajorD A/C#A/C#
They held a concert ...
B minorBm      G+G       A augmentedA   AsusAsus A augmentedA G+G
To watch the ...
D/F#D/F#      G+G
They turned our ...
D/AD/A     G/BG/B
And drove us ...
A/C#A/C#    G/BG/B
But we went right ....


A/D D MajorD    G/DG/D D MajorD A/D D MajorD   A augmentedA D/AD/A A augmentedA


(Repeat with same chords)


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

(End with same as intro fingerstyle)