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Billy+Joel - Miami+2017

Date: Sun, 3 May 1998 01:06:32 EDT
From: N0w1mHere 
Subject: j/billy_joel/miami_2017.tab

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)