The Light Dies Down On Broadway

Key: C-sharp minor, Time: 4/4, Tempo: 95


Intro: {Flute solo}
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|:C#m  |B    |A    |B   :| (x 2)


Verse A-1: (0:20-)
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|C#m   A/C#   |C#m7     A/C#   |G#m/B
 As he walks a-long the gorge's edge,
          |A              |E    /D#
He meets a sense of yester-year.

 |C#m    A/C#  |C#m7   A/C#    |G#m/B
A window in the bank a-bove his head
           |A              |E       /F# ||
Reveals his home amidst the streets.


Verse B-1: {Enters "ah" chorus} (0:45-)
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|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                     |
De-stroyed tomorrow by an unknown hand;

    ||E     |E-5    
- My  home.


Verse C-1: (1:10-)
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  ||Eb                       |              |
Is  this the way out from the endless scene?
|Ebm7                         |
     Or just an entrance to an-other dream?


Chorus: (1:19-)
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       ||Bb                  |
And the  light (light, light,  light, light)
    |Bsus4            |               ||
Dies down (down, down,  down, down) on 

|E        |  
 Broadway.   


[Verse A-2] (1:35-)
    ||
 But  as the skylight beckons him to leave,
 He hears a scream from far below.

 Within the raging water, writhes the form
 Of brother John, he cries for help.


[Verse B-2] (2:01-)

 The gate is fading now, but open wide.
 But John is drowning, I must decide

 Between the freedom I had in the rat-race,
 Or to stay forever in this forsaken place;

 Hey John!


[Verse C-2] (2:26-)

 He makes for the river and the gate is gone,
 Back to the void where it came from.


(Chorus) (2:26-)


Coda: {Synth solo, etc.} (2:47-)
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|:E        |/D    |/C    |/D   :| (x 4)
  Broadway

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