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Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

Genesis

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Here's a classic for Genesis/Gabriel fans.  Has anyone transcribed the
keyboard intro for guitar?  It would make a nice addition to this file.

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Artist: Genesis
~Title:  The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Album:  The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (1974)
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                    THE LAMB LIES DOWN ON BROADWAY

                          Words and Music by
              Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford,
                   Peter Gabriel, and Steve Hackett

Chord Voicings:

  Asus2 Amaj7 Bb Bsus4 C# C#m  D6 Dmaj7 Dmaj7/C#
e---0-----0---1----2---4---4---2----2------2----|
B---0-----2---3----5---6---5---0----2------3----|
G---2-----1---3----4---6---6---2----2------x----|
D---2-----2---3----4---6---6---0----0------x----|
A---0-----0---1----2---4---4---x----x------4----|
E---x-----x---x----x---x---x---x----x------x----|

   E  Eb Ebm7 E5 Emaj7 Esus2 F#m6 G#m
e--0--3---2---4----4-----0----2----4--|
B--0--4---2---5----4-----0----2----4--|
G--1--3---3---3----4-----4----2----4--|
D--2--1---1---2----2-----4----1----6--|
A--2--x---x---x----x-----2----x----6--|
E--0--x---x---x----x-----0----2----4--|


Moderately Bright
4/4 time
Key of E (four sharps)

[Intro]
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|                |Bb              |                |Bsus4           |
         And the  lamb_______________         lies  down_____________

|                |Esus2           |                |
___           on  Broad   -   way.


[Verses 1, 2, and 3]
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|: Esus2                          |                                 |
1. Ear - ly     morn -  ing   Man   -    hat    -    tan,___
2. Night-time's fly  -  ers   feel____  their        pains._
3. Su - zanne   tired,_ her   work____   all         done,__ thinks

|Esus2                            |                                 |
      o - cean    winds    blow    on      the     land.______
      Drug   -    store    takes   down    the     chains.____
      mon - ey,   hon   -   ey,    be      on,     ne - on.___

|G#m                              |                                 |
    The  Mov - ie  Pal - ace  is   now    un - done.___   The
         Met - al  mo - tion       comes  in   bursts,_   but  the
    Cab - man's    vel - vet glove sounds the  horn,___   and  the

|Asus2                            |                                 |
 all - night   watch - men   have  had     their   fun.____
 gas   sta  -  tion_   can         quench  that    thirst._    Sus -
 saw - dust    king_   spits       out     his     scorn.__

|G#m                              |                                 |
 Sleep - ing  cheap - ly  on  the  mid - night  show,___  it's  the
 pen -  sion  cracked___      on    un - made   road.___        The
 Won -  der   wom  -  en,          draw  your   blind!__       Don't

|Asus2                            |                                 |
 same   old    end  -  ing;        time   to   go._____   Get out!___
 truck- er's   eyes    read        "o - ver -  load."__
 look   at     me!     I'm         not  your   kind.___   I'm Rael!__

|E                                |E5                               |
 ____                                                           It
           And  out  of  the  sub - way,
 ____

|Eb                               |                                 |
     seems  they  can - not  leave____   their  dream.___   There's
 Ra - el    Im - pe  -  ri - al    Aer - o  -   sol  Kid_
 Some-thing in - side   me   has   just  be  -  gun._____

|Ebm7                             |                                 |
 some-thing  mov  -  ing in  the    side - walk  steam.__   And  the
 ex - its    in   -  to  day-light, spray  gun   hid.____   And  the
      Lord   knows__         what   I      have  done.___   And  the

|Bb                               |                                 |
 lamb_________________________________                       lies
 lamb_________________________________                       lies
 lamb_________________________________                       lies

|Bsus4                            |                                 |
 down_________________________________                        on     *
 down_________________________________                        on     &
 down_________________________________                        on     #

{ *  go to |1.          }
{ &  go to |2. [Bridge] }
{ #  go to |3. [Outro]  }

 _____________________________________________________________________
|1.
|Esus2                            |                                 |
 Broad         -          way.

|                                 |                                :|

{go to start of verse 2}


[Bridge]
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 _____________________________________________________________________
|2.
|Esus2                            |                                 |
 Broad         -          way.                                The

|Amaj7                            |                                 |
 lamb        seems       right     out    of    place,    yet  the

|Emaj7                            |                                 |
 Broad    -    way       street    scene                 finds   a

|Amaj7                            |                                 |
 fo    -    cus      in     its    face.

|F#m6                             |                                 |
    Some - how   it's   ly - ing   there,          brings      a

|C#                               |                                 |
 still  -  ness          to  the   air.                    Though

|C#m                     Dmaj7/C# |C#m             Dmaj7/C#         |
 man            -          made    light,                      at

|C#m             Dmaj7/C#         |C#m             Dmaj7/C#         |
 night   is   ver - y     bright,_____                      there's

|Dmaj7           D6               |Dmaj7           D6               |
 no        white  -  wash          vic  -  tim,             as  the

|Amaj7                            |                                 |
 ne  -  ons      dim,____                   to  the    coat    of

|E                                |                                 |
 white.

|E5                               |Eb                               |
                                   Ra - el     Im - pe  -  ri - al

|                                 |Ebm7                             |
    Aer - o  -   sol  Kid,         wipes   his   gun --  he's  for -

|                                 |Bb                               |
 got - ten what he  did.  And  the lamb______________________________

|                                 |Bsus4                            |
 ____                      lies    down______________________________

|                                 |Esus2                            |
 ____                       on     Broad          -         way.

|                                 |  {go to start of verse 3}


[Outro]
 ~~~~~
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|3.  Repeat and fade
|: Esus2                          |                                 |
 Broad         -          way.                                On

|                                 |                                :|
 Broad         -          way.                                On


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| Frank Palcat              | ac365@freenet.carleton.ca |
| Ottawa, Ontario, Canada   | /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\|
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