Miami 2017 tab by Billy Joel
Guitar 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.
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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-------
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-14---------------------- -13----------------------
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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)