The Light Dies Down On Broadway

C#m B A B C#m


[Verse 1]
C#m                           B
As he walks along the gorge's edge
           A              E
He meets a sense of yesteryear
  C#m                          B
A window in the bank above his head
            A               E
Reveals his home amidst the streets


[Pre-Chorus 1]
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
Destroyed tomorrow by an unknown hand
   E
My home


[Chorus 1]
   D#
Is this the way out from the endless scene?
E
Or just an entrance to another dream?
        A#         B       E
And the light dies down on Broadway


[Verse 2]
    C#m
But as the skylight beckons him to leave
B          A                 E
He hears a scream from far below
  C#m                                B
Within the raging water, writhes the form
           A                  E
Of brother John, he cries for help


[Pre-Chorus 2]
G#m
The gate is fading now, but open wide
    A
But John is drowning, I must decide
  G#m
Between the freedom I had in the rat-race
      A
Or to stay forever in this forsaken place
    E
Hey John!!


[Chorus 2]
   D#
He makes for the river and the gate is gone
E
Back to the void where it came from
        A#         B       E
And the light dies down on Broadway


[Outro]
E
(fade out)