• Song:

    Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

  • Artist:

    Genesis

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Moderately Bright 
4/4 time 
Key of E5 (four sharps) 
 

{Intro} 
 ~~~~~ 

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         And the  lamb_______________         lies  down_____________ 
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___           on  Broad   -   way. 
 
{Verses 1, 2, and 3} 
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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 
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      o - cean    winds    blow    on      the     land.______ 

      Drug   -    store    takes   down    the     chains.____ 

      mon - ey,   hon   -   ey,    be      on,     ne - on.___ 
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    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 
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 all - night   watch - men   have  had     their   fun.____ 

 gas   sta  -  tion_   can         quench  that    thirst._    Sus - 

 saw - dust    king_   spits       out     his     scorn.__ 
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 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 
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 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!__ 
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 ____                                                           It 
           And  out  of  the  sub - way, 
 ____ 
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     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._____ 
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 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 
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 lamb_________________________________                       lies 

 lamb_________________________________                       lies 

 lamb_________________________________                       lies 
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 down_________________________________                        on     * 

 down_________________________________                        on     & 

 down_________________________________                        on     # 
 
{ *  go to  | 1.          } 

{ &  go to  | 2. {Bridge} } 

{ #  go to  | 3. {Outro}  } 
 _____________________________________________________________________ 
 | 1. 
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 Broad         -          way. 
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{go to start of verse 2} 
 
{Bridge} 
 _____________________________________________________________________ 
 | 2. 
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 Broad         -          way.                                The 
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 lamb        seems       right     out    of    place,    yet  the 
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 Broad    -    way       street    scene                 finds   a 
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 fo    -    cus      in     its    face. 
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    Some - how   it's   ly - ing   there,          brings      a 
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 still  -  ness          to  the   air.                    Though 
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 man            -          made    light,                      at 
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 night   is   ver - y     bright,_____                      there's 
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 no        white  -  wash          vic  -  tim ,             as  the 
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 ne  -  ons      dim ,____                   to  the    coat    of 
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 white. 
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                                   Ra - el     Im - pe  -  ri - al 
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    Aer - o  -   sol  Kid,         wipes   his   gun --  he's  for - 
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 got - ten what he  did.  And  the lamb______________________________ 
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 ____                      lies    down______________________________ 
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 ____                       on     Broad          -         way. 

 |                                   |   {go to start of verse 3} 
 
{Outro} 
 _____________________________________________________________________ 
 | 3.  Repeat and fade 
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 Broad         -          way.                                On 
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 Broad         -          way.                                On  
 
 
--  
 |  Frank Palcat               |  ac365@freenet.carleton.ca  |
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