Allentown chords
Billy Joel
C D G 3x
A Em A D
Well we're living here in Allen [D] town
Am D G
And they're closing all the [D] factories [G] down
Em A Bm
Out in Bethlehem they're killing time
A Em
Filling out forms
D A
Standing in line.
Em A D
Well our fathers fought the Second World [D] War
Am D G
Spent their weekends on the [D] Jersey [G] Shore
Em A Bm A
Met our mothers at the USO
A Em
Asked them to dance
D A A7
Danced with them slow
Em A D
And we're living here in [A] Allen [D] town.
F G C
But the restlessness was handed down
Am D Em Bm C D G
And it's getting very hard to staaaaaaaaaaaaaaay [Bm] [C] [D] [G]
C D G 2x
A Em A D
Well we're waiting here in [A] Allen [D] town
Am D G
For the Pennsylvania [D] we never [G] found
Em A Bm
For the promises our teachers gave
A Em
If we worked hard
D A A7
If we behaved.
Em A D
So the graduations hang on the [D] wall
Am D G
But they never really [D] helped us at [G] all
Em A Bm
No they never taught us what was real
A Em
Iron or coke,
D A A7
Chromium steel.
Em A D
And we're waiting here in [A] Allen [D] town.
F G C
But they've taken all the coal from the ground
Am D Em Bm C D G
And the union people crawled [Em] awaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay [Bm] [C] [D] [G]
C D G 2x
F G F
Every child had a pretty good shot
G F Bb
To get at least as far as their old man got.
F G F
If something happened on the way to that place
G F G
They threw an American flag in our face,
C D G 2x
A Em A D
Well I'm living here in [D] Allen [D] town
Am D G
And it's hard to keep a [D] good man [G] down.
Am D Em Bm C D G
But I won't be getting up todaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyy
C D G
Guitar solo
C D G
Am D Em Bm C D G
And it's getting very hard to staaaaaaaaaaaaaay.
Am D G C G
And we're living here in Allentown.
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