Allentown

Allentown easy guitar chords by Billy Joel

1982Pop
Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

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Capo
  • C

  • Em

  • D

  • G

  • A

  • Am

  • Bm

    2
  • F#m

    2
  • F

  • Bb

  • C

  • Em

  • D

  • G

  • A

  • Am

  • Bm

    2
  • F#m

    2
  • F

  • Bb

  • Intro 1




    Verse 1
    Well, 
    we're 
    living 
    here 
    in 
    Allen
    town 


    And 
    they're 
    closing 
    all 
    the 
    factories 
    down 


    Out 
    in 
    Bethlehem, 
    they're 
    kill
    ing 
    time 

    Filling 
    out 
    forms 

    Standing 
    in 
    line 

    Well, 
    our 
    fathers 
    fought 

    the 
    Second 
    World 
    War 


    Spent 
    their 
    weekends 
    on 
    the 
    Jersey 
    Shore 


    Met 
    our 
    mothers 
    at 
    the 
    U
    SO 

    Asked 
    them 
    to 
    dance 

    Danced 
    with 
    them 
    slow 

    And 
    we're 
    living 
    here 
    in 
    Allentown 


    Chorus 1
    But 
    the 
    restlessness 
    was 
    handed 
    down 


    And 
    it's 
    getting 
    very 
    hard 
    to 
    stay 


    Interlude 1




    Verse 2
    Well, 
    we're 
    waiting 
    here 
    in 
    Allen
    town 


    For 
    the 
    Pennsylvania 
    we 
    never 
    found 


    For 
    the 
    promises 
    our 
    teach
    ers 
    gave 

    If 
    we 
    worked 
    hard 

    If 
    we 
    be
    haved 

    So 
    the 
    graduations 
    hang 
    on 
    the 
    wall 


    But 
    they 
    never 
    really 
    helped 
    us 
    at 
    all 


    No, 
    they 
    never 
    taught 
    us 
    what 
    was 
    real 

    Iron 
    and 
    coke 

    Chromium 
    steel 

    And 
    we're 
    waiting 
    here 
    in 
    Allentown 


    Chorus 2
    But 
    they've 
    taken 
    all 
    the 
    coal 
    from 
    the 
    ground 


    And 
    the 
    union 
    people 
    crawled 
    a
    way 


    Interlude 2


    Bridge 1
    Every 
    child 
    had 
    pret
    ty 
    good 
    shot 

    To 
    get 
    at 
    least 
    as 
    far 
    as 
    their 
    old 
    man 
    got 

    But 
    something 
    happened 

    on 
    the 
    way 
    to 
    that 
    place 

    They 
    threw 
    an 
    A
    merican 
    flag 
    in 
    our 

    Interlude 3
    (face) 



    Chorus 3
    Well, 
    I'm 
    living 
    here 
    in 
    Allen
    town 


    And 
    it's 
    hard 
    to 
    keep 
    good 
    man 
    down 


    But 
    won't 
    be 
    getting 
    up 
    to
    day 


    Interlude 4


    Bridge 2




    Outro 1


    And 
    it's 
    getting 
    very 
    hard 
    to 
    stay 

    And 
    we're 
    living 
    here 
    in 
    Allentown 

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