Allentown chords by Billy Joel
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Intro 1
(C major) (E minor) (D major) (G major)
(C major) (E minor) (D major) (G major)
(C major) (E minor) (D major)
(G major) (C major) (G major)
Verse 1
Well, we're (E minor) living here in (A major) Allentown (D major)
(A major) (D major)
And they're (A minor) closing all the (D major) factories down (G major)
(D major) (G major)
Out in (E minor) Bethlehem, they're (G major) kill (A major) ing time (B minor)
(F sharp minor) Filling out forms (E minor)
(D major) Standing in line (A major)
Well, our (E minor) fathers fought
the (A major) Second World War (D major)
(A major) (D major)
Spent their (A minor) weekends on the (D major) Jersey Shore
(G major) (D major) (G major)
Met our (E minor) mothers at the (G major) U (A major) SO (B minor)
(F sharp minor) Asked them to dance (E minor)
(D major) Danced with them slow (A major)
And we're (E minor) living here in (A major) Allentown
(D major) (G major) (D major)
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Chorus 1
But the (F major) restlessness was (G major) handed down (C major)
(G major) (C major)
And it's (A minor) getting very (D major) hard to stay (E minor) (B minor)
(C major) (D major)
Interlude 1
(C major) (E minor) (D major) (G major)
(C major) (E minor) (D major) (G major)
(C major) (E minor) (D major)
(G major) (C major) (G major)
Verse 2
Well, we're (E minor) waiting here in (A major) Allentown (D major)
(A major) (D major)
For the (A minor) Pennsylvania (D major) we never found (G major)
(D major) (G major)
For the (E minor) promises our (G major) teach (A major) ers gave (B minor)
(F sharp minor) If we worked hard (E minor)
(D major) If we behaved (A major)
So the (E minor) graduations (A major) hang on the wall (D major)
(A major) (D major)
But they (A minor) never really (D major) helped us at all (G major)
(D major) (G major)
No, they (E minor) never taught us (G major) what (A major) was real (B minor)
(F sharp minor) Iron and coke (E minor)
(D major) Chromium steel (A major)
And we're (E minor) waiting here in (A major) Allentown
(D major) (G major) (D major)
Chorus 2
But they've (F major) taken all the (G major) coal from the ground (C major)
(G major) (C major)
And the (A minor) union people (D major) crawled away (E minor)
(B minor) (C major) (D major)
Interlude 2
(C major) (E minor) (D major) (G major)
(C major) (E minor) (D major)
(F major)
Bridge 1
Every child (G major) had a pret (F major) ty good shot
To get at least as (G major) far as their (B flat major) old man got
(F major) But something happened
(G major) on the way (F major) to that place
They threw an A (G major) merican flag (C major) in our
Interlude 3
(C major) (face) (E minor) (D major) (G major)
(C major) (E minor) (D major) (G major)
(C major) (E minor) (D major) (G major) (C major) (G major)
Chorus 3
Well, I'm (E minor) living here in (A major) Allentown (D major)
(A major) (D major)
And it's (F major) hard to keep a (G major) good man down (C major)
(G major) (C major)
But I (A minor) won't be getting (D major) up today (E minor)
(B minor) (C major) (D major)
Interlude 4
(C major) (E minor) (D major) (G major)
(C major) (E minor) (D major)
(F major)
Bridge 2
(G major) (F major) (F major)
(G major) (B flat major)
(F major) (G major) (F major)
(F major) (G major) (C major)
Outro 1
(C major) (E minor) (D major) (G major)
(C major) (E minor) (D major) (G major)
And it's (C major) getting very (E minor) hard (D major) to (E minor) stay (B minor)
(C major) (D major) And we're living (A minor) here in (D major) Allentown
(G major) (C major) (G major)
Allentown
Billy Joel
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