Allentown chords by Billy Joel (Official Version)
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Intro 1
(Cadd9) (E minor7) (D major) (G/B) (G major)
(Cadd9) (E minor7) (D major) (G/B) (G major)
(Cadd9) (E minor7) (D major)
(G major) (C/G) (G major)
Verse 1
Well, we're (E minor7) living here in (G/A) Allen town (D major)
(A/D) (D major)
And they're (A minor7) closing all the (C/D) factories down (G major)
(D/G) (G major)
Out in (E minor7) Bethlehem, they're (G/A) kill (A major) ing time (B minor)
(F sharp minor/A) Filling out forms (E minor/G)
(D/F#) Standing in line (Asus4) (A major)
Well, our (E minor7) fathers fought
the (G/A) Second World War (D major)
(A/D) (D major)
Spent their (A minor7) weekends on the (C/D) Jersey Shore
(G major) (D/G) (G major)
Met our (E minor7) mothers at the (G/A) U (A major) SO (B minor)
(F sharp minor/A) Asked them to dance (E minor/G)
(D/F#) Danced with them slow (Asus4) (A major)
And we're (E minor7) living here in (G/A) Allentown
(D major) (G/D) (D major)
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Chorus 1
But the (F/A) restlessness was (G/B) handed down (C major)
(G/C) (C major)
And it's (A minor7) getting very (C/D) hard (D major) to stay (E minor7) (B minor)
(Cadd9) (D major)
Interlude 1
(Cadd9) (E minor7) (D major) (G/B) (G major)
(Cadd9) (E minor7) (D major) (G/B) (G major)
(Cadd9) (E minor7) (D major)
(G major) (C/G) (G major)
Verse 2
Well, we're (E minor7) waiting here in (G/A) Allen town (D major)
(A/D) (D major)
For the (A minor7) Pennsylvania (C/D) we never found (G major)
(D/G) (G major)
For the (E minor7) promises our (G/A) teach (A major) ers gave (B minor)
(F sharp minor/A) If we worked hard (E minor/G)
(D/F#) If we behaved (Asus4) (A major)
So the (E minor7) graduations (G/A) hang on the wall (D major)
(A/D) (D major)
But they (A minor7) never really (C/D) helped us at all (G major)
(D/G) (G major)
No, they (E minor7) never taught us (G/A) what (A major) was real (B minor)
(F sharp minor/A) Iron and coke (E minor/G)
(D/F#) Chromium steel (Asus4) (A major)
And we're (E minor7) waiting here in (G/A) Allentown
(D major) (G/D) (D major)
Chorus 2
But they've (F/A) taken all the (G/B) coal from the ground (C major)
(G/C) (C major)
And the (A minor7) union people (C/D) crawled (D major) a way (E minor7)
(B minor) (Cadd9) (D major)
Interlude 2
(Cadd9) (E minor7) (D major) (G/B) (G major)
(Cadd9) (E minor7) (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/F) 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 (Cadd9) in our
Interlude 3
(Cadd9) (face) (E minor7) (D major) (G/B) (G major)
(Cadd9) (E minor7) (D major) (G/B) (G major)
(Cadd9) (E minor7) (D major) (G major) (C/G) (G major)
Chorus 3
Well, I'm (E minor7) living here in (G/A) Allen town (D major)
(A/D) (D major)
And it's (F/A) hard to keep a (G/B) good man down (C major)
(G/C) (C major)
But I (A minor7) won't be getting (C/D) up (D major) to day (E minor7)
(B minor) (Cadd9) (D major)
Interlude 4
(Cadd9) (E minor7) (D major) (G/B) (G major)
(Cadd9) (E minor7) (D major)
(F major)
Bridge 2
(G major) (F major) (F major)
(G major) (B flat/F)
(F major) (G major) (F major)
(F major) (G major) (Cadd9)
Outro 1
(Cadd9) (E minor7) (D major) (G/B) (G major)
(Cadd9) (E minor7) (D major) (G/B)
(G major) And it's (Cadd9) getting very (E minor7) hard (D major) to (E minor7) stay (B minor)
(Cadd9) (D major) And we're living (A minor7) here in (C/D) Allentown
(G major) (C/G) (G major)
Allentown
Billy Joel
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