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Allentown chords
Billy Joel
C D G 3x
Em G Em G
Well we're living here in Allentown
C D G
And they're closing all the factories down
Em A D
Out in Bethlehem they're killing time
F Em
Filling out forms
A D
Standing in line.
G Em D
Well our fathers fought the Second World War
C D G
Spent their weekends on the Jersey Shore
Em A D A
Met our mothers at the USO
A D
Asked them to dance
A D
Danced with them slow
G Em D
And we're living here in Allentown.
F G C
But the restlessness was handed down
Em C G D Em D
And it's getting very hard to staaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay
C D G C D G
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/billy_joel/allentown_crd_ver_4.html ]
G Em D
Well we're waiting here in Allentown
C D G
For the Pennsylvania we never found
Em A D
For the promises our teachers gave
A Em
If we worked hard
A D
If we behaved.
G Em
So the graduations hang on the wall
C D G
But they never really helped us at all
Em A D
No they never taught us what was real
A D
Iron or coke,
A D
Chromium steel.
G Em D
And we're waiting here in Allentown.
F G C
But they've taken all the coal from the ground
Em C G D Em D
And the union people crawled awaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay
C D G
F G Bb
Every child had a pretty good shot
F G Bb
To get at least as far as their old man got.
F G Bb
If something happened on the way to that place
F G Bb
They threw an American flag in our face, oh oh oh.
C D G
G Em D
Well I'm living here in Allentown
C D G
And it's hard to keep a good man down.
Em C G D Em D
But I won't be getting up todaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyy
C D G
GUITAR SOLO
Em C G D Em D
And it's getting very hard to staaaaaaaaaaaaaay.
C D G
And we're living here in Allentown.
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