Allentown Billy Joel
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Allentown - Billy Joel
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Billy Joel
Allentown (1982)
(Billy Joel)
From: "The Nylon Curtain"
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CHORDS
e-B-G-D-A-E
C(add9) 0-3-0-2-3-x
*Em 3-0-0-2-x-x
G/B 3-3-0-0-2-x
*G/B x-3-0-0-2-x
Gsus4 3-1-0-0-x-3
Em7 0-3-0-2-2-0
Asus4 0-3-2-2-0-x
D 2-3-2-0-x-x
Dsus2 0-3-2-0-x-x
Am7 3-1-2-2-0-x
D7sus4 3-1-2-0-x-x
Gsus2 3-x-2-0-x-3
F#m/A 2-2-2-4-0-x
G6 0-0-0-0-x-3
D/F# 2-3-2-0-x-2
G/C x-3-0-0-3-x
G/F 3-0-0-0-x-1
Bb/F 1-3-3-3-x-1
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INTRO
*Em *Em
[C(add9)] [D] [G/B] [C(add9)] [D] [G/B] [C(add9)]
e|0-0-0-0-3-2---3-|--3-3-3-3-3-3-0-|--0-0-0-3-2---3-|--3-3-3-3-3-3-0-| B|3-3-3-3-0-3---3-|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|--3-3-3-0-3---3-|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| G|0-0-0-0-0-2---0-|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0-0-0-0-2---0-|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| D|2-2-2-2-2-0---0-|--x-x-x-x-x-0-2-|--2-2-2-2-0---0-|--x-x-x-x-x-0-2-| A|3-3-3-3-------2-|--2-2-2-2-2---3-|--3-3-3-------2-|--2-2-2-2-2---3-| E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
*Em Gsus4
[C(add9)] [D] [G] [G]
e|--0-0-0-3-2-----|3-3-3-3---------| B|--3-3-3-0-3-----|0-1-1-0---------| G|--0-0-0-0-2-----|0-0-0-0---------| D|--2-2-2-2-0-----|0-0-0-0---------| A|--3-3-3---------|x-x-x-x---------| E|----------------|3-3-3-3---------| --------------------------------------------------------------------------
INTRO (see above)
| C(add9) *Em D | G/B | C(add9) *Em D | G/B |
| C(add9) *Em D | G Gsus4 G |
Well we're [Em7]living here in [Asus4]Allen-[D]tow[Dsus2]n[D]
And they're [Am7]closing all the [D7sus4]factories [G]dow[Gsus2]n[G]
Out in [Em7]Bethlehem they're [A]killing [Bm]time
[F#m/A]Filling out [G6]forms, [D/F#]standing in [Asus4]line[A]
Well our [Em7]fathers fought the [Asus4]Second World [D]War[Dsus2] [D]
Spent their [Am7]weekends on the [D7sus4]Jersey shor[G]e[Gsus2] [G]
Met our [Em7]mothers in the [A]US[Bm]O
[F#m/A]Asked them to [G6]dance, [D/F#]danced with them s[Asus]low[A]
Em7 Asus4 D Dsus4 Dsus2 D (break)
And we're living here in Allentown
But the [F/A]restlessness was [G/B]handed d[C]own[G/C] [C]
Am D7sus4 D7 | Em *G/B | C D |
And it's getting very hard to stay
INTRO (see above)
| C(add9) *Em D | G/B | C(add9) *Em D | G/B |
| C(add9) *Em D | G Gsus4 G |
Well we're [Em7]waiting here in [Asus4]Allen-[D]tow[Dsus2]n[D]
For the [Am7]Pennsylvania [D7sus4]we never [G]fou[Gsus2]nd[G]
For the [Em7]promises our [A]teachers g[Bm]ave
[F#m/A]If we worked [G6]hard, [D/F#]if we be[Asus4]haved[A]
So the [Em7]graduations [Asus4]hang on the w[D]all[Dsus2] [D]
But they [Am7]never really [D7sus4]helped us at a[G]ll[Gsus2] [G]
No they [Em7]never taught us [A]what was [Bm]real
[F#m/A]Iron and [G6]coke, [D/F#]chromium st[Asus4]eel[A]
Em7 Asus4 D Dsus2 D (break)
And we're waiting here in Allentown
But they've [F/A]taken all the [G/B]coal from the gr[C]oun[G/C]d[C]
Am D7sus4 D7 | Em *G/B | C D |
And the union people crawled a-way
INTRO (see above, first half)
| C(add9) *Em D | G/B | C(add9) *Em D | (F)
[F] Every child [G/F]had a pret[F]ty good shot
[F] To get at least [G/F]as far as their [Bb/F]old man got
[F] But something ha[G/F]ppened on the way [F]to that place
[F] They threw an A[G]merican [C]flag in our [(Cadd9)]face
INTRO (see above)
| C(add9) *Em D | G/B | C(add9) *Em D | G/B |
| C(add9) *Em D | G Gsus4 G |
Well I'm [Em7]living here in [Asus4]Allen-[D]tow[Dsus2]n[D]
And it's [F/A]hard to keep a [G/B]good man [C]dow[G/C]n[C]
Am D7sus4 D7 | Em *G/B | C D |
But I won't be getting up to-day
INTRO (see above, first half)
| C(add9) *Em D | G/B | C(add9) *Em D | (F)
| F G/F | F | F G/F | Bb/F | F G/F | F | F G |2/4 C |
INTRO (see above)
| C(add9) *Em D | G/B | C(add9) *Em D | G/B |
And it's
| C(add9) *Em D | Em *G/B | C D |
Getting very hard to stay
(down up down up)
And we're [Am]living here in [D7sus4]Allentown[G] [Gsus4] [Gsus2] [G]
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