Allentown Billy Joel
There are already 3 chord versions of this song, but I think this one sounds the
best..even if I say so myself...
C D G/B 2x
[C] [D] [G-Gsus4-G]
Well we're [Em]living here in [A]Allent[D]own
And they're clos[Am]ing all the fact[D]ories do[G]wn
Out in B[Em]ethlehem they're [A]killing[Bm] time
Fi[A]lling out fo[G]rms - Stan[D/F#]ding in [D/A]line[-] [A]
Well our fath[Em]ers fought the Seco[A]nd World War[D]
Spent their week[Am]ends on the Jersey S[D]hore[G]
Met our mothe[Em]rs in the U[A]SO[Bm]
Aske[A]d them to da[G]nce, Danced with[D/F#] them sl[D/A]ow[-] [A]
And we'r[Em]e living her[A]e in Allento[D]wn
But the [F/A]restlessness was[G/B] handed down[C]
And it's[Am] getting very ha[D]rd to st[Em]ay[G/B] [C] [D]
C D G/B 2x
[C] [D] [G-Gsus4-G]
Well we're waiti[Em]ng here in [A]Allento[D]wn
For the Pennsylv[Am]ania we [D]never fo[G]und
For the [Em]promises our tea[A]chers ga[Bm]ve
If[A] we worked h[G]ard , [D/F#]If we behaved[A]
So th[Em]e graduations [A]hang on the w[D]all
But they[Am] never really h[D]elped us at [G]all
No they never[Em] taught us [A]what was [Bm]real
Iron[A] and coke - [G]And chro[D/F#]mium steel[A]
And we'r[Em]e waiting her[A]e in Allent[D]own
But they[F/A]'ve taken all th[G/B]e coal from the [C]ground
And the [Am]union people cra[D]wled awa[Em]y[G/B] [C] [D]
[C] [D] [G/B] [C] [D]
[F]Every child had [G/F]a pretty good sh[F]ot
[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 wa[F]y to that place
[F]They threw an Am[G/F]erican flag in our face
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[C] [D] [G] [Gsus4] [G]
Well I'm[Em] living here[A] in Allentow[D]n
And it's hard to[F/A] keep a good man[G/B] down[C]
But I wo[Am]n't be getting u[D]p today [Em] - ay [G/B] - a[C]y[D]
[C] [D] [G/B] [C] [D]
SOLO>
[F] [G/F] [F]
[F] [G/F] [Bb/F]
[F] [G/F] [F]
[F] [G/F]
C D G/B 2x
And it's[C] getting very ha[D]rd to st[Em]ay[G/B] [C] [D]
And we're living[Am] here in[D] Allento[G]wn
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