Allentown Chords by Billy Joel
Tempo:
114.2 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
Em
F
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G]
[F] [Em]
[D] [G] [Em]
[D] [G] [Em]
[D] [G] When we're living here in [D] Allentown, [Am] and they're closing all the factories [G] down.
Out in Bethlehem [A] they're killing [Bm] time, [F#m] filling [Em] up horns, [D] standing in line.
[A] [Em] But our fathers fought the Second [D] World War, spent [Am] their weekends on the New Jersey [G] shore.
Then our mothers [A] left the U.S. [Bm].O. [F#m] lost in [Em] the dance, [D] dance with us all. [A] [Em] And we're living here in [D] Allentown, [F] but the rest of us [G] was handed [C] down. [Am] And it's getting very [D] hard [Em] to [G] [C] [D] [Em] stand. [D] [G] [Em] [D] Well [G] [Em] [D] [G]
we're waiting here in [D] Allentown, [Am] for the Pennsylvania we never [G] found. [Em] For the promises our [A] futures [Bm] gave, [F#m] if we [Em] work hard, [D] if we [A] behave. [Em] Smoke the graduations hang on [D] the wall, [Am] but they never really helped us [G] at all. No [Em] they never [A] told us what [Bm] was real, [F#m] iron [Em] and coal, [D] chromium steel. [A] And [G] we're waiting here in [D] Allentown, but [F] they've taken [G] all the coal from [C] the ground. [Am] And the union people throwed [Em] away. [G] [C] [D] [Em] [D] [G] [Em]
[D] [F] Every [G] child had a [F] pretty good shot, to get at least as [G] far as [A#] their home and got. [F] But something happened on the way to that place, they threw [G] an American [C] flag in our [D] [G] face. [D] [G] [Em] [D] [G]
[Em] Well I'm living here in [D] Allentown, [F] and it's hard to [G] keep a good man [C] down. But I won't be giving up [Em] today. [G] [C] [D] [G]
[D] [G] [Em]
[F] [G] [F]
[G] [A#]
[F]
[G] [C]
[D] [G] [Em]
[D] [G] And it's getting very [Em] hard to stand. [G] [C] [D] And we're [Am] standing very hard to stand. And we're living here in [G] Allentown. [N]
[F] [Em]
[D] [G] [Em]
[D] [G] [Em]
[D] [G] When we're living here in [D] Allentown, [Am] and they're closing all the factories [G] down.
Out in Bethlehem [A] they're killing [Bm] time, [F#m] filling [Em] up horns, [D] standing in line.
[A] [Em] But our fathers fought the Second [D] World War, spent [Am] their weekends on the New Jersey [G] shore.
Then our mothers [A] left the U.S. [Bm].O. [F#m] lost in [Em] the dance, [D] dance with us all. [A] [Em] And we're living here in [D] Allentown, [F] but the rest of us [G] was handed [C] down. [Am] And it's getting very [D] hard [Em] to [G] [C] [D] [Em] stand. [D] [G] [Em] [D] Well [G] [Em] [D] [G]
we're waiting here in [D] Allentown, [Am] for the Pennsylvania we never [G] found. [Em] For the promises our [A] futures [Bm] gave, [F#m] if we [Em] work hard, [D] if we [A] behave. [Em] Smoke the graduations hang on [D] the wall, [Am] but they never really helped us [G] at all. No [Em] they never [A] told us what [Bm] was real, [F#m] iron [Em] and coal, [D] chromium steel. [A] And [G] we're waiting here in [D] Allentown, but [F] they've taken [G] all the coal from [C] the ground. [Am] And the union people throwed [Em] away. [G] [C] [D] [Em] [D] [G] [Em]
[D] [F] Every [G] child had a [F] pretty good shot, to get at least as [G] far as [A#] their home and got. [F] But something happened on the way to that place, they threw [G] an American [C] flag in our [D] [G] face. [D] [G] [Em] [D] [G]
[Em] Well I'm living here in [D] Allentown, [F] and it's hard to [G] keep a good man [C] down. But I won't be giving up [Em] today. [G] [C] [D] [G]
[D] [G] [Em]
[F] [G] [F]
[G] [A#]
[F]
[G] [C]
[D] [G] [Em]
[D] [G] And it's getting very [Em] hard to stand. [G] [C] [D] And we're [Am] standing very hard to stand. And we're living here in [G] Allentown. [N]
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_ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ When we're living here in _ [D] Allentown, _ [Am] and they're closing all the factories [G] down.
_ Out in Bethlehem [A] they're killing [Bm] time, [F#m] filling [Em] up horns, [D] standing in line.
[A] _ [Em] But our fathers fought the Second [D] World War, spent [Am] their weekends on the New Jersey [G] shore.
_ _ Then our mothers [A] left the U.S. [Bm].O. [F#m] lost in [Em] the dance, [D] dance with us all. [A] _ [Em] And we're living here in [D] Allentown, _ _ [F] but the rest of us [G] was handed [C] down. _ [Am] And it's getting very [D] hard [Em] to _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] stand. _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] Well [G] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _
_ we're waiting here in _ [D] Allentown, _ [Am] for the Pennsylvania we never [G] found. _ [Em] For the promises our [A] futures [Bm] gave, [F#m] if we [Em] work hard, [D] if we _ [A] behave. [Em] Smoke the graduations hang on [D] the wall, _ [Am] but they never really helped us [G] at all. No [Em] they never [A] told us what [Bm] was real, [F#m] iron [Em] and coal, _ [D] chromium steel. [A] And [G] we're waiting here in [D] Allentown, _ but [F] they've taken [G] all the coal from [C] the ground. _ [Am] And the union people throwed [Em] away. [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [D] [F] Every _ [G] child had a [F] pretty good shot, to get at least as [G] far as [A#] their home and got. [F] But something happened on the way to that place, they threw [G] an American [C] flag in our _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ face. _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _
[Em] Well I'm living here in [D] _ Allentown, _ [F] and it's hard to [G] keep a good man [C] down. _ But I won't be giving up [Em] today. [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _
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_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [D] _ [G] _ And it's getting very [Em] hard to stand. [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] And we're [Am] standing very hard to stand. And we're living here in [G] Allentown. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ [Em] _
_ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ When we're living here in _ [D] Allentown, _ [Am] and they're closing all the factories [G] down.
_ Out in Bethlehem [A] they're killing [Bm] time, [F#m] filling [Em] up horns, [D] standing in line.
[A] _ [Em] But our fathers fought the Second [D] World War, spent [Am] their weekends on the New Jersey [G] shore.
_ _ Then our mothers [A] left the U.S. [Bm].O. [F#m] lost in [Em] the dance, [D] dance with us all. [A] _ [Em] And we're living here in [D] Allentown, _ _ [F] but the rest of us [G] was handed [C] down. _ [Am] And it's getting very [D] hard [Em] to _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] stand. _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] Well [G] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _
_ we're waiting here in _ [D] Allentown, _ [Am] for the Pennsylvania we never [G] found. _ [Em] For the promises our [A] futures [Bm] gave, [F#m] if we [Em] work hard, [D] if we _ [A] behave. [Em] Smoke the graduations hang on [D] the wall, _ [Am] but they never really helped us [G] at all. No [Em] they never [A] told us what [Bm] was real, [F#m] iron [Em] and coal, _ [D] chromium steel. [A] And [G] we're waiting here in [D] Allentown, _ but [F] they've taken [G] all the coal from [C] the ground. _ [Am] And the union people throwed [Em] away. [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [D] [F] Every _ [G] child had a [F] pretty good shot, to get at least as [G] far as [A#] their home and got. [F] But something happened on the way to that place, they threw [G] an American [C] flag in our _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ face. _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _
[Em] Well I'm living here in [D] _ Allentown, _ [F] and it's hard to [G] keep a good man [C] down. _ But I won't be giving up [Em] today. [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _
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_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [D] _ [G] _ And it's getting very [Em] hard to stand. [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] And we're [Am] standing very hard to stand. And we're living here in [G] Allentown. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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