Chords for Allentown - Billy Joel
Tempo:
113.6 bpm
Chords used:
G
Em
D
A
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Em]
[G] [Em]
[G] [Em]
[G] When [Em] we're living [A] here in
[D] Allentown, [Am] and they're closing [A] all the factories [G] down,
[Em] out in [A] Bethlehem they're killing [Bm] time, [F#m] filling [Em] our forms, [D] standing in line.
[A] [Em] But our fathers [A] fought the Second [D] World War, [Am] spent their weekends [C] on the Jersey [G] Shore,
and our mothers [A] the
[B] USO, [F#m] lost from [Em] the dance, [A] dance with us all.
[Em] And we're living [A] here in [D] Allentown, [F] but the [G] restlessness was handed [C] down,
[Am] and it's getting [D] very hard.
[Em] [G] [C] [D]
[Em] Dance, [G] dance,
[Em] oh.
[G]
[Em] [D] [G] [G] Well we're waiting here in [D] Allentown, [Am] for the [A] Pennsylvania we never [G] found,
[Em] for the promises [A] our teachers [Bm] gave, [F#m] if we [Em] work hard, [D] if we [A] behave.
So [Em] the [A] graduations hang on [D] the wall, but [Am] they never really helped us [G] at all.
No, [Em] they never told [A] us what was [Bm] real, [F#m] iron [Em] and coal, [A] chromium, steel.
And [Em] we're waiting [A] here in [D] Allentown, but [F] they've taken [G] all the coal from the [C] ground,
[Am] and the union people throw it [Em] away.
[G]
[C] [D] [C] [Em]
[G] [Em]
[F] Every child [F] had a pretty good shot, to get a leaf to [A#] sponge their old burnt guts.
Something happened on the way to that place, they threw an [G] American [C] flag in our [D] face.
[G] [G] Dance, dance,
[D] oh.
[G] [Em]
[D] [G] Well I'm living [A] here in [D] Allentown, [F] and it's hard to [G] keep a good man [C] down,
but [Am] I won't be getting up.
[Em] [G] [C]
[D] [Em] [Bm] [G]
Dance, [D] [F]
[F]
[Gm] [A#]
[G] [C] [A]
dance, [Bm] [D] oh.
And it's getting very [Em] hard, hey, [G] [C] [Am] and we're living here in [G] Allentown.
[G]
[G] [Em]
[G] [Em]
[G] When [Em] we're living [A] here in
[D] Allentown, [Am] and they're closing [A] all the factories [G] down,
[Em] out in [A] Bethlehem they're killing [Bm] time, [F#m] filling [Em] our forms, [D] standing in line.
[A] [Em] But our fathers [A] fought the Second [D] World War, [Am] spent their weekends [C] on the Jersey [G] Shore,
and our mothers [A] the
[B] USO, [F#m] lost from [Em] the dance, [A] dance with us all.
[Em] And we're living [A] here in [D] Allentown, [F] but the [G] restlessness was handed [C] down,
[Am] and it's getting [D] very hard.
[Em] [G] [C] [D]
[Em] Dance, [G] dance,
[Em] oh.
[G]
[Em] [D] [G] [G] Well we're waiting here in [D] Allentown, [Am] for the [A] Pennsylvania we never [G] found,
[Em] for the promises [A] our teachers [Bm] gave, [F#m] if we [Em] work hard, [D] if we [A] behave.
So [Em] the [A] graduations hang on [D] the wall, but [Am] they never really helped us [G] at all.
No, [Em] they never told [A] us what was [Bm] real, [F#m] iron [Em] and coal, [A] chromium, steel.
And [Em] we're waiting [A] here in [D] Allentown, but [F] they've taken [G] all the coal from the [C] ground,
[Am] and the union people throw it [Em] away.
[G]
[C] [D] [C] [Em]
[G] [Em]
[F] Every child [F] had a pretty good shot, to get a leaf to [A#] sponge their old burnt guts.
Something happened on the way to that place, they threw an [G] American [C] flag in our [D] face.
[G] [G] Dance, dance,
[D] oh.
[G] [Em]
[D] [G] Well I'm living [A] here in [D] Allentown, [F] and it's hard to [G] keep a good man [C] down,
but [Am] I won't be getting up.
[Em] [G] [C]
[D] [Em] [Bm] [G]
Dance, [D] [F]
[F]
[Gm] [A#]
[G] [C] [A]
dance, [Bm] [D] oh.
And it's getting very [Em] hard, hey, [G] [C] [Am] and we're living here in [G] Allentown.
[G]
Key:
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ When [Em] we're living [A] here in _
[D] Allentown, _ [Am] and they're closing [A] all the factories [G] _ down,
[Em] out in [A] Bethlehem they're killing [Bm] time, [F#m] filling [Em] our forms, [D] standing in line.
[A] _ [Em] But our fathers [A] fought the Second [D] World War, _ [Am] spent their weekends [C] on the Jersey [G] Shore,
_ _ and our mothers [A] the _
[B] USO, [F#m] lost from [Em] the dance, [A] dance with us all.
_ [Em] And we're living [A] here in [D] Allentown, _ _ [F] but the [G] restlessness was handed [C] down,
_ [Am] and it's getting [D] very hard.
[Em] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _
[Em] Dance, _ _ _ [G] _ dance, _
[Em] _ _ oh.
[G] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [G] Well we're waiting here in _ [D] Allentown, _ [Am] for the [A] Pennsylvania we never [G] found, _
[Em] for the promises [A] our teachers [Bm] gave, [F#m] if we [Em] work hard, [D] if we [A] behave.
_ So [Em] the [A] graduations hang on [D] the wall, but [Am] they never really helped us [G] at all.
No, [Em] they never told [A] us what was [Bm] real, [F#m] iron [Em] and coal, _ [A] chromium, steel.
_ And [Em] we're waiting [A] here in [D] Allentown, _ but [F] they've taken [G] all the coal from the [C] ground, _
[Am] and the union people throw it [Em] away.
[G] _ _
[C] _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[F] _ Every child [F] had a pretty good shot, to get a leaf to [A#] sponge their old burnt guts.
_ Something happened on the way to that place, they threw an [G] American [C] flag in our [D] face.
_ [G] _ _ _ [G] Dance, dance, _
[D] oh.
[G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ Well I'm living [A] here in _ [D] Allentown, _ [F] and it's hard to [G] keep a good man [C] down,
but [Am] I won't be getting up.
[Em] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
[D] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ Dance, [D] _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ [A#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
dance, [Bm] _ _ _ [D] oh. _
And it's getting very [Em] hard, hey, _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [Am] and we're living here in [G] Allentown. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ When [Em] we're living [A] here in _
[D] Allentown, _ [Am] and they're closing [A] all the factories [G] _ down,
[Em] out in [A] Bethlehem they're killing [Bm] time, [F#m] filling [Em] our forms, [D] standing in line.
[A] _ [Em] But our fathers [A] fought the Second [D] World War, _ [Am] spent their weekends [C] on the Jersey [G] Shore,
_ _ and our mothers [A] the _
[B] USO, [F#m] lost from [Em] the dance, [A] dance with us all.
_ [Em] And we're living [A] here in [D] Allentown, _ _ [F] but the [G] restlessness was handed [C] down,
_ [Am] and it's getting [D] very hard.
[Em] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _
[Em] Dance, _ _ _ [G] _ dance, _
[Em] _ _ oh.
[G] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [G] Well we're waiting here in _ [D] Allentown, _ [Am] for the [A] Pennsylvania we never [G] found, _
[Em] for the promises [A] our teachers [Bm] gave, [F#m] if we [Em] work hard, [D] if we [A] behave.
_ So [Em] the [A] graduations hang on [D] the wall, but [Am] they never really helped us [G] at all.
No, [Em] they never told [A] us what was [Bm] real, [F#m] iron [Em] and coal, _ [A] chromium, steel.
_ And [Em] we're waiting [A] here in [D] Allentown, _ but [F] they've taken [G] all the coal from the [C] ground, _
[Am] and the union people throw it [Em] away.
[G] _ _
[C] _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[F] _ Every child [F] had a pretty good shot, to get a leaf to [A#] sponge their old burnt guts.
_ Something happened on the way to that place, they threw an [G] American [C] flag in our [D] face.
_ [G] _ _ _ [G] Dance, dance, _
[D] oh.
[G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ Well I'm living [A] here in _ [D] Allentown, _ [F] and it's hard to [G] keep a good man [C] down,
but [Am] I won't be getting up.
[Em] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
[D] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ Dance, [D] _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ [A#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
dance, [Bm] _ _ _ [D] oh. _
And it's getting very [Em] hard, hey, _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [Am] and we're living here in [G] Allentown. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _