Chords for Billy Joel - Allentown (Audio)

_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _
[G] _ _ _ When we're living here [D] in Allentown, _ [Am] and they're closing all the [G] factories down.
Out in Bethlehem [A] they're killing [Bm] _ [F#m] time, filling [Em] our forms, [D] sanding in [A] line.
[Em] When our fathers fought the Second [D] World War, _ [Am] spent their weekends on the Jersey [G] Shore.
_ Then our mothers with [A] the U [B].S [F#m].O., asked them [Em] to [D] dance, dance with us [A] all.
[Em] And we're living here in [D] Allentown, _ [F] but the [G] restlessness was handing [C] her down.
[Am] And it's getting very [D]
[Em] hard to [G] stand.
_ [C] _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] And we're _
_ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _ _
waiting here in _ [D] Allentown, _ [Am] for the Pennsylvania we never [G] found. _
[Em] All the promises our [A] [Bm] future's gay, [F#m] if we [Em] work hard, [D] if we behave.
_ [A] So [Em] the [B] 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 throw it [Em] _ [G] away _
[Em] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _
[G] _ Every [Em] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [G] child [F] had a pretty good chance To get at least as [A#] far as their home [F] and gas
_ Something happened on the way to that place They threw an [G] American [C] flag in our _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] [Em] face _
[D] Well [G] _ _ _ I'm _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ living here [B] in [D] Allentown _ And [F] it's hard to be [G] put back [C] down
_ But I won't [Am] be getting up [Em] today
[G] _ _ [C] _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ [F] _ _ _
[G] _ _ [F] And _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [A#] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ [Em] it's getting very [D] [Em] hard to [G] stay _ [C] _ _ [D] And [Am] we're living here in [G] Allentown _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _