Chords for Billy Joel - Allentown (Live from Long Island)
Tempo:
117.1 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
Em
C
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G] [C]
[D] [G] [C]
[G]
[D] [G] Well, [Em] they're living here in [D] Allen's house, [Am] and they're closing [D] all the factories [G] now.
[E] Out in [A] Bethlehem they're building [Bm] time, [A] building [G] up homes, [F#m] standing [D] [A] alive.
[Em] Their young fathers fought the Second [D] World War, [Am] spent their weekends [D] on the Jersey [G] Shore.
[Em] Then our mothers, they were [Bm] so, [A] watched them [F#m] dance, cats [A] with their soul.
And [Em] we're living here in [D] Allen's house, all the [G] restlessness was [C] handed down.
And [Am] it's getting very [Em] hard to stay.
[G]
[D]
[G] [D]
[G]
[Em] Well, we're living [E] here in [D] Allen's house, [Am] all the [D] Pennsylvania we [G] never found.
[Em] All the promises our [Bm] teachers [F#m] gave, we [G] worked [F#m] hard, and [D] played it.
[A] [Em] So the graduation sang off [D] the wall, [Am] but they never really helped us [G] at all.
[Em] No, they never taught us what [Bm] was real, [F#m] iron [G] and coal, [F#m] so many [A] to go.
And [Em] we're waiting [A] here in Allen's [D] house, [F] they're taking all [G] the coal from [C] the ground.
And [Am] the Union people [Em] cry, [G] hey, [C]
[D] hey.
[C]
[F] [C] Every child [F] had a pretty good chance to get at least as far as their old man got.
But something happened on the way to that place, they grew in [G] a
[D] [G] mess.
[D] [G]
[D] Well, I'm living here in [D] Allen's house, [F] and it's hard to [G] keep a good [C] man down.
[Am] But I won't be getting up [Em] [G] today, [D]
[Em] [D] hey,
[G] [E] [F]
[C] [F]
[G]
[C] [D]
[G] hey.
And [C] that's getting too [D] very [Em] [G]
[C] hard, [D] [Am] living here in Allen's house.
[G] [Gm]
[D] [G] [C]
[G]
[D] [G] Well, [Em] they're living here in [D] Allen's house, [Am] and they're closing [D] all the factories [G] now.
[E] Out in [A] Bethlehem they're building [Bm] time, [A] building [G] up homes, [F#m] standing [D] [A] alive.
[Em] Their young fathers fought the Second [D] World War, [Am] spent their weekends [D] on the Jersey [G] Shore.
[Em] Then our mothers, they were [Bm] so, [A] watched them [F#m] dance, cats [A] with their soul.
And [Em] we're living here in [D] Allen's house, all the [G] restlessness was [C] handed down.
And [Am] it's getting very [Em] hard to stay.
[G]
[D]
[G] [D]
[G]
[Em] Well, we're living [E] here in [D] Allen's house, [Am] all the [D] Pennsylvania we [G] never found.
[Em] All the promises our [Bm] teachers [F#m] gave, we [G] worked [F#m] hard, and [D] played it.
[A] [Em] So the graduation sang off [D] the wall, [Am] but they never really helped us [G] at all.
[Em] No, they never taught us what [Bm] was real, [F#m] iron [G] and coal, [F#m] so many [A] to go.
And [Em] we're waiting [A] here in Allen's [D] house, [F] they're taking all [G] the coal from [C] the ground.
And [Am] the Union people [Em] cry, [G] hey, [C]
[D] hey.
[C]
[F] [C] Every child [F] had a pretty good chance to get at least as far as their old man got.
But something happened on the way to that place, they grew in [G] a
[D] [G] mess.
[D] [G]
[D] Well, I'm living here in [D] Allen's house, [F] and it's hard to [G] keep a good [C] man down.
[Am] But I won't be getting up [Em] [G] today, [D]
[Em] [D] hey,
[G] [E] [F]
[C] [F]
[G]
[C] [D]
[G] hey.
And [C] that's getting too [D] very [Em] [G]
[C] hard, [D] [Am] living here in Allen's house.
[G] [Gm]
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_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ Well, [Em] they're living here in [D] Allen's house, _ [Am] and they're closing [D] all the factories [G] now. _
[E] Out in [A] Bethlehem they're building [Bm] time, [A] building [G] up homes, [F#m] standing [D] _ [A] alive.
[Em] Their young fathers fought the Second [D] World War, _ [Am] spent their weekends [D] on the Jersey [G] Shore. _
[Em] Then our mothers, they were [Bm] so, [A] watched them [F#m] dance, cats [A] with their soul. _
And [Em] we're living here in [D] Allen's house, _ all the [G] restlessness was [C] handed down.
And [Am] it's getting very [Em] hard to stay.
[G] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] Well, we're living [E] here in [D] Allen's house, _ [Am] all the [D] Pennsylvania we [G] never found.
[Em] All the promises our [Bm] teachers [F#m] gave, we [G] worked [F#m] hard, and [D] played it.
_ [A] _ [Em] So the graduation sang off [D] the wall, _ [Am] but they never really helped us [G] at all.
_ [Em] No, they never taught us what [Bm] was real, [F#m] iron [G] and coal, [F#m] so many [A] to go.
And [Em] we're waiting [A] here in Allen's [D] house, _ _ [F] they're taking all [G] the coal from [C] the ground.
And [Am] the Union people [Em] cry, _ [G] hey, _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [D] hey.
_ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [F] _ [C] Every child [F] had a pretty good chance to get at least as far as their old man got.
But something happened on the way to that place, they grew in [G] a _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] mess.
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ Well, I'm living here in [D] Allen's house, [F] and it's hard to [G] keep a good [C] man down.
_ [Am] But I won't be getting up [Em] _ _ [G] today, _ [D] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ hey, _
_ [G] _ _ [E] _ _ [F] _ _ _
[C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ hey.
_ _ _ And [C] that's getting too [D] very _ [Em] _ _ [G] _
[C] hard, _ [D] _ [Am] living here in Allen's house.
[G] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ Well, [Em] they're living here in [D] Allen's house, _ [Am] and they're closing [D] all the factories [G] now. _
[E] Out in [A] Bethlehem they're building [Bm] time, [A] building [G] up homes, [F#m] standing [D] _ [A] alive.
[Em] Their young fathers fought the Second [D] World War, _ [Am] spent their weekends [D] on the Jersey [G] Shore. _
[Em] Then our mothers, they were [Bm] so, [A] watched them [F#m] dance, cats [A] with their soul. _
And [Em] we're living here in [D] Allen's house, _ all the [G] restlessness was [C] handed down.
And [Am] it's getting very [Em] hard to stay.
[G] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] Well, we're living [E] here in [D] Allen's house, _ [Am] all the [D] Pennsylvania we [G] never found.
[Em] All the promises our [Bm] teachers [F#m] gave, we [G] worked [F#m] hard, and [D] played it.
_ [A] _ [Em] So the graduation sang off [D] the wall, _ [Am] but they never really helped us [G] at all.
_ [Em] No, they never taught us what [Bm] was real, [F#m] iron [G] and coal, [F#m] so many [A] to go.
And [Em] we're waiting [A] here in Allen's [D] house, _ _ [F] they're taking all [G] the coal from [C] the ground.
And [Am] the Union people [Em] cry, _ [G] hey, _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [D] hey.
_ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [F] _ [C] Every child [F] had a pretty good chance to get at least as far as their old man got.
But something happened on the way to that place, they grew in [G] a _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] mess.
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ Well, I'm living here in [D] Allen's house, [F] and it's hard to [G] keep a good [C] man down.
_ [Am] But I won't be getting up [Em] _ _ [G] today, _ [D] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ hey, _
_ [G] _ _ [E] _ _ [F] _ _ _
[C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ hey.
_ _ _ And [C] that's getting too [D] very _ [Em] _ _ [G] _
[C] hard, _ [D] _ [Am] living here in Allen's house.
[G] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _