To learn Billy Joel - Allentown chords with lyrics, build your understanding on these core chords: G, Em, D, G, D, A, Em. Begin your practice at a relaxed 57 BPM, then work your way up to the song's BPM of 114. Adapt the capo setting considering your vocal range, with reference to the key: G.
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B _ _ _ _ _ _ _ G _ . _ _ _ _ _ _ D _ G _ . _ _ _ Em _ _ _ D _ G _ . _ _ _ Em _ _ _ D _ G _ . _ _ When we're Em living here in D. Allentown, _ and Am they're closing all the G factories down,. Em out in Bethlehem A they're killing Bm _ . F#m time, filling Em out D forms, standing in A line. Em But our fathers fought the Second D World War, _ Am spent their weekends on the Jersey G. Shore,. _ met our mothers with A the U B. S _ F#m. O. , asked Em them to D dance, dance with us all. A _ Em And we're living here in D. Allentown, _ F but the rest G missed Christmas and C they were down,. _ Am and this guy seemed very DEm hard to G stand. _ C _ _ D _ _ Em _ . _ _ D _ G _ Yeah, yeah, Em _ . _ _ D oh. G _ _ _ Em _ . _ _ D _ G _ _ _ Well, we're waiting here in _ D Allentown, _ Am for the Pennsylvania we never G found,. _ Em for the promises our A teachers Bm gave, F#m if we Em work hard, D if we behave. _ A So Em the G graduations hang on D the wall, _ Am but they never really helped us G at all. No, Em they never A taught 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 away. G _ _ Em _ . _ D _ _ G _ _ _ D _ G _ . _ _ Em _ _ Every F _ _ . _ G child F had a pretty good shot, to get at G least as A# far as their home and F that's, _ . something happened on the way to that place, they G threw an C American wagon off _ D _ . G the fence. Yeah, yeah, _ _ D. oh. G _ _ Well, _ _ D _ . G _ _ _ _ I'm living here D in _ Allentown, and F it's hard to keep G a good man C down,. _ but Am I won't be getting Em up. _ _ G _ C Yeah, _ D _ . _ G _ _ D _ _ G _ yeah, Em _ _ _ D _ F _ _ _ G _ . _ F _ _ _ _ _ _ G _ . _ A# _ _ _ F _ _ _ _ . _ _ _ _ _ _ G _ _ . C _ _ _ _ _ G _ _ _ . _ _ _ D oh. G _ _ . And it's getting very DEm hard to G say, _ C _ _ D and Am we're living here in G Allentown. _ _ _ _ _ _ . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
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Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
Song BPM114.2
Song KeyG
Tempo
100% ➙ 114BPM
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G
D
Em
F
Am
G
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Dynamic BPM
050100200
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