Allentown chords

byBilly Joel
114.2 bpm
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G

D

Em

F

Am

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Billy Joel - Allentown (Official Video) chords
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Key:
G
2131
D
1321
Em
121
F
134211111
Am
2311
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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 D Em 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 D Em hard to G say, _ C _ _ D and Am we're living here in G Allentown.
_ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
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tuning-dropdown-iconStandard Tuning (EADGBE)
Song BPM114.2 
Song KeyG 
Tempo
100%114BPM
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