Allentown chords by Billy Joel (Ver. 2)

Allentown chords
Billy Joel

C D G 3x

Em    G       Em  D
Well we're living here in Allentown
     C      D       G
And they're closing all the factories down
   Em      A   D
Out in Bethlehem they're killing time
A     Em     A        D
Filling out forms - Standing in line
    G       Em       D
Well our fathers fought the Second World War
     C      D     G
Spent their weekends on the Jersey Shore
    Em    A D A
Met our mothers in the USO
A      D   A         D
Asked them to dance, Danced with them slow
     G      Em   D
And we're living here in Allentown
    F      G  C
But the restlessness was handed down
    Em     C  G D Em D
And it's getting very hard to stay

C D G C D G
     G       Em  D
Well we're waiting here in Allentown
   C      D  G
For the Pennsylvania we never found
   Em     A      D
For the promises our teachers gave
A      Em   A   D
If we worked hard , If we behaved
G        Em      D
So the graduations hang on the wall
    C      D    G
But they never really helped us at all
   Em     A   D
No they never taught us what was real
A   D     A      D
Iron and coke - And chromium steel

     G      Em  D
And we're waiting here in Allentown
     F     G     C
But they've taken all the coal from the ground
   Em     C    G  D Em D
And the union people crawled away

C D G


F       G    Bb
Every child had a pretty good shot
F        G           Bb
To get at least as far as their old man got
F              G      Bb
But something happened on the way to that place
F             G    Bb
They threw an American flag in our face

C D G
G           Em  D
Well I'm living here in Allentown
C          D  G
And it's hard to keep a good man down
   Em       C     G D Em D
But I won't be getting up today - ay - ay

C D G

    Em     C    G  D Em D
And it's getting very hard to stay
    C       D  G
And we're living here in Allentown

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