Allentown Jail chords by The Seekers

Chords with lyrics

On the charts in UK in 1966.

INTRO: B minorBm D MajorD B minorBm F#...Bm D MajorD Bm/A/F#/Bm A augmentedA

#1.
   D MajorD      B minorBm     F# minorF#m    B minorBm
They locked up my darlin' in Allentown Jail,
G+G   A augmentedA    D MajorD
Ohhh..whoaaa, oooh.
  D MajorD     B minorBm     F# minorF#m    B minorBm
And no one has come for to put up his bail,
E MajorE       A augmentedA  A7A7
Ohhh..whoaaa, oooh.

#2.
   G+G     A augmentedA         D MajorD   F#F# B minorBm
They say at the court house he'll never go free,
G+G      D MajorD   D7D7
Ne.e.ver go free.
  G+G     A augmentedA     D MajorD    F#F# B minorBm
For he stole a diamond, a beauti..ful diamond,
  G+G    F#F#   B minorBm
To give, to give to me.

CHORUS:
B minorBm      D MajorD     B minorBm  A augmentedA
Somewhere in Allentown Jail..
  B minorBm       F#F#    B minorBm
my heart waits in Allentown Jail.

#3.
  A augmentedA        D MajorD       B minorBm      F# minorF#m    B minorBm
You know, I'm gonna dance for you, mister, I'll sing you a song,
G+G   A augmentedA    D MajorD
Ohhh..whoaaa, oooh.
  D MajorD        B minorBm      F# minorF#m    B minorBm
But more than that, mister, would surely be wrong,
E MajorE       A augmentedA  A7A7
Ohhh..whoaaa, oooh.
  G+G        A augmentedA       D MajorD   F#F# B minorBm
But more than that, mister, would surely be wrong,
G+G         D MajorD  D7D7
Oh, oh, can't you see?
     G+G      A augmentedA     D MajorD    F#F# B minorBm
Well, my love stole a diamond, a beauti..ful diamond,
  G+G    F#F#   B minorBm
To give, to give to me.

CHORUS:
B minorBm      D MajorD     B minorBm  A augmentedA
Somewhere in Allentown Jail..
  B minorBm       F#F#    B minorBm
my heart waits in Allentown Jail.

OUTRO:
B minorBm      D MajorD     B minorBm  A augmentedA
Somewhere in Allentown Jail..
  B minorBm       F#F#    B minorBm
my heart waits in Allentown Jail.

B minorBm D MajorD Bm/A/F#/Bm


A augmentedA sixties smash from Kraziekhat.