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Allentown chords by Billy Joel (Ver. 2)

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Allentown chords
Billy Joel

Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramG+G 3x

Chord diagramE minorEm       Chord diagramG+G             Chord diagramE minorEm    Chord diagramD MajorD
Well we're living here in Allentown
          Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramD MajorD             Chord diagramG+G
And they're closing all the factories down
      Chord diagramE minorEm           Chord diagramA augmentedA      Chord diagramD MajorD
Out in Bethlehem they're killing time
Chord diagramA augmentedA          Chord diagramE minorEm         Chord diagramA augmentedA               Chord diagramD MajorD
Filling out forms - Standing in line
        Chord diagramG+G             Chord diagramE minorEm             Chord diagramD MajorD
Well our fathers fought the Second World War
          Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramD MajorD          Chord diagramG+G
Spent their weekends on the Jersey Shore
       Chord diagramE minorEm        Chord diagramA augmentedA Chord diagramD MajorD  Chord diagramA augmentedA
Met our mothers in the USO
Chord diagramA augmentedA            Chord diagramD MajorD     Chord diagramA augmentedA                 Chord diagramD MajorD
Asked them to dance, Danced with them slow
         Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramE minorEm     Chord diagramD MajorD
And we're living here in Allentown
       Chord diagramFF           Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramC majorC
But the restlessness was handed down
        Chord diagramE minorEm         Chord diagramC majorC   Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramD MajorD  Chord diagramE minorEm  Chord diagramD MajorD
And it's getting very hard to stay

Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramG+G
         Chord diagramG+G              Chord diagramE minorEm    Chord diagramD MajorD
Well we're waiting here in Allentown
      Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramD MajorD    Chord diagramG+G
For the Pennsylvania we never found
      Chord diagramE minorEm          Chord diagramA augmentedA           Chord diagramD MajorD
For the promises our teachers gave
Chord diagramA augmentedA           Chord diagramE minorEm     Chord diagramA augmentedA      Chord diagramD MajorD
If we worked hard , If we behaved
Chord diagramG+G               Chord diagramE minorEm           Chord diagramD MajorD
So the graduations hang on the wall
       Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramD MajorD       Chord diagramG+G
But they never really helped us at all
      Chord diagramE minorEm          Chord diagramA augmentedA      Chord diagramD MajorD
No they never taught us what was real
Chord diagramA augmentedA      Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramA augmentedA           Chord diagramD MajorD
Iron and coke - And chromium steel

          Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramE minorEm    Chord diagramD MajorD
And we're waiting here in Allentown
          Chord diagramFF         Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramC majorC
But they've taken all the coal from the ground
      Chord diagramE minorEm          Chord diagramC majorC       Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramD MajorD  Chord diagramE minorEm  Chord diagramD MajorD
And the union people crawled away

Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramG+G
Chord diagramFF              Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramBb majorBb
Every child had a pretty good shot
Chord diagramFF               Chord diagramG+G                     Chord diagramBb majorBb
To get at least as far as their old man got
Chord diagramFF                           Chord diagramG+G           Chord diagramBb majorBb
But something happened on the way to that place
Chord diagramFF                         Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramBb majorBb
They threw an American flag in our face

Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramG+G
Chord diagramG+G                     Chord diagramE minorEm   Chord diagramD MajorD
Well I'm living here in Allentown
Chord diagramC majorC                    Chord diagramD MajorD   Chord diagramG+G
And it's hard to keep a good man down
      Chord diagramE minorEm              Chord diagramC majorC          Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramE minorEm  Chord diagramD MajorD
But I won't be getting up today - ay -  ay

Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramG+G

       Chord diagramE minorEm          Chord diagramC majorC       Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramE minorEm  Chord diagramD MajorD
And it's getting very hard to stay
        Chord diagramC majorC             Chord diagramD MajorD   Chord diagramG+G
And we're living here in Allentown

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