Allentown Chords by Billy Joel

Allentown chords by Billy Joel (Ver. 2)

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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

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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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Last updated: April 25, 2021

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