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ALLENTOWN Billy Joel Intro: C - G5/E - D - G/B - G/D - Gi C - G5/E - D - G/B - G/D - Gi C - G5/E - D - G - C5/D - Gadd9/D - G

Well we're ^Em living here in ^A Allen - ^D town ^Em7/D

^D And they're ^Am closing all the ^D factories ^G down ^Gadd9/D

^G Out in ^Em Bethlehem they're ^A killing^Bm time ^F#m/A Filling out ^G6 forms - ^D/F# Standing in ^Asus4 line ^A

Well our ^G6/E fathers fought the ^A7 Second World ^D War ^Em7/D

^D Spent their ^Am7 weekends on the ^D7 Jersey ^G Shore ^C5/D

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^G Met our ^Em mothers in the ^A US - ^Bm O ^F#m/A Asked them to ^G6 dance, ^D/F# Danced with them ^Asus4 slow ^A And we're ^Em living here in ^Asus4 Allen - ^Dsus4 town ^D But the ^F/A restlessness was^G7/B handed ^C down ^Cadd11

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^C And it's ^Am getting very ^D hard to ^Em stay - ^G/B ay - ^C ay - ^D ay

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Well we're ^Em waiting here in ^A Allen - ^D town ^Em7/D

^D For the ^Am Pennsylvania ^D we never ^G found ^Gadd9/D

^G For the ^Em promises our ^A teachers ^Bm gave ^F#m/A If we worked ^G6 hard , ^D/F# If we be - ^Asus4 haved ^A So the ^Em graduations ^A hang on the ^D wall ^Em7/D

^D But they ^Am never really ^D helped us at ^G all ^Gadd9/D

^G No they ^Em never taught us ^A what was ^Bm real ^F#m/A Iron and ^G6 coke - And ^D/F# chromium ^Asus4 steel ^A And we're ^Em waiting here in ^Asus4 Allen - ^Dsus4 town ^D But they've ^F/A taken all the^G7/B coal from the ^C ground ^Cadd11

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^C And the ^Am union people ^D crawled a - ^Em way - ^G/B ay - ^C ay -^D ay

C - G5/E - D - G/B - G/D - Gi - C - G5/E - D F G11/F Fi Every child had a pretty good shot

^F To get at least as far as^G11/F their old man ^Bb/F got F G11/F Fi But something happened on the way to that place F G Ci They threw an A - merican flag in our face

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Well I'm ^Em living here in ^A Allen - ^D town ^Em7/D

^D And it's ^F/A hard to keep a^G/B good man ^C down ^Cadd11

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^C But I ^Am won't be getting ^D up to - ^Em day - ^G/B ay - ^C ay - ^D ay

C - G5/E - D - G/B - G/D - Gi - C - G5/E -D Solo: F - G11/F - Fi F - G11/F - Bb/F F - G11/F - Fi F - G - C C - G5/E - D - G/B - G/D - Gi - C - G5/E - D - G/B - G/D Gi C G5/E D Em G/B C D And it's getting very hard to stay - ay - ay - ay Am D G C5/D - Gadd9/D - G// And we're living here in Allen - town C x32010 G5/E xx2033 D xx0232 G/B x2003x G/D xx000x Gi xx543x C5/D xx0013 G 320003 Gadd9/D xx0203 Gi xxx00x C5/D xx0013 G 320003 Gi xxx00x C5/D xx0013 G 320003 Gadd9/D xx0203 Em 022000 A x02220 Em7/D xx0030 Am x02210 Bm x20402 F#m/A x03222 G6 322000 D/F# 2x0232 Asus4 x02230 G6/E 022003 A7 x02223 Am7 x02213 Dsus4 xx0233 F/A x03211 G7/B x20031 Cadd11 x32011 Em7/C x3203x F 1332xx G11/F 130203 Fi 133211 Bb/F 113331 Ci x35553