Billy Joel-Allentown Intro: G Em D C G Em D G Em D C G Em D G Gsus4 G (Verse)

Well^Em we'r^Em7/Ae living^D here in Allentown And ^Amthey^Am7/D're clo^Gsing all the factories down Ou^Em7t in ^A7Bethle^Bmhem they're killing time F#m/A Em7/G Filling out forms, standing in line Em/A A

(verse)

We^Emll ou^Em7/Ar father^Ds fought the Second World War Sp^Ament ^Am7/Dtheir w^Geekends on the Jersey Shore Me^Em7t our^A7 mot^Bmhers in the USO F#m/A Em7/G Asked them to dance, danced with them slow And ^Emwe'r^Em/Ae livi^Em7ng h^Der^Ge ^Em7/Ain All^Dentown

(Chorus)

Bu^F/At the r^G/Bestlessness was handed down And ^Amit's g^Am7/Detting ^Dvery hard to stay

Em Bm C D (Intro x.5) (Verse)

Well^Em we'r^Em7/Ae waitin^Dg here in Allentown For ^Amthe ^Am7/DPennsyl^Gvania we never found Fo^Em7r the^A7 promi^Bmses our teachers gave F#m/A Em7/G If we worked hard, if we behaved Em/A A

(Verse)

So^Em the ^Em7/Agraduati^Dons hang on the wall Bu^Amt th^Am7/Dey neve^Gr really helped us at all No^Em7 they^A7 nev^Bmer taught us what was real F#m/A Em7/G Iron and coke, chromium steel ^Em/AAnd we^A're waiting here in Allentown

(Choruse

Bu^F/At they'^G/Bve taken all the coal from the ground And ^Amthe un^Am7/Dion peo^Dple crawled away

Em Bm C D (Intro x.5) (Bridge)

Ev^Fery^G/F chil^Fd has a pretty good shot To^F ge^G/Ft at ^Bb/Fleast as far as their old man got Bu^Ft s^G/Fometh^Fing happened on the way to that place Th^Fey ^Gthrew^C an American flag in our face

We^Emll I'^Em7/Am living^D here in Allentown An^Amd it^Am7/D's hard^G to keep a good man down Bu^F/At I won^G/B't be getting up today

Em Bm C D (Bridge Chords)

An^F/Ad it's ^G/Bgetting very hard to stay Em Bm C D

^Am7And w^Am7/De're living here in Allentown C Am7/D G

Billy Joel - Allentown