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 Em A D Em7/D - D Well we're living here in Allen - town Am D G Gadd9/D - G And they're closing all the factories down

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

G6/E A7 D Em7/D - D Well our fathers fought the Second World War Am7 D7 G C5/D - Gadd9/D - G Spent their weekends on the Jersey Shore

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 F/A G7/B C Cadd11 - Em7/C - C But the restlessness was handed down And it's ^Am getting very ^D hard to ^Em stay - ^G/B ay - ^C ay - ^D ay

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 Em A D Em7/D - D Well we're waiting here in Allen - town Am D G Gadd9/D - G For the Pennsylvania we never found

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 Em A D Em7/D - D So the graduations hang on the wall Am D G Gadd9/D - G But they never really helped us at all 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 F/A G7/B C Cadd11 - Em7/C - C But they've taken all the coal from the ground 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

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 Em A D Em7/D - D Well I'm living here in Allen - town F/A G/B C Cadd11 - Em7/C - C And it's hard to keep a good man down

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

Billy Joel - Allentown