Billy Joel - Allentown

^AWell we're ^Emliving here in ^AAllen^Dtown And they're ^Amclosing all the ^Dfactories ^Gdown Out in ^EmBethlehem they're ^Akilling ^Bmtime ^AFilling out ^Emforms ^DStanding in ^Aline.

Well our ^Emfathers fought the ^ASecond World ^DWar Spent their ^Amweekends on the ^DJersey ^GShore Met our ^Emmothers at the ^AUS^BmO ^{A A}Asked them to ^Emdance ^DDanced with them ^Aslow^A7

And we're ^Emliving here in ^AAllen^Dtown. But the ^Frestlessness was ^Ghanded ^Cdown And it's ^Amgetting very ^Dhard to ^Emstaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa^Bmaaaaaaaay^{C D G}

^AWell we're ^Emwaiting here in ^AAllen^Dtown For the ^AmPennsylvania ^Dwe never ^Gfound For the ^Empromises our ^Ateachers ^Bmgave ^AIf we worked ^Emhard ^DIf we be^Ahaved^A7.

So the ^Emgraduations ^Ahang on the ^Dwall But they ^Amnever really ^Dhelped us at ^Gall No they ^Emnever taught us ^Awhat was ^Bmreal ^AIron or ^Emcoke, ^DChromium ^Asteel^A7.

And we're ^Emwaiting here in ^AAllen^Dtown. But they've ^Ftaken all the ^Gcoal from the ^Cground And the ^Amunion people ^Dcrawled ^Emawaaaaaaaaaa^Bmaaaaaaaaa^Cy ^{D G}

^FEvery child had a ^Gpretty good ^Fshot To get at ^Gleast as far as ^Ftheir old man ^Bbgot. ^FIf something happened on the ^Gway to that ^Fplace They threw an American flag ^Gin our face^F, ^G

^AWell I'm ^Emliving here in ^AAllen^Dtown And it's ^Amhard to keep a ^Dgood man ^Gdown. But I ^Amwon't be getting ^Dup to^Emdaaaaaaaaaaaa^Bmaaaaaayyyyyyy^Cy ^{D G}

And it's ^Amgetting very ^Dhard to ^Emstaaaaaaa^Bmaaaaaaa^Cy.^{D G} And we're ^Amliving here in ^DAllen^Gtown. ^{C G}