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Allentown - Billy Joel
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Billy Joel
Allentown (1982)
(Billy Joel)
From: "The Nylon Curtain"
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-E
C(add9) x-3-2-0-3-0
*Em x-x-2-0-0-3
G/B x-2-0-0-3-3
*G/B x-2-0-0-3-x
Gsus4 3-x-0-0-1-3
Em7 0-2-2-0-3-0
Asus4 x-0-2-2-3-0
D x-x-0-2-3-2
Dsus2 x-x-0-2-3-0
Am7 x-0-2-2-1-3
D7sus4 x-x-0-2-1-3
Gsus2 3-x-0-2-x-3
F#m/A x-0-4-2-2-2
G6 3-x-0-0-0-0
D/F# 2-x-0-2-3-2
G/C x-3-0-0-3-x
G/F 1-x-0-0-0-3
Bb/F 1-x-3-3-3-1
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INTRO
*Em *Em
C(add9) D G/B C(add9) D G/B C(add9)
e|0-0-0-0-3-2---3-|--3-3-3-3-3-3-0-|--0-0-0-3-2---3-|--3-3-3-3-3-3-0-|
B|3-3-3-3-0-3---3-|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|--3-3-3-0-3---3-|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
G|0-0-0-0-0-2---0-|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0-0-0-0-2---0-|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
D|2-2-2-2-2-0---0-|--x-x-x-x-x-0-2-|--2-2-2-2-0---0-|--x-x-x-x-x-0-2-|
A|3-3-3-3-------2-|--2-2-2-2-2---3-|--3-3-3-------2-|--2-2-2-2-2---3-|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
*Em Gsus4
C(add9) D G G
e|--0-0-0-3-2-----|3-3-3-3---------|
B|--3-3-3-0-3-----|0-1-1-0---------|
G|--0-0-0-0-2-----|0-0-0-0---------|
D|--2-2-2-2-0-----|0-0-0-0---------|
A|--3-3-3---------|x-x-x-x---------|
E|----------------|3-3-3-3---------|
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INTRO (see above)
| C(add9) *Em D | G/B | C(add9) *Em D | G/B |
| C(add9) *Em D | G Gsus4 G |
Well we're Em7living here in Asus4Allen-DtowDsus2n D
And they're Am7closing all the D7sus4factories GdowGsus2n G
Out in Em7Bethlehem they're Akilling Bmtime
F#m/AFilling out G6forms, D/F#standing in Asus4line A
Well our Em7fathers fought the Asus4Second World DWarDsus2 D
Spent their Am7weekends on the D7sus4Jersey shorGe Gsus2 G
Met our Em7mothers in the AUSBmO
F#m/AAsked them to G6dance, D/F#danced with them sAsuslow A
Em7 Asus4 D Dsus4 Dsus2 D (break)
And we're living here in Allentown
But the F/Arestlessness was G/Bhanded dCownG/C C
Am D7sus4 D7 | Em *G/B | C D |
And it's getting very hard to stay
INTRO (see above)
| C(add9) *Em D | G/B | C(add9) *Em D | G/B |
| C(add9) *Em D | G Gsus4 G |
Well we're Em7waiting here in Asus4Allen-DtowDsus2n D
For the Am7Pennsylvania D7sus4we never GfouGsus2nd G
For the Em7promises our Ateachers gBmave
F#m/AIf we worked G6hard, D/F#if we beAsus4haved A
So the Em7graduations Asus4hang on the wDallDsus2 D
But they Am7never really D7sus4helped us at aGll Gsus2 G
No they Em7never taught us Awhat was Bmreal
F#m/AIron and G6coke, D/F#chromium stAsus4eel A
Em7 Asus4 D Dsus2 D (break)
And we're waiting here in Allentown
But they've F/Ataken all the G/Bcoal from the grCounG/Cd C
Am D7sus4 D7 | Em *G/B | C D |
And the union people crawled a-way
INTRO (see above, first half)
| C(add9) *Em D | G/B | C(add9) *Em D | [F]
F Every child G/Fhad a pretFty good shot
F To get at least G/Fas far as their Bb/Fold man got
F But something haG/Fppened on the way Fto that place
F G C [Cadd9]
They threw an American flag in our face
INTRO (see above)
| C(add9) *Em D | G/B | C(add9) *Em D | G/B |
| C(add9) *Em D | G Gsus4 G |
Well I'm Em7living here in Asus4Allen-DtowDsus2n D
And it's F/Ahard to keep a G/Bgood man CdowG/Cn C
Am D7sus4 D7 | Em *G/B | C D |
But I won't be getting up to-day
INTRO (see above, first half)
| C(add9) *Em D | G/B | C(add9) *Em D | [F]
| F G/F | F | F G/F | Bb/F | F G/F | F | F G |2/4 C |
INTRO (see above)
| C(add9) *Em D | G/B | C(add9) *Em D | G/B |
And it's
| C(add9) *Em D | Em *G/B | C D |
Getting very hard to stay
[down up down up]
And we're Amliving here in D7sus4Allentown G Gsus4 Gsus2 G