Allentown - Billy Joel Chords
Chords: C, D, G/B, G, Gsus4, Em7, A, Dsus4, Am7, Bm
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Genre: rock, pop, classic rock
[Intro]
C D G/B x2
C D G Gsus4 G
[Verse 1]
Em7 A D Dsus4 D
Well, we're living here in Allentown
Am7 D G Gsus4 G
And they're closing all the factories down
Em7 A Bm
Out in Bethlehem, they're killing time
F#m/A Em/G D/F# Asus4 A
Filling out forms, standing in line
Em7 A D Dsus4 D
Well, our fathers fought the Second World War
Em7 A D Dsus4 D
Spent their weekends on the Jersey Shore
Em7 A Bm
Met our mothers at the U-S-O--
F#m/A Em/G D/F# Asus4 A
Asked them to dance, danced with them slow
[Chorus]
Em7 A D Dsus4 D
And we're living here in Allentown
F/A G/B C Csus4 C
But the restlessness was handed down
Am7 D Em G/B C D
And it's getting very hard to stay
[Instrumental]
C D G/B x2
C D G Gsus4 G
[Verse 2]
Em7 A D Dsus4 D
Well, we're waiting here in Allentown
Em7 A D Dsus4 D
For the Pennsylvania we never found
Em7 A Bm
For the promises our teachers gave
F#m/A Em/G D/F# Asus4 A
If we worked hard, if we behaved
Em7 A D Dsus4 D
So the graduations hang on the wall
Em7 A D Dsus4 D
But they never really helped us at all
Em7 A Bm
No they never taught us what was real
Em7 A Bm
Iron and coke, chromium steel
[Chorus]
Em7 A D Dsus4 D
And we're waiting here in Allentown
F/A G/B C Csus4 C
But they've taken all the coal from the ground
Am7 D Em G/B C D
And the union people crawled away
[Instrumental]
C D G/B
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