Billy Joel-Allentown Intro: G Em D C G Em D G Em D C G Em D G Gsus4 G (Verse) Em Em7/A D Well we're living here in Allentown Am Am7/D G And they're closing all the factories down Em7 A7 Bm Out in Bethlehem they're killing time F#m/A Em7/G Filling out forms, standing in line Em/A A (verse) Em Em7/A D Well our fathers fought the Second World War Am Am7/D G Spent their weekends on the Jersey Shore Em7 A7 Bm Met our mothers in the USO F#m/A Em7/G Asked them to dance, danced with them slow Em Em/A Em7 D G Em7/A D And we're living here in Allentown (Chorus) F/A G/B But the restlessness was handed down Am Am7/D D And it's getting very hard to stay Em Bm C D (Intro x.5) (Verse) Em Em7/A D Well we're waiting here in Allentown Am Am7/D G For the Pennsylvania we never found Em7 A7 Bm For the promises our teachers gave F#m/A Em7/G If we worked hard, if we behaved Em/A A (Verse) Em Em7/A D So the graduations hang on the wall Am Am7/D G But they never really helped us at all Em7 A7 Bm No they never taught us what was real F#m/A Em7/G Iron and coke, chromium steel Em/A A And we're waiting here in Allentown (Choruse F/A G/B But they've taken all the coal from the ground Am Am7/D D And the union people crawled away Em Bm C D (Intro x.5) (Bridge) F G/F F Every child has a pretty good shot F G/F Bb/F To get at least as far as their old man got F G/F F But something happened on the way to that place F G C They threw an American flag in our face Em Em7/A D Well I'm living here in Allentown Am Am7/D G And it's hard to keep a good man down F/A G/B But I won't be getting up today Em Bm C D (Bridge Chords) F/A G/B And it's getting very hard to stay Em Bm C D Am7 Am7/D And we're living here in Allentown C Am7/D G