#-------------------------------PLEASE NOTE-------------------------------------# # This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # # song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------# Allentown chords Billy Joel C D G 3x Em G Em G Well we're living here in Allentown C D G And they're closing all the factories down Em A D Out in Bethlehem they're killing time F Em Filling out forms A D Standing in line. G Em D Well our fathers fought the Second World War C D G Spent their weekends on the Jersey Shore Em A D A Met our mothers at the USO A D Asked them to dance A D Danced with them slow G Em D And we're living here in Allentown. F G C But the restlessness was handed down Em C G D Em D And it's getting very hard to staaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay C D G C D G G Em D Well we're waiting here in Allentown C D G For the Pennsylvania we never found Em A D For the promises our teachers gave A Em If we worked hard A D If we behaved. G Em So the graduations hang on the wall C D G But they never really helped us at all Em A D No they never taught us what was real A D Iron or coke, A D Chromium steel. G Em D And we're waiting here in Allentown. F G C But they've taken all the coal from the ground Em C G D Em D And the union people crawled awaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay C D G F G Bb Every child had a pretty good shot F G Bb To get at least as far as their old man got. F G Bb If something happened on the way to that place F G Bb They threw an American flag in our face, oh oh oh. C D G G Em D Well I'm living here in Allentown C D G And it's hard to keep a good man down. Em C G D Em D But I won't be getting up todaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyy C D G GUITAR SOLO Em C G D Em D And it's getting very hard to staaaaaaaaaaaaaay. C D G And we're living here in Allentown. Set8 http://sites.google.com/site/guitarmusicchordsandlyrics/