{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1006280,"song":"Allentown","artist":"Billy Joel","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1006280-allentown-chords-by-billy-joel/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1006280?type=chord","rating":4.65815,"votes":57,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] x2\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Gsus4[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Em7[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Dsus4[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell, we're living here in Allentown[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Am7[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Gsus4[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd they're closing all the factories down[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em7[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nOut in Bethlehem, they're killing time[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F#m/A[/ch]       [ch]Em/G[/ch]   [ch]D/F#[/ch]        [ch]Asus4[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nFilling out forms, standing in line[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Em7[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Dsus4[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell, our fathers fought the Second World War[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Em7[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Dsus4[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSpent their weekends on the Jersey Shore[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em7[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nMet our mothers at the U-S-O--[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F#m/A[/ch]         [ch]Em/G[/ch]   [ch]D/F#[/ch]             [ch]Asus4[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAsked them to dance, danced with them slow[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Em7[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]Dsus4[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd we're living here in Allentown[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F/A[/ch]           [ch]G/B[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Csus4[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut the restlessness was handed down[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am7[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]G/B[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]  \r\nAnd it's getting very hard to stay[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] x2\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Gsus4[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Em7[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Dsus4[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell, we're waiting here in Allentown[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Em7[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Dsus4[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFor the Pennsylvania we never found[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em7[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nFor the promises our teachers gave[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F#m/A[/ch]       [ch]Em/G[/ch]   [ch]D/F#[/ch]      [ch]Asus4[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIf we worked hard, if we behaved[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em7[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Dsus4[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo the graduations hang on the wall[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em7[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Dsus4[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut they never really helped us at all[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em7[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nNo they never taught us what was real[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em7[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nIron and coke, chromium steel[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Em7[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]Dsus4[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd we're waiting here in Allentown[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F/A[/ch]           [ch]G/B[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Csus4[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut they've taken all the coal from the ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am7[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]G/B[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch] \r\nAnd the union people crawled away[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G/F[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nEvery child had a pretty good shot[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G/F[/ch]             [ch]G/F[/ch]\r\nTo get at least as far as their old man got[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]G/F[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut something happened on the way to that place[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G/F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]                   \r\nThey threw an American flag in our face[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] x2\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Gsus4[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Em7[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]Dsus4[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n              Well, I'm living here in Allentown[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F/A[/ch]           [ch]G/B[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Csus4[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd it's hard to keep a good man down[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am7[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]G/B[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch] \r\nBut I won't be getting up today[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] \r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\n\r\n[Solo]\r\n[ch]F[/ch]   [ch]G/F[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]G/F[/ch]   [ch]Bb/F[/ch]   \r\n[ch]F[/ch]   [ch]G/F[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]G/F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch] \r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch]  x2\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]G/B[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd it's getting very hard to stay[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am7[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C/G[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd we're living here in Allentown[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nC D G/B x2\nC D G Gsus4 G\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nC D G/B x2\nC D G Gsus4 G\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nC D G/B\nC D \n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nC D G/B x2\nC D G Gsus4 G\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nC D G/B \nC D \n\n[Solo]\nF   G/F   F   G/F   Bb/F   \nF   G/F   F   G/F   C \n\n[Instrumental]\nC D G/B  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