Chords for Billy Joel - Allentown w/lyrics

Tempo:
113.85 bpm
Chords used:

G

D

Em

F

C

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Billy Joel - Allentown w/lyrics chords
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[B] [G]
[D] [G]
[Em] [D]
[G] [Em] [D] [G]
When we're living here in [D]
Gallantown, [Am] and they're closing all the [G] factories down,
out in Bethlehem they're [A] filling [Bm]
[F#m] time, filling [Em] our ponds, [D] standing in [A] line.
[Em] Let our fathers fought the Second [D] World War, [Am] spent their weekends on the Jersey [G]
Shore.
Let our mothers with the [A] U [B].S [F#m].O. watch them [Em] the dads, [D] dance with the snow.
[A] [Em] And we're living here in [D]
Allentown, [F] but the [G] restlessness was handed [C]
down,
[Am] and it's getting very [D] [Em] hard to stay.
[G] [C] [D] [G] Yeah, [D] [G] yeah, [Em]
[D] oh.
[G]
[D] [G] Well, we're waiting here in [D] Allentown, [Am] for the Pennsylvania we never [G] found,
[Em] for the promises [A] our futures [Bm] gave, [F#m] if we [Em] worked hard, [D] if we behaved.
[A] So [Em] the graduations hang on [D] the wall [Am] But they never really helped us [G] at all
No, [Em] they [G] never [A] told us what [Bm] was real [F#m] Iron [Em] and coal, [D] chromium, steel
[A] And [G] we're waiting here in [D] Allentown But [F] they've taken [G] all the coal from [C] the ground
[Am] And the Union people crawled [Em] away
[G] [C]
[D] [G] [D] [G] Every [Em] [D] [F]
[G] child [F] had a pretty good shot To get a [G] noose to [A#] sponge their home and [F]
bats
But something happened on the way to that place They [G] threw an [C] American flag in our [D]
[G] face
[D]
[G] [D]
[G] Well I'm living here [D] in Allentown And [F] it's hard to keep [G] up with my own
[C] But I won't [Am] be getting [Em] up today
[G] [C] [D]
[G] [D] [G]
[Em] [D] [F] [G]
[F] [G]
[A#] [F]
[G]
[C] [D] [G]
And it's getting very [D] [Em] hard to [G] say [C] [D] That [Am] we're living here [G] in Allentown
[D#]
Key:  
G
2131
D
1321
Em
121
F
134211111
C
3211
G
2131
D
1321
Em
121
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To learn Billy Joel - Allentown chords, grasp the musical fabric of the song with this sequence - Em, D, G, D, C and D of chords. For a smooth transition, initiate your practice at 56 BPM and gradually match the song's pace of 114 BPM. Adjust the capo based on your vocal range and chord preference, keeping the song's key of G Major in mind.

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[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _
_ _ When we're living here in [D] _
Gallantown, [Am] and they're closing all the [G] factories down,
out in Bethlehem they're [A] filling [Bm] _
[F#m] time, filling [Em] our ponds, [D] standing in [A] line.
[Em] Let our fathers fought the Second [D] World War, _ [Am] spent their weekends on the Jersey [G]
Shore.
_ Let our mothers with the [A] U [B].S [F#m].O. watch them [Em] the dads, [D] dance with the snow.
[A] _ [Em] And we're living here in [D]
Allentown, _ [F] but the [G] restlessness was handed [C] _
down,
[Am] and it's getting very [D] [Em] hard to stay.
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ [G] Yeah, _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ yeah, [Em] _
_ [D] oh.
_ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _ Well, we're waiting here in _ [D] Allentown, _ [Am] for the Pennsylvania we never [G] found,
_ [Em] for the promises [A] our futures [Bm] gave, [F#m] if we [Em] worked hard, [D] if we behaved.
_ [A] So [Em] the graduations hang on [D] the wall _ [Am] But they never really helped us [G] at all
No, [Em] they [G] never [A] told us what [Bm] was real [F#m] Iron [Em] and coal, _ [D] chromium, steel
[A] And [G] we're waiting here in [D] Allentown But [F] they've taken [G] all the coal from [C] the ground
_ [Am] And the Union people crawled [Em] away
[G] _ _ [C] _
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ [G] Every _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _ [F] _ _
_ [G] child [F] had a pretty good shot To get a [G] noose to [A#] sponge their home and [F] _
bats
But something happened on the way to that place They [G] threw an [C] American flag in our _ [D] _
[G] face
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
[G] _ _ _ Well I'm living here [D] in _ Allentown And [F] it's hard to keep [G] up with my own
[C] _ _ But I won't [Am] be getting [Em] up today
[G] _ _ [C] _ [D] _ _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [D] _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [A#] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
And it's getting very [D] [Em] hard to [G] say _ [C] _ _ [D] That [Am] we're living here [G] in Allentown _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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