Chords for Billy Joel - Allentown w/lyrics
Tempo:
113.85 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
Em
F
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[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#]
[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
D
Em
F
C
G
D
Em
[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#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [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#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _