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Allentown by Billy Joel - Guitar Chords

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            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 
        

We also have 49 songs by Billy Joel

• A Matter Of Trust
• All About Soul
• All For Leyna
• Allentown
• An Innocent Man
• And So It Goes
• Angry Young Man
• Baby Grand
• Big Shot
• Captain Jack
• Dont Ask Me Why
• Everybody Loves You Now
• Goodnight Saigon
• Honesty
• I Go To Extremes
• Its Still Rock And Roll To Me
• Just The Way You Are
• Keeping The Faith
• Leave A Tender Moment Alone
• Leningrad
• Lullabye Goodnight My Angel
• Miami 2017
• Movin Out
• My Life
• New York State Of Mind
• Only The Good Die Young
• Piano Man
• Pressure
• Say Goodbye To Hollywood
• Scenes From An Italian Restaurant
• Shes Always A Woman
• Shes Got A Way
• Summer Highland Falls
• Tell Her About It
• The Ballad Of Billy The Kid
• The Downeaster Alexa
• The Entertainer
• The Longest Time
• The River Of Dreams
• The Stranger
• This Night
• To Make You Feel My Love
• Tomorrow Is Today
• Uptown Girl
• Vienna
• We Didnt Start The Fire
• You May Be Right
• Youre My Home
• Zanzibar

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