{"id":19484,"date":"2023-12-17T19:17:13","date_gmt":"2023-12-17T19:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=19484"},"modified":"2026-02-16T21:54:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T21:54:51","slug":"allentown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/allentown\/","title":{"rendered":"Allentown"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Allentown chords\r\n<\/span>Billy Joel\r\n<\/span> \r\nC<\/span> D<\/span> G<\/span> 3x\r\n<\/span> \r\nA<\/span>          Em<\/span>             A<\/span>    D<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Well we're living here in Allen [D] town\r\n<\/span><\/span>            Am<\/span>              D<\/span>         G<\/span>\r\n<\/span>And they're closing all the [D] factories [G] down\r\n<\/span><\/span>       Em<\/span>                A<\/span>       Bm<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Out in Bethlehem they're killing time\r\n<\/span><\/span>A<\/span>           Em<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Filling out forms\r\n<\/span><\/span>D<\/span>           A<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Standing in line.\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n         Em<\/span>                 A<\/span>            D<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Well our fathers fought the Second World [D] War\r\n<\/span><\/span>            Am<\/span>              D<\/span>      G<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Spent their weekends on the [D] Jersey [G] Shore\r\n<\/span><\/span>        Em<\/span>             A<\/span> Bm<\/span>  A<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Met our mothers at the USO\r\n<\/span><\/span>A<\/span>             Em<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Asked them to dance\r\n<\/span><\/span>D<\/span>                A<\/span>   A7<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Danced with them slow\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n          Em<\/span>             A<\/span>    D<\/span>\r\n<\/span>And we're living here in [A] Allen [D] town.\r\n<\/span><\/span>        F<\/span>                G<\/span>      C<\/span>\r\n<\/span>But the restlessness was handed down\r\n<\/span><\/span>         Am<\/span>           D<\/span>       Em<\/span>                    Bm<\/span>       C<\/span> D<\/span> G<\/span>\r\n<\/span>And it's getting very hard to staaaaaaaaaaaaaaay [Bm]     [C] [D] [G] \r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\nC<\/span> D<\/span> G<\/span> 2x\r\n<\/span> \r\nA<\/span>          Em<\/span>              A<\/span>    D<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Well we're waiting here in [A] Allen [D] town\r\n<\/span><\/span>        Am<\/span>           D<\/span>        G<\/span>\r\n<\/span>For the Pennsylvania [D] we never [G] found\r\n<\/span><\/span>        Em<\/span>           A<\/span>        Bm<\/span>\r\n<\/span>For the promises our teachers gave\r\n<\/span><\/span>A<\/span>            Em<\/span>\r\n<\/span>If we worked hard\r\n<\/span><\/span>D<\/span>       A<\/span>    A7<\/span>\r\n<\/span>If we behaved.\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n       Em<\/span>          A<\/span>           D<\/span>\r\n<\/span>So the graduations hang on the [D] wall\r\n<\/span><\/span>         Am<\/span>           D<\/span>            G<\/span>\r\n<\/span>But they never really [D] helped us at [G] all\r\n<\/span><\/span>        Em<\/span>              A<\/span>        Bm<\/span>\r\n<\/span>No they never taught us what was real\r\n<\/span><\/span>A<\/span>       Em<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Iron or coke,\r\n<\/span><\/span>D<\/span>        A<\/span>    A7<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Chromium steel.\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n          Em<\/span>              A<\/span>    D<\/span>\r\n<\/span>And we're waiting here in [A] Allen [D] town.\r\n<\/span><\/span>            F<\/span>             G<\/span>             C<\/span>\r\n<\/span>But they've taken all the coal from the ground\r\n<\/span><\/span>        Am<\/span>           D<\/span>       Em<\/span>          Bm<\/span>       C<\/span> D<\/span> G<\/span>\r\n<\/span>And the union people crawled [Em] awaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay [Bm]     [C] [D] [G] \r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\nC<\/span> D<\/span> G<\/span> 2x\r\n<\/span> \r\nF<\/span>                 G<\/span>           F<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Every child had a pretty good shot\r\n<\/span><\/span>          G<\/span>               F<\/span>             Bb<\/span>\r\n<\/span>To get at least as far as their old man got.\r\n<\/span><\/span>F<\/span>                            G<\/span>           F<\/span>\r\n<\/span>If something happened on the way to that place\r\n<\/span><\/span>                            G<\/span>          F<\/span> G<\/span>\r\n<\/span>They threw an American flag in our face, \r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\nC<\/span> D<\/span> G<\/span> 2x\r\n<\/span> \r\nA<\/span>        Em<\/span>             A<\/span>    D<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Well I'm living here in [D] Allen [D] town\r\n<\/span><\/span>         Am<\/span>             D<\/span>        G<\/span>\r\n<\/span>And it's hard to keep a [D] good man [G] down.\r\n<\/span><\/span>      Am<\/span>               D<\/span>    Em<\/span>           Bm<\/span>           C<\/span> D<\/span> G<\/span>\r\n<\/span>But I won't be getting up todaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyy\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\nC<\/span> D<\/span> G<\/span>\r\n<\/span> \r\nGuitar solo\r\n<\/span> \r\nC<\/span> D<\/span> G<\/span>\r\n<\/span> \r\n         Am<\/span>           D<\/span>       Em<\/span>       Bm<\/span>     C<\/span> D<\/span> G<\/span>\r\n<\/span>And it's getting very hard to staaaaaaaaaaaaaay.\r\n<\/span><\/span>          Am<\/span>             D<\/span>    G<\/span>     C<\/span> G<\/span>\r\n<\/span>And we're living 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