Werbung entfernenAllentown by Billy Joel
C D G 3x
G Em DWell we're living here in Allentown
C D GAnd they're closing all the factories down
Em A DOut in Bethlehem they're killing time
A Em A DFilling out forms - Standing in line
G Em DWell our fathers fought the Second World War
C D GSpent their weekends on the Jersey Shore
Em A DMet our mothers in the USO
A D A DAsked them to dance, Danced with them slow
G Em DAnd we're living here in Allentown
F G CBut the restlessness was handed down
Em C G D Em DAnd it's getting very hard to stay
C D G – C D G
G Em DWell we're waiting here in Allentown
C D GFor the Pennsylvania we never found
Em A DFor the promises our teachers gave
A Em A DIf we worked hard , If we behaved
G Em DSo the graduations hang on the wall
C D GBut they never really helped us at all
Em A DNo they never taught us what was real
A D A DIron and coke - And chromium steel
G Em DAnd we're waiting here in Allentown
F G CBut they've taken all the coal from the ground
Em C G D Em DAnd the union people crawled away
C D G
F G A#Every child had a pretty good shot
F G A#To get at least as far as their old man got
F G A#But something happened on the way to that
Place
F G A#They threw an American flag in our face
C D G
G Em DWell I'm living here in Allentown
C D GAnd it's hard to keep a good man down
Em C G D Em DBut I won't be getting up today - ay - ay
C D G
SOLO> F G A# (4x)
Em C G D Em DAnd it's getting very hard to stay
C D GAnd we're living here in Allentown
The D chord is often lifted and dropped on the E string.
The F-G-A# part is played by sliding the F up the bridge.
Submitted by David Whitney
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