Chords
Allentown

Key: C

Introduction:

difficulty
very easy |||||
C  D  G3x  
                                          G                 Em              D  
Well we're living here in Allentown
                                          C                                      D                 G  
And they're closing all the factories down
                     Em                                                         A                 D  
Out in Bethlehem they're killing time
     A                            Em                    A                 D  
Filling out forms - Standing in line
                                  G                                              Em                                    D  
Well our fathers fought the Second World War
                                          C                                                 D      G  
Spent their weekends on the Jersey Shore
                                  Em                      A      D  
Met our mothers in the USO
          A                            D                                      A                                      D  
Asked them to dance, Danced with them slow
                     G                            Em                         D  
And we're living here in Allentown
                     F                                      G                                      C  
But the restlessness was handed down
                     Em                                    C                 G                 D    Em    D  
And it's getting very hard to stay
C  D  G?  C  D  G  
                                          G                 Em              D  
Well we're waiting here in Allentown
                                          C                                      D                 G  
For the Pennsylvania we never found
                     Em                                    A                 D  
For the promises our teachers gave
     A                            Em                    A                 D  
If we worked hard , If we behaved
             G                                              Em                                    D  
So the graduations hang on the wall
                     C                                                 D              G  
But they never really helped us at all
                                  Em                                            A                      D  
No they never taught us what was real
          A                            D                 A                            D  
Iron and coke - And chromium steel
                     G                            Em                         D  
And we're waiting here in Allentown
                     F                                      G                                      C  
But they've taken all the coal from the ground
                     Em                                    C                 G                 D    Em    D  
And 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                         D  
Well I'm living here in Allentown
                                          C                                      D                 G  
And it's hard to keep a good man down
                     Em                                    C                 G                 D    Em    D  
But I won't be getting up today      -    ay    -    ay
C  D  G  
         F  G  A#  
                     Em                                    C                 G                 D    Em    D  
And it's getting very hard to stay
                                          C                 D                 G  
And we're living here in Allentown