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Billy Joel - Allentown chords
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ALLENTOWN Billy Joel Intro: C - G5/E - D - G/B - G/D - Gi C - G5/E - D - G/B - G/D - Gi C - G5/E - D - G - C5/D - Gadd9/D - G Em A D Em7/D - D Well we're living here in Allen - town Am D G Gadd9/D - G And they're closing all the factories down Em A Bm Out in Bethlehem they're killing time F#m/A G6 Filling out forms - D/F# Asus4 A Standing in line G6/E A7 D Em7/D - D Well our fathers fought the Second World War Am7 D7 G C5/D - Gadd9/D - G Spent their weekends on the Jersey Shore Em A Bm Met our mothers in the US - O F#m/A G6 Asked them to dance, D/F# Asus4 A Danced with them slow Em Asus4 Dsus4 D And we're living here in Allen - town F/A G7/B C Cadd11 - Em7/C - C But the restlessness was handed down Am D Em G/B C D And it's getting very hard to stay - ay - ay - ay C - G5/E - D - G/B - G/D - Gi C - G5/E - D - G/B - G/D - Gi C - G5/E - D - G - C5/D - Gadd9/D - G [ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/b/billy-joel/304882.html ] Em A D Em7/D - D Well we're waiting here in Allen - town Am D G Gadd9/D - G For the Pennsylvania we never found Em A Bm For the promises our teachers gave F#m/A G6 If we worked hard , D/F# Asus4 A If we be - haved Em A D Em7/D - D So the graduations hang on the wall Am D G Gadd9/D - G But they never really helped us at all Em A Bm No they never taught us what was real F#m/A G6 Iron and coke - D/F# Asus4 A And chromium steel Em Asus4 Dsus4 D And we're waiting here in Allen - town F/A G7/B C Cadd11 - Em7/C - C But they've taken all the coal from the ground Am D Em G/B C D And the union people crawled a - way - ay - ay - ay C - G5/E - D - G/B - G/D - Gi - C - G5/E - D F G11/F Fi Every child had a pretty good shot F G11/F Bb/F To get at least as far as their old man got F G11/F Fi But something happened on the way to that place F G Ci They threw an A - merican flag in our face C - G5/E - D - G/B - G/D - Gi C - G5/E - D - G/B - G/D - Gi C - G5/E - D - G - C5/D - Gadd9/D - G Em A D Em7/D - D Well I'm living here in Allen - town F/A G/B C Cadd11 - Em7/C - C And it's hard to keep a good man down Am D Em G/B C D But I won't be getting up to - day - ay - ay - ay C - G5/E - D - G/B - G/D - Gi - C - G5/E -D Solo: F - G11/F - Fi F - G11/F - Bb/F F - G11/F - Fi F - G - C C - G5/E - D - G/B - G/D - Gi - C - G5/E - D - G/B - G/D Gi C G5/E D Em G/B C D And it's getting very hard to stay - ay - ay - ay Am D G C5/D - Gadd9/D - G// And we're living here in Allen - town C x32010 G5/E xx2033 D xx0232 G/B x2003x G/D xx000x Gi xx543x C5/D xx0013 G 320003 Gadd9/D xx0203 Gi xxx00x C5/D xx0013 G 320003 Gi xxx00x C5/D xx0013 G 320003 Gadd9/D xx0203 Em 022000 A x02220 Em7/D xx0030 Am x02210 Bm x20402 F#m/A x03222 G6 322000 D/F# 2x0232 Asus4 x02230 G6/E 022003 A7 x02223 Am7 x02213 Dsus4 xx0233 F/A x03211 G7/B x20031 Cadd11 x32011 Em7/C x3203x F 1332xx G11/F 130203 Fi 133211 Bb/F 113331 Ci x35553  |