Allentown Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[C][Em][D][G]
[C][Em][D][G]
[C][Em][D]
[G][C][G]

[Verse 1]
Well, we're [Em]living here in [A]Allen[D]town
[A][D]
And they're [Am]closing all the [D]factories [G]down
[D][G]
Out in [Em]Bethlehem, they're [G]kill[A]ing [Bm]time
[F#m]Filling out [Em]forms
[D]Standing in [A]line
Well, our [Em]fathers fought
the [A]Second World [D]War
[A][D]
Spent their [Am]weekends on the [D]Jersey Shore
[G][D][G]
Met our [Em]mothers at the [G]U S[A]O[Bm]
[F#m]Asked them to [Em]dance
[D]Danced with them [A]slow
And we're [Em]living here in [A]Allentown
[D][G][D]

[Chorus 1]
But the [F]restlessness was [G]handed [C]down
[G][C]
And it's [Am]getting very [D]hard to [Em]stay[Bm]
[C][D]

[Interlude 1]
[C][Em][D][G]
[C][Em][D][G]
[C][Em][D]
[G][C][G]

[Verse 2]
Well, we're [Em]waiting here in [A]Allen[D]town
[A][D]
For the [Am]Pennsylvania [D]we never [G]found
[D][G]
For the [Em]promises our [G]teach[A]ers [Bm]gave
[F#m]If we worked har[Em]d
[D]If we be[A]haved
So the [Em]graduations [A]hang on the [D]wall
[A][D]
But they [Am]never really [D]helped us at [G]all
[D][G]
No, they [Em]never taught us [G]what [A]was [Bm]real
[F#m]Iron and c[Em]oke
[D]Chromium [A]steel
And we're [Em]waiting here in [A]Allentown
[D][G][D]

[Chorus 2]
But they've [F]taken all the [G]coal from the [C]ground
[G][C]
And the [Am]union people [D]crawled a[Em]way
[Bm][C][D]

[Interlude 2]
[C][Em][D][G]
[C][Em][D]
[F]

[Bridge 1]
Every child [G]had a pret[F]ty good shot
To get at least as [G]far as their [Bb]old man got
[F]But something happened
[G]on the way [F]to that place
They threw an A[G]merican flag [C]in our

[Interlude 3]
[C](face)[Em][D][G]
[C][Em][D][G]
[C][Em][D][G][C][G]

[Chorus 3]
Well, I'm [Em]living here in [A]Allen[D]town
[A][D]
And it's [F]hard to keep a [G]good man [C]down
[G][C]
But I [Am]won't be getting [D]up to[Em]day
[Bm][C][D]

[Interlude 4]
[C][Em][D][G]
[C][Em][D]
[F]

[Bridge 2]
[G][F][F]
[G][Bb]
[F][G][F]
[F][G][C]

[Outro 1]
[C][Em][D][G]
[C][Em][D][G]
And it's [C]getting very [Em]hard [D]to sta[Em]y[Bm]
[C]And[D] we're living[Am] here in Allent[D]own
[G][C][G]