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Intro
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|0-0-0-0-3-2---3-|--3-3-3-3-3-3-0-|--0-0-0-3-2---3-|--3-3-3-3-3-3-0-| B|3-3-3-3-0-3---3-|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|--3-3-3-0-3---3-|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| G|0-0-0-0-0-2---0-|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0-0-0-0-2---0-|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| D|2-2-2-2-2-0---0-|--x-x-x-x-x-0-2-|--2-2-2-2-0---0-|--x-x-x-x-x-0-2-| A|3-3-3-3-------2-|--2-2-2-2-2---3-|--3-3-3-------2-|--2-2-2-2-2---3-| E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|--0-0-0-3-2-----|3-3-3-3---------| B|--3-3-3-0-3-----|0-1-1-0---------| G|--0-0-0-0-2-----|0-0-0-0---------| D|--2-2-2-2-0-----|0-0-0-0---------| A|--3-3-3---------|x-x-x-x---------| E|----------------|3-3-3-3---------|
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[Intro] (see above)
| C(add9) Em D | G/B | C(add9) Em D | G/B |
| C(add9) Em D | G Gsus4 G |
Verse
Well we're living here in Allen-town
And they're closing all the factories down
Out in Bethlehem they're killing time
Filling out forms, standing in line
Verse
Well our fathers fought the Second World War
Spent their weekends on the Jersey shore
Met our mothers in the USO
Asked them to dance, danced with them slow
Em7 Asus4 D Dsus4 Dsus2 D (break)
And we're living here in Allentown
Bridge
But the restlessness was handed down
Am D7sus4 D7 | Em G/B | C D |
And it's getting very hard to stay
[Intro] (see above)
| C(add9) Em D | G/B | C(add9) Em D | G/B |
| C(add9) Em D | G Gsus4 G |
Verse
Well we're waiting here in Allen-town
For the Pennsylvania we never found
For the promises our teachers gave
If we worked hard, if we behaved
Verse
So the graduations hang on the wall
But they never really helped us at all
No they never taught us what was real
Iron and coke, chromium steel
Em7 Asus4 D Dsus2 D (break)
And we're waiting here in Allentown
Bridge
But they've taken all the coal from the ground
Am D7sus4 D7 | Em G/B | C D |
And the union people crawled a-way
[Intro] (see above, first half)
| C(add9) Em D | G/B | C(add9) Em D | [F]
Middle 8
Every child had a pretty good shot
To get at least as far as their old man got
But something happened on the way to that place
F G C [Cadd9]
They threw an American flag in our face
[Intro] (see above)
| C(add9) Em D | G/B | C(add9) Em D | G/B |
| C(add9) Em D | G Gsus4 G |
[Verse] (variation)
Well I'm living here in Allen-town
And it's hard to keep a good man down
Am D7sus4 D7 | Em G/B | C D |
But I won't be getting up to-day
[Intro] (see above, first half)
| C(add9) Em D | G/B | C(add9) Em D | [F]
[Middle 8] (intrumental)
| F G/F | F | F G/F | Bb/F | F G/F | F | F G |2/4 C |
[Coda] (intro and bridge variation)
| C(add9) Em D | G/B | C(add9) Em D | G/B |
And it's
| C(add9) Em D | Em G/B | C D |
Getting very hard to stay
down up down up
And we're living here in Allentown
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