Intro
D E A 3x
A F#m E
Well we're living here in Allentown
D E A
And they're closing all the factories down
F#m B E
Out in Bethlehem they're killing time
B F#m B E
Filling out forms - Standing in line
A F#m E
Well our fathers fought the Second World War
D E A
Spent their weekends on the Jersey Shore
F#m B E
Met our mothers in the USO
B E B E
Asked them to dance, Danced with them slow
A F#m E
And we're living here in Allentown
G A D
But the restlessness was handed down
F#m D A E F#m E
And it's getting very hard to stay
D E A – D E A
A F#m E
Well we're waiting here in Allentown
D E A
For the Pennsylvania we never found
F#m B E
For the promises our teachers gave
B F#m B E
If we worked hard , If we behaved
A F#m E
So the graduations hang on the wall
D E A
But they never really helped us at all
F#m B E
No they never taught us what was real
B E B E
Iron and coke - And chromium steel
A F#m E
And we're waiting here in Allentown
G A D
But they've taken all the coal from the ground
F#m D A E F#m E
And the union people crawled away
D E A
G A C
Every child had a pretty good shot
G A C
To get at least as far as their old man got
G A C
But something happened on the way to that
Place
G A C
They threw an American flag in our face
D E A
A F#m E
Well I'm living here in Allentown
D E A
And it's hard to keep a good man down
F#m D A E F#m E
But I won't be getting up today - ay - ay
D E A
[SOLO] G A C (4x)
F#m D A E F#m E
And it's getting very hard to stay
D E A
And we're living here in Allentown
The E Chord is often lifted and dropped on the F# string.
The F-G-C part is played by sliding the G up the bridge.
Submitted by David Whitney
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