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