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