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