Allentown

C D G 3x

                G       Em     D
Well we're living here in Allentown
                C          
And they're closing all the 
     D      G
factories down
        Em                      
Out in Bethlehem they're killing 
A      D
time
  A           Em       A      D
Filling out forms - Standing in line
             G                  Em
Well our fathers fought the Second
             D
 World War
                C                  
Spent their weekends on the Jersey 
 D  G
Shore
             Em         A   D
Met our mothers in the USO
    A           D              A 
Asked them to dance, Danced with 
             D
them slow
        G           Em         D
And we're living here in Allentown

        F               G         
But the restlessness was handed 
     C
down
        Em              C      G 
And it's getting very hard to 
     D  Em  D
stay

C D G – C D G
                G       Em     D
Well we're waiting here in Allentown
Continues after the ad
                C               D 
For the Pennsylvania we never 
     G
found
        Em              A      D
For the promises our teachers gave
  A           Em       A      D
If we worked hard , If we behaved
     G                  Em        
So the graduations hang on the 
     D
wall
        C                   D     
But they never really helped us at 
G
all
             Em                 
No they never taught us what was 
A        D
real
    A           D      A          D
Iron and coke - And chromium steel

        G           Em         D
And we're waiting here in Allentown

        F               G         
But they've taken all the coal 
     C
from the ground
        Em              C      G 
And the union people crawled away
     D  Em  D


C D G

F               G              A#
Every child had a pretty good shot
F               G              
To get at least as far as their old 
A#
man got
F               G              
But something happened on the way to
A#
 that

Place
F               G              
They threw an American flag in our 
A#
face

C D G
        G           Em         D
Well I'm living here in Allentown
                C               
And it's hard to keep a good man 
D      G
down
        Em              C      G 
But I won't be getting up today  
     D  Em  D
 -  ay  -  ay

C D G

[G  O] F G A#  (4x)

        Em              C      G 
And it's getting very hard to 
     D  Em  D
stay
                C       D      G
And we're living here in Allentown

The D Chord is often lifted and 
dropped on the E string.
The F-G-A# part is played by sliding
 the F up the bridge.
Submitted by David Whitney