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Allentown - Billy Joel
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Billy Joel
Allentown (1982)
(Billy Joel)
From: "The Nylon Curtain"
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CHORDS
e-B-G-D-A-e
C(add9) 0-3-0-2-3-x
*Em 3-0-0-2-x-x
G/B 3-3-0-0-2-x
*G/B x-3-0-0-2-x
Gsus4 3-1-0-0-x-3
Em7 0-3-0-2-2-0
Asus4 0-3-2-2-0-x
D 2-3-2-0-x-x
Dsus2 0-3-2-0-x-x
Am7 3-1-2-2-0-x
D7sus4 3-1-2-0-x-x
Gsus2 3-x-2-0-x-3
F#m/A 2-2-2-4-0-x
G6 0-0-0-0-x-3
D/F# 2-3-2-0-x-2
G/C x-3-0-0-3-x
G/F 3-0-0-0-x-1
Bb/F 1-3-3-3-x-1
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INTRO
*Em *Em
C(add9) D G/B C(add9) D G/B C(add9)
e|0-0-0-0-3-2---3-|--3-3-3-3-3-3-0-|--0-0-0-3-2---3-|--3-3-3-3-3-3-0-|
B|3-3-3-3-0-3---3-|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|--3-3-3-0-3---3-|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
G|0-0-0-0-0-2---0-|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0-0-0-0-2---0-|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
D|2-2-2-2-2-0---0-|--x-x-x-x-x-0-2-|--2-2-2-2-0---0-|--x-x-x-x-x-0-2-|
A|3-3-3-3-------2-|--2-2-2-2-2---3-|--3-3-3-------2-|--2-2-2-2-2---3-|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
*Em Gsus4
C(add9) D G G
e|--0-0-0-3-2-----|3-3-3-3---------|
B|--3-3-3-0-3-----|0-1-1-0---------|
G|--0-0-0-0-2-----|0-0-0-0---------|
D|--2-2-2-2-0-----|0-0-0-0---------|
A|--3-3-3---------|x-x-x-x---------|
E|----------------|3-3-3-3---------|
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INTRO (see above)
| C(add9) *Em D | G/B | C(add9) *Em D | G/B |
| C(add9) *Em D | G Gsus4 G |
Em7 Asus4 D Dsus2 D
Well we're living here in Allen-town
Am7 D7sus4 G Gsus2 G
And they're closing all the factories down
Em7 A Bm
Out in Bethlehem they're killing time
F#m/A G6 D/F# Asus4 A
Filling out forms, standing in line
Em7 Asus4 D Dsus2 D
Well our fathers fought the Second World War
Am7 D7sus4 G Gsus2 G
Spent their weekends on the Jersey shore
Em7 A Bm
Met our mothers in the USO
F#m/A G6 D/F# Asus A
Asked them to dance, danced with them slow
Em7 Asus4 D Dsus4 Dsus2 D (break)
And we're living here in Allentown
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F/A G/B C G/C C
But the restlessness was handed down
Am D7sus4 D7 | Em *G/B | C D |
And it's getting very hard to stay
INTRO (see above)
| C(add9) *Em D | G/B | C(add9) *Em D | G/B |
| C(add9) *Em D | G Gsus4 G |
Em7 Asus4 D Dsus2 D
Well we're waiting here in Allen-town
Am7 D7sus4 G Gsus2 G
For the Pennsylvania we never found
Em7 A Bm
For the promises our teachers gave
F#m/A G6 D/F# Asus4 A
If we worked hard, if we behaved
Em7 Asus4 D Dsus2 D
So the graduations hang on the wall
Am7 D7sus4 G Gsus2 G
But they never really helped us at all
Em7 A Bm
No they never taught us what was real
F#m/A G6 D/F# Asus4 A
Iron and coke, chromium steel
Em7 Asus4 D Dsus2 D (break)
And we're waiting here in Allentown
F/A G/B C G/C C
But they've taken all the coal from the ground
Am D7sus4 D7 | Em *G/B | C D |
And the union people crawled a-way
INTRO (see above, first half)
| C(add9) *Em D | G/B | C(add9) *Em D | [F]
F G/F F
Every child had a pretty good shot
F G/F Bb/F
To get at least as far as their old man got
F G/F F
But something happened on the way to that place
F G C [Cadd9]
They threw an American flag in our face
INTRO (see above)
| C(add9) *Em D | G/B | C(add9) *Em D | G/B |
| C(add9) *Em D | G Gsus4 G |
Em7 Asus4 D Dsus2 D
Well I'm living here in Allen-town
F/A G/B C G/C C
And it's hard to keep a good man down
Am D7sus4 D7 | Em *G/B | C D |
But I won't be getting up to-day
INTRO (see above, first half)
| C(add9) *Em D | G/B | C(add9) *Em D | [F]
| F G/F | F | F G/F | Bb/F | F G/F | F | F G |2/4 C |
INTRO (see above)
| C(add9) *Em D | G/B | C(add9) *Em D | G/B |
And it's
| C(add9) *Em D | Em *G/B | C D |
Getting very hard to stay
[down up down up]
Am D7sus4 G Gsus4 Gsus2 G
And we're living here in Allentown
