Allentown

	 
[Intro]
| C(add9)  Em D | G/B | C(add9)  Em D | G/B |
| C(add9)  Em D | G Gsus4 G   |
[Estrofe]
           Em7            Asus4 D 
Well we're living here in Allen-town
 Dsus2 D 
 
Well we're living here in Allen-town 
            Am7             D7sus4   
And they're closing all the factories
 G  Gsus2 G 
 down 
And they're closing all the factories down 
       Em7               A       Bm 
Out in Bethlehem they're killing time
 
Out in Bethlehem they're killing time 
F#m/A       G6     D/F#       
Filling out forms, standing in
 Asus4 A 
 line
Filling out forms, standing in line
[Estrofe]
        Em7                Asus4  
Well our fathers fought the Second
      D  Dsus2 D 
 World War 
Well our fathers fought the Second World War 
            Am7             D7sus4
Spent their weekends on the Jersey
     G  Gsus2 G 
 shore 
Spent their weekends on the Jersey shore 
        Em7            A Bm 
Met our mothers in the USO 
F#m/A         G6     D/F#            
Asked them to dance, danced with them
  Asus  A 
 slow 
Asked them to dance, danced with them slow 
          Em7           
And we're living here in
 Asus4    D Dsus4 Dsus2 D (break) 
 Allentown
And we're living here in Allentown
[Puente]
        F/A              G/B     C 
But the restlessness was handed down
 G/C  C 
 
But the restlessness was handed down 
         Am           D7sus4 D7
And it's getting very hard   to
   Em G/B   C D  
 stay
And it's getting very hard   to stay
[Intro]
| C(add9)  Em D | G/B | C(add9)  Em D | G/B |
| C(add9)  Em D | G Gsus4 G   |
[Estrofe]
           Em7             Asus4 D 
Well we're waiting here in Allen-town
 Dsus2 D 
 
Well we're waiting here in Allen-town 
        Am7          D7sus4   G 
For the Pennsylvania we never found
 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
[Estrofe]
       Em7         Asus4        D 
So the graduations hang on the wall
 Dsus2 D 
 
So the graduations hang on the wall 
         Am7          D7sus4      
But they never really helped us at
  G  Gsus2 G 
 all 
But they never really helped us at all 
        Em7             A        Bm 
No they never taught us what was real
 
No they never taught us what was real 
F#m/A    G6    D/F#       Asus4 A 
Iron and coke, chromium steel 
          Em7            
And we're waiting here in
 Asus4    D  Dsus2 D (break) 
 Allentown
And we're waiting here in Allentown
[Puente]
            F/A           G/B      
But they've taken all the coal from
       C  G/C  C 
 the ground 
But they've taken all the coal from the ground 
        Am           D7sus4 
And the union people crawled
 D7   Em G/B   C D  
 a-way
And the union people crawled a-way
[Instrumental]
| C(add9)  Em D | G/B | C(add9)  Em D | [F]
[Medio]
F             G/F       F 
  Every child had a pretty good shot
 
  Every child had a pretty good shot 
F                G/F            
 To get at least as far as their old
 Bb/F 
 man got 
 To get at least as far as their old man got 
F                G/F               F 
 But something happened on the way to
 that place 
 But something happened on the way to that place 
F               G       C          
 They threw an American flag in our
 [Cadd9] 
 face
 They threw an American flag in our face
[Instrumental]
| C(add9)  Em D | G/B | C(add9)  Em D | G/B |
| C(add9)  Em D | G Gsus4 G   |
[Estrofe]
         Em7            Asus4 D 
Well I'm living here in Allen-town
 Dsus2 D 
 
Well I'm living here in Allen-town 
         F/A            G/B      C 
And it's hard to keep a good man down
 G/C  C 
 
And it's hard to keep a good man down 
      Am               D7sus4
But I won't be getting up    
 D7   Em G/B   C D  
 to-day
But I won't be getting up     to-day
[Instrumental]
| 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 |
[Outro]
  C(add9)  Em D   G/B   C(add9)  Em D
                                     
   G/B  
    And it's 
                                         And it's 
  C(add9)    Em   D   Em G/B   C D  
 Getting very hard to stay 
          Am            
And we're living here in
 D7sus4    G Gsus4 Gsus2 G 
 Allentown
And we're living here in Allentown