Billy Joel – Allentown chords

Chords:
Transpose:
There are already 3 chord versions of this song, but I think this one sounds the 
best..even if I say so myself...

C D G/B 2x
C D G-Gsus4-G
Em A DWell we're living here in Allentown
Am D GAnd they're closing all the factories down
Em A BmOut in Bethlehem they're killing time
A G D/F# D/A - AFilling out forms - Standing in line
Em A DWell our fathers fought the Second World War
Am D GSpent their weekends on the Jersey Shore
Em A BmMet our mothers in the USO
A G D/F# D/A - AAsked them to dance, Danced with them slow
Em A DAnd we're living here in Allentown
F/A G/B CBut the restlessness was handed down
Am D Em G/B C DAnd it's getting very hard to stay
C D G/B 2x C D G-Gsus4-G
Em A DWell we're waiting here in Allentown
Am D GFor the Pennsylvania we never found
Em A BmFor the promises our teachers gave
A G D/F# AIf we worked hard , If we behaved
Em A DSo the graduations hang on the wall
Am D GBut they never really helped us at all
Em A Bm No they never taught us what was real
A G D/F# AIron and coke - And chromium steel
Em A DAnd we're waiting here in Allentown
F/A G/B CBut they've taken all the coal from the ground
Am D Em G/B C DAnd the union people crawled away
C D G/B C D
F G/F FEvery child had a pretty good shot
F G/F Bb/FTo get at least as far as their old man got
F G/F FBut something happened on the way to that place
F G/F They threw an American flag in our face
C D G/B 2x C D G Gsus4 G
Em A DWell I'm living here in Allentown
F/A G/B CAnd it's hard to keep a good man down
Am D Em G/B C DBut I won't be getting up today - ay - ay
C D G/B C D SOLO> F G/F F F G/F Bb/F F G/F F F G/F C D G/B 2x
C D Em G/B C DAnd it's getting very hard to stay
Am D GAnd we're living here in Allentown
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