Billy Joel – Allentown chords ver. 4

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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 Ge|--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---------|
-------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 DWell we're living here in Allen-town
Am7 D7sus4 G Gsus2 GAnd they're closing all the factories down
Em7 A BmOut in Bethlehem they're killing time
F#m/A G6 D/F# Asus4 AFilling out forms, standing in line
Em7 Asus4 D Dsus2 DWell our fathers fought the Second World War
Am7 D7sus4 G Gsus2 GSpent their weekends on the Jersey shore
Em7 A BmMet our mothers in the USO
F#m/A G6 D/F# Asus AAsked them to dance, danced with them slow
Em7 Asus4 D Dsus4 Dsus2 D (break)And we're living here in Allentown
F/A G/B C G/C CBut 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 DWell we're waiting here in Allen-town
Am7 D7sus4 G Gsus2 GFor the Pennsylvania we never found
Em7 A BmFor the promises our teachers gave
F#m/A G6 D/F# Asus4 AIf we worked hard, if we behaved
Em7 Asus4 D Dsus2 DSo the graduations hang on the wall
Am7 D7sus4 G Gsus2 GBut they never really helped us at all
Em7 A BmNo they never taught us what was real
F#m/A G6 D/F# Asus4 AIron and coke, chromium steel
Em7 Asus4 D Dsus2 D (break)And we're waiting here in Allentown
F/A G/B C G/C CBut 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 DWell I'm living here in Allen-town
F/A G/B C G/C CAnd 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
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Am D7sus4 G Gsus4 Gsus2 GAnd we're living here in Allentown
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