Tono: C
C
D
G
3x
G
Em
D
Well we're living here in Allentown
C
D
G
And they're closing all the factories down
Em
A
D
Out in Bethlehem they're killing time
A
Em
A
D
Filling out forms - Standing in line
G
Em
D
Well our fathers fought the Second World War
C
D
G
Spent their weekends on the Jersey Shore
Em
A
D
Met our mothers in the USO
A
D
A
D
Asked them to dance, Danced with them slow
G
Em
D
And we're living here in Allentown
F
G
C
But the restlessness was handed down
Em
C
G
D
Em
D
And it's getting very hard to stay
C
D
G
?C
D
G
G
Em
D
Well we're waiting here in Allentown
C
D
G
For the Pennsylvania we never found
Em
A
D
For the promises our teachers gave
A
Em
A
D
If we worked hard , If we behaved
G
Em
D
So the graduations hang on the wall
C
D
G
But they never really helped us at all
Em
A
D
No they never taught us what was real
A
D
A
D
Iron and coke - And chromium steel
G
Em
D
And we're waiting here in Allentown
F
G
C
But they've taken all the coal from the ground
Em
C
G
D
Em
D
And the union people crawled away
C
D
G
F
G
A#
Every child had a pretty good shot
F
G
A#
To get at least as far as their old man got
F
G
A#
But something happened on the way to that
Place
F
G
A#
They threw an American flag in our face
C
D
G
G
Em
D
Well I'm living here in Allentown
C
D
G
And it's hard to keep a good man down
Em
C
G
D
Em
D
But I won't be getting up today - ay - ay
C
D
G
F
G
A#
Em
C
G
D
Em
D
And it's getting very hard to stay
C
D
G
And we're living here in Allentown