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DO RE SOL 3x
SOL MIm RE
Well we're living here in Allentown
DO RE SOL
And they're closing all the factories down
MIm LA RE
Out in Bethlehem they're killing time
LA MIm LA RE
Filling out forms - Standing in line
SOL MIm RE
Well our fathers fought the Second World War
DO RE SOL
Spent their weekends on the Jersey Shore
MIm LA RE
Met our mothers in the USO
LA RE LA RE
Asked them to dance, Danced with them slow
SOL MIm RE
And we're living here in Allentown
FA SOL DO
But the restlessness was handed down
MIm DO SOL RE MIm RE
And it's getting very hard to stay
C D G – C D G
SOL MIm RE
Well we're waiting here in Allentown
DO RE SOL
For the Pennsylvania we never found
MIm LA RE
For the promises our teachers gave
LA MIm LA RE
If we worked hard , If we behaved
SOL MIm RE
So the graduations hang on the wall
DO RE SOL
But they never really helped us at all
MIm LA RE
No they never taught us what was real
LA RE LA RE
Iron and coke - And chromium steel
SOL MIm RE
And we're waiting here in Allentown
FA SOL DO
But they've taken all the coal from the ground
MIm DO SOL RE MIm RE
And the union people crawled away
DO RE SOL
FA SOL SIb
Every child had a pretty good shot
FA SOL SIb
To get at least as far as their old man got
FA SOL SIb
But something happened on the way to that
Place
FA SOL SIb
They threw an American flag in our face
DO RE SOL
SOL MIm RE
Well I'm living here in Allentown
DO RE SOL
And it's hard to keep a good man down
MIm DO SOL RE MIm RE
But I won't be getting up today - ay - ay
DO RE SOL
SOLO> F G A# (4x)
MIm DO SOL RE MIm RE
And it's getting very hard to stay
DO RE SOL
And we're living here in Allentown
The D Chord is often lifted and dropped on the E string.
The F-G-A# part is played by sliding the F up the bridge.
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