Well we're living here in Allentown
And they're closing all the factories down
Em A DOut in Bethlehem they're killing time
A Em A DFilling out forms - Standing in line
Well our fathers fought the Second World War
C D GSpent their weekends on the Jersey Shore
Em A DMet our mothers in the USO
Asked them to dance, Danced with them slow
G Em DAnd we're living here in Allentown
F G C
But the restlessness was handed down
Em C G D Em DAnd it's getting very hard to stay
C D G – C D G
G Em DWell we're waiting here in Allentown
C D GFor the Pennsylvania we never found
For the promises our teachers gave
A Em A DIf we worked hard , If we behaved
G Em DSo the graduations hang on the wall
But they never really helped us at all
Em A DNo they never taught us what was real
A D A DIron 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
And the union people crawled away
F G Bb
Every child had a pretty good shot
F G BbTo get at least as far as their old man got
But something happened on the way to that
Place
F G BbThey threw an American flag in our face
C D GG Em D
Well I'm living here in Allentown
C D GAnd it's hard to keep a good man down
But I won't be getting up today - ay - ay
SOLO> F G A# (4x)
Em C G D Em D
And it's getting very hard to stay
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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