[N.C.]

[Cadd9]　[G/B]　[Cadd9]　[G/B]　[Cadd9]　[G/D]　[Gsus4]　[G]

 

[G]Well we're [Em7]living here in [Asus4]　[D]Allentown

And they're [Am]closing all the [D]factories [G]down

Out in [Em7]Bethlehem they're [A]killing [Bm]time

[A]Filling out [G6]forms

[D/F#]Standing in [Asus4]line

 

[A]Well our [Em7]fathers fought the [Asus4]Second World [D]War

Spent their [Am]weekends on the [D]Jersey [G]Shore

Met our [Em7]mothers in the [A]　[Gm]USO

[A]Asked them to [G6]dance

[D/F#]Danced with them [Asus4]slow

[A]And we're [Em7]living here in [Asus4]　[D]Allentown

 

[D]But the [Am]restlessness was [G/B]handed [C]down

And it's [Am]getting very [D]hard to [Em]stay

 

[Em]　[G/B]　[C]　[D]

[Cadd9]　[G/B]　[Cadd9]　[G/B]　[Cadd9]　[G/D]　[Gsus4]　[G]

 

[G]Well we're [Em7]waiting here in [Asus4]　[D]Allentown

For the [Am]Pennsylvania [D]we never [G]found

For the [Em7]promises our [A]teachers [Bm]gave

[A]If we worked [G6]hard

[D/F#]If we [Asus4]behaved

 

[A]So the [Em7]graduations [Asus4]hang on the [D]wall

But they [Am]never really [D]helped us at [G]all

No they [Em7]never taught us [A]what was [Bm]real

[A]Iron and [G6]coke

[D/F#]And chromium [Asus4]steel

[A]And we're [Em7]waiting here in [Asus4]　[D]Allentown

 

[D]But they've [Am]taken all the [G/B]coal from the [C]ground

And the [Am]union people [D]crawled [Em]away

 

[Em]　[G/B]　[C]　[D]

[Cadd9]　[G/B]　[Cadd9]　[G/D]　[F]

 

[F]Every child [G]had a [F]pretty good shot

To get at least as [G]far as their [A#]old man got

[F]But something [G]happened on the [F]way to that place

They threw an [G]American flag [C]in our face

 

[C]　[G/B]　[Cadd9]　[G/B]　[Cadd9]　[G/D]　[Gsus4]　[G]

 

[G]Well I'm [Em7]living here in [Asus4]　[D]Allentown

And it's [Am]hard to keep a [G/B]good man [C]down

But I [Am]won't be getting [Dadd9]up [Em]today

 

[Em]　[Bm]　[C]　[D]

[Cadd9]　[G/B]　[Cadd9]　[G/D]　[F]

[F]　[G/F]　[A#/F]　[F]　[G]　[C]

[Cadd9]　[G/B]　[Cadd9]　[G/B]

 

[G/B]And it's [Cadd9]getting very hard to [Em]stay[Bm]　[C]

[D]And we're [Am]living here in [D]Allentown

 

[Gsus4]　[G]