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 
 
SOLO>  F G A#  (4x) 
 
        Em              C       G       D  Em  D 
And it's getting very hard to stay 
                C       D       G 
And we're living here in Allentown