Intro: C# D# G# x3 G# Fm D# Well weʼre living here in Allentown C# D# G# And theyʼre closing all the factories down Fm A# D# Out in Bethlehem theyʼre killing time A# Fm A# D# Filling out forms - Standing in line G# Fm D# Well our fathers fought the Second World War C# D# G# Spent their weekends on the Jersey Shore Fm A# D# Met our mothers in the USO A# D# A# D# Asked them to dance, Danced with them slow G# Fm D# And weʼre living here in Allentown F# G# C# But the restlessness was handed down Fm C# G# D# Fm D# And itʼs getting very hard to stay C# D# G# x2 G# Fm D# Well weʼre waiting here in Allentown C# D# G# For the Pennsylvania we never found Fm A# D# For the promises our teachers gave A# Fm A# D# If we worked hard, If we behaved G# Fm D# So the graduations hang on the wall C# D# G# But they never really helped us at all Fm A# D# No they never taught us what was real A# D# A# D# Iron and coke - And chromium steel G# Fm D# And weʼre waiting here in Allentown F# G# C# But theyʼve taken all the coal from the ground Fm C# G# D# Fm D# And the union people crawled away C# D# G# F# G# B Every child had a pretty good shot F# G# B To get at least as far as their old man got F# G# B But something happened on the way to that Place F# G# B They threw an American flag in our face C# D# G# G# Fm D# Well Iʼm living here in Allentown C# D# G# And itʼs hard to keep a good man down Fm C# G# D# Fm D# But I wonʼt be getting up today - ay - ay C# D# G# F# G# B x4 Fm C# G# D# Fm D# And itʼs getting very hard to stay C# D# G# And weʼre living here in Allentown
