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