Allentown
by billy joel · posted by keepitnow
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How to read this tab — notation key
- +
- Blow note
- −
- Draw note
- b or '
- Half-step bend
- bb or ''
- Two half-step bend
- bbb or '''
- Three half-step bend
- (###)
- Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
- < or *
- Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)
Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.
3 -3 4 4 4 -4 -3 3 2
Well we're living here in Allentown
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And they're closing all the factories down
5 -5 6 6 6 -6 5 -5 6
Out in Bethlehem they're killing time
-5 -5 -5 -5 5
Filling out fo-rms
-4 -4 -3 -3 3
Standing in li-ine
3 -3 4 4 4 -4 -3 3 -2 -2
Well our fathers fought the second World War
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Spent their weekends on the Jersey Shore
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Met our mothers in the USO
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Asked them to da-ance
5 -4 -3 -3 3
Danced with them slo-ow
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And we're living here in Allentown
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But the restlessness was handed down
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And it's getting very hard to sta---a----a----a----ay
4 -3 4
Sta-a-ay