JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "Allentown" adalah lagu pop rock dari penyanyi sekaligus komposer musik ternama Billy Joel.
Lagu ini rilis pada 1982 silam dalam sebuah album yang bertajuk The Nylon Curtain.
Meski lagu ini tak sampai menembus Top 10 Billboard Hot 100, namun "Allentown" meriah sertifikasi emas.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Got to Begin Again - Billy Joel
Berikut lirik dan chord lagu "Allentown" dari Billy Joel.
[Verse 1]
A Em A D
Well, we're living here in Allentown
Am D G
And they're closing all the factories down
Em A Bm
Out in Bethlehem, they're killing time
A Em D A
Filling out forms, standing in line
[Verse 2]
Em A D
Well, our fathers fought the Second World War
Am D G
Spent their weekends on the Jersey Shore
Em A Bm
Met our mothers at the USO
A Em D A
Asked them to dance, danced with them slow
[Chorus]
Em A D
And we're living here in Allentown
F G C
But the restlessness was handed down
Am D Em Bm C D G
And it's getting very hard to stay
[Verse 3]
A Em A D
Well, we're waiting here in Allentown
Am D G
For the Pennsylvania we never found
Em A Bm
For the promises our teachers gave
A Em D A
If we worked hard, if we behaved
[Verse 4]
Em A D
So the graduations hang on the wall
Am D G
But they never really helped us at all
Em A Bm
No they never taught us what was real
A Em D A
Iron and coke, chromium steel
[Chorus]
Em A D
And we're waiting here in Allentown
F G C
But they've taken all the coal from the ground
Am D Em Bm C D G
And the union people crawled away
[Bridge]
F G
Every child had a pretty good shot
G F Bb
To get at least as far as their old man got
F
But something happened
G F
On the way to that place
G F
They threw an American flag in our face
[Chorus]
A Em A D
Well I'm living here in Allentown
Am D G
And it's hard to keep a good man down
Am D Em Bm C D G
But I won't be getting up today
[Outro]
Am D Em Bm C D G
And it's getting very hard to stay
Am D G C G
And we're living here in Allentown