[Violin Part Chords - Drums in - BPM 107] |C |Em |F |C G | x2
[Verse 1] [C] Poor old Johnny [Em] Ray Sounded [F] sad upon the radio moved a [C] million hearts in [G] mono [C] Our mothers [Em] cried [F] Sang along, who'd blame them [C][G] [C] You're grown (you're grown up) [Em] so grown (so grown up) [F] Now I must say more than ever [C][G] (come on Eileen) [C] Toora-loora- [Em] toora-loo-rye- [F] aye and we can [C] sing just like our [G] fathers
[Fill] |G Gsus2 G Gsus2 |G Gsus2 G Gsus2 | [Chorus] [D] Come on Eileen oh, I [A] swear (well he means) at this [Em] moment you mean [G] every [A] thing With [D] you in that dress, my [A] thoughts (I confess) verge on [Em] dirty, ah come [G] on Eil [A] een
[Instrumental] A part play 9 10 on B whilst playing 0 11 9 10 9 then 12 10 12 10 on B to 11 on G |A |A | |C |Em |F |C G | x 2
[Verse 2] [C] These people round [Em] here (wear beaten) [F]down eyes sunk in smoke-dried faces, so res [C] igned to what their [G] fate is but [C] not us (no never) no [Em] not us (no never) [F] we are far too young and clever [C][G] (remember) [C] Toora-loora- [Em] toora-loo-rye- [F] aye Eileen, I'll [C] hum this tune for [G] ever
[Fill] |G Gsus2 G Gsus2 |G Gsus2 G Gsus2 |
[Chorus] [D] Come on, Eileen, oh I [A] swear (well he means) Ah come [Em] on, let's take off [G] everyt [A] hing That [D] pretty red dress, Ei [A] leen (tell him yes) Ah, come [Em] on, let's, ah, come [G] on, Ei [A] leen That [D] pretty red dress, Ei [A] leen (tell him yes) Ah, come [Em] on, let's, ah, come [G] on, Ei [A] leen [D] Please...
[Chorus - Half speed - slow one then speeds up - D F#m G (D A)] [D] (Come on, Eileen, too-loo rye- [F#m] aye, come on) (Eileen, too-loo rye- [G] Now you have grown, now you have shown, [D] oh, [A] Eileen
[D] (Come on, Eileen, too-loo rye-aye, come on) [F#m]Come on, (Eileen, too-loo rye-aye, [G] Now I must say more than ever, [D] things round here have [A]changed
[Chorus] [D] Come on Eileen oh, I [A] swear (well he means) at this [Em] moment you mean [G] everyth [A] ing With [D] you in that dress, my [A] thoughts (I confess) verge on [Em] dirty, ah come [G] on Eil [A] een
[End] [Violin Part and Chords] [C][Em][Fsus2][C][G] E-3--5--3-----7--7--7---x--x--x--0h1-3---0h1--3-- B-5--5--5-----8--10-8---8--10-8------1--------3-- G-5--5--5-----9--X--9---10-10-10-----0--------0-- D-5--5--5-----9--9--9---10-10-10-----2--------0-- A-3--3--5-----7--7--7---8--8--8------3--------X-- E---------------------------------------------3--
[Intro BPM 117 - Drum intro xSSxSSxS] Approx chords C D G G (Chug - down strokes - nice and slow - snare on final phrase) E 0--- 32-3 ---- -333 ---- 32-3 ---- -333 B 1--- 33-3 ---- -333 ---- 33-3 ---- -333 G 0--- 22-0 ---- -000 ---- 22-0 ---- -000 D 2--- 00-0 ---- -002 ---- 00-0 ---- -002 A 3--- ---x ---- -x23 ---- ---x ---- -x23 E x--- ---3 ---- -3x- ---- ---3 ---- -3x- DrB-S- B-S- B-S- B-S- B-S- B-S- B-S- B-S-
E ---- 32-3 3--- B ---- 33-3 0--- G ---- 22-0 02-0 D ---- ---0 0-4- A ---- ---x x--- E ---- ---3 3--- DrB-S- B-S- SSSS
[Verse] Well we're [Em7] living here in [Asus4] Allen- [D] town [Dsus2][D] And they're [Am7] closing all the [D7sus4 - xx0213] factories [G] down [Gsus2 - 3x0233][G] Out in [Em7] Bethlehem they're [A] killing [Bm] time [F#m/A] Filling out [G6] forms, [D/F#] standing in [Asus4] line [A]
[Verse] Well our [Em7] fathers fought the [Asus4] Second World [D] War [Dsus2][D] Spent their [Am7] weekends on the [D7sus4] Jersey shore [G][Gsus2][G] Met our [Em7] mothers in the [A] US [Bm] O [F#m/A] Asked them to [G6] dance, [D/F#] danced with them sl- [Asus] ow [A] And we're [Em7] living here in [Asus4] Allentown [D-Dsus4-Dsus2-D] (break)
[Bridge - Snare on &4&] But the [F/A] restlessness was [G/B] handed [C] down [G/C - x30003][C] And it's [Am] getting very [D7sus4] hard [D7] to (backward beat) [Em] stay [G/B] a a ay [C] a a ay [D] a a ay (ays run into intro)
[Intro] (see above) Approx chords C D G G x 2
[Verse] Well we're [Em7] waiting here in [Asus4] Allen- [D] town [Dsus2][D] For the [Am7] Pennsylvania [D7sus4] we never [G] found [Gsus2][G] For the [Em7] promises our [A] teachers [Bm] gave [F#m/A] If we worked [G6] hard, [D/F#] if we be [Asus4] haved [A]
[Verse] So the [Em7] graduations [Asus4] hang on the [D] wall [Dsus2][D] But they [Am7] never really [D7sus4] helped us at all [G][Gsus2][G] No they [Em7] never taught us [A] what was [Bm] real [F#m/A] Iron and [G6] coke, [D/F#] chromium ste- [Asus4] el [A] And we're [Em7] waiting here in [Asus4] Allentown [D-Dsus4-Dsus2-D] (break)
[Bridge] But they've [F/A] taken all the [G/B] coal from the [C] ground [G/C][C] And the [Am] union people [D7sus4] crawled [D7] a-way [Em][G/B][C][D]
[Intro] (see above, first half) Approx chords C D G G x 2
[Middle 8 - Just bass drum with some snare at end] [F] Every child [G/F] had a pretty [F] good shot [F] To get at least [G/F] as far as their [Bb/F] old man got [F] But something [G/F] happened on the way [F] to that place [F] They threw an [G] American flag in [C] our [C] face (intro intro riff)
[Intro] (see above) Approx chords C D G G x 2
[Verse] (variation) Well I'm [Em7] living here in [Asus4] Allen- [D] town [Dsus2][D] And it's [F/A] hard to keep a [G/B] good man [C] down [G/C][C] But I [Am] won't be getting [D7sus4] up [D7] to (backward beat) [Em] stay [G/B] a a ay [C] a a ay [D] a a ay (ays run into intro)
[Intro] (see above, first half) Approx chords C D G G x 2
[Middle 8 - Just bass drum with some snare at end] (instrumental) F G/F F F - F G/F Bb/F Bb/F F G/F F F - F G 2/4 C
[Coda] (intro and bridge variation) Approx chords C D G G x 2
And it's [C(add9)] Getting very [D] hard to (backward beat til end) [Em] stay [G/B] ay... [C] .ay [D] ..ay... and we're [Am] living here in [D7sus4] Allentown [G][Gsus4][Gsus2][G]
