[BPM - 122 - Intro - Capo 1st fret for original key but do not bother live] Chords ---A----------E---------Bm-------F#m Keyboard melody E -9----------12--------10---9-7---9-- B -10-12-10---12-12-14--7----------10- G -9----------13--------7----------11- D ---------------------------------11- A -0-------------------------------9-- E ------------0---------7-------------
[E7sus4 - can be played 02223x or 0-7-9-7-10-7 - go with former as choruses bigger]
[Verse 1 - No drums] (Riff over G and E - 3x0007, 3x0005, 3x0005, E7sus4 to E - 0 7 9 7 10 7, 079997) [A] First, when there's [E] nothing but a [Bm] slow glowing [F#m] dream that you [D] fear seems to [A] hide deep [G] inside [Esus4] your [E] mind ....All [A] alone I have [E] cried silent [Bm] tears full of [F#m] pride ..In a [D] world made of [A] steel, made of [G] stone [G9][E7sus4][E] (drums come in now - speed up as they come in)
[Verse 2] Well [A] I hear the [E] music, close my [Bm] eyes, feel the [F#m] rhythm Wrap a [D] round, take a [A] hold of my [G] heart [G9][E7sus4][E]
[Chorus - xxF#mx Esus4Esus4xE xDDx xEEx - can play all chords low - F#m on snare] What a fee [F#m] ling, [Esus4][E][D][E] bein's believ [F#m] in'. [Esus4][E][D][E] I can't [A] have it [Bm] all, now I'm [A] dancin' [D] for my [E] life ............ Take your pas [F#m] sion, [Esus4][E][D][E] ...and make it hap [F#m] pen. [Esus4][E][D][E] ...Pictures [A] come [Bm] alive, you can [A] dance right [D] through your [E] life
[Solo - repeat intro for first 4 chords] A, E, Bm, F#m, D, A, G (G9), E (E7sus4 to E)
[Pre-Chorus] Now [A] I hear the [E] music, close my [Bm] eyes, I am [F#m] rhythm In a [D] flash it takes [A] hold of my [G] heart [E7sus4][E]
[Chorus] What a fee [F#m] ling, [Esus4][E][D][E] bein's believ [F#m] in'. [Esus4][E][D][E] I can't [A] have it [Bm] all, now I'm [A] dancin' [D] for my [E] life ............ Take your pas [F#m] sion, [Esus4][E][D][E] ...and make it hap [F#m] pen. [Esus4][E][D][E] ...Pictures [A] come [Bm] alive, you can [A] dance right [D] through your [E] life
[Breakdown - Big drums] What a [G] feeling .........[E] ......... [G] .................[E] .........
[Chorus] What a fee [F#m] ling [Esus4] - [E] - [D] - [E] - (I am music now), bein's bel [F#m] ievin [Esus4] ' - [E] - [D] - [E] - (I am rhythm now) Pictures [A] come [Bm] alive, you can [A] dance right [D] through your [E] life
[Outro] Play sequence [F#m Esus4 E D E] til end What a feeling --------------(I can really have it all) What a feeling --------------(Pictures come alive when I call) I can have it all --------------(I can really have it all) Have it all --------------(Pictures come alive when I call) --------------(call, call, call, call, what a feeling) I can have it all (Bein's believin') bein's believin' (Take your passion, make it happen) make it happen (What a feeling) what a feeling..
[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]
