BPM 174 - Just drums at beginning x 2 - then slidey riff x 2 with D A at end of final run A - 7--- E - 4/5 [Start with D to A keyb riff - Verse- LONGER THAN YOU THINK TO FIRST D]
[Verse 1] B [A] een working so hard , [D][A] I'm punching my card, [D][A] eight hours, for what? [D][A] Oh, tell me what I got... [D] I got this feelin that times just a holdin me d [A] own, i [D] 'll hit the ceiling...or else [D#(X67XXX)] i'll tear up this town........ [E][E/F#][E/G#][(stop)]
Tonight I gotta [D + snare] cut [Chorus] L [A] oose, [D] foot [A] loose K [D] ick off your Sunday s [A] hoes [A] Please, [D] L [A] ouise P [D] ull me offa my [A] knees [A] Jack, [D] get [A] back C [D] 'mon before we [A] crack [A ] Lose [D] your [A] blues E [G] verybody [D] cut foot [A] loose
2 x slidey riff - then back in with D A key riff
[Verse] Y [A] ou're playing so cool, [D][A] Obeying every rule, [D][A] Dig way down in your heart [D][A] You're yearning, burning fo [D] r some, somebody to tell you, that life ain't passing [A] you by (no slidey riff) I [D] 'm trying to te [D#] ll [D] you, It will if you don't even try [E][E/F#][E/G#]
You can fly if you'd only [D + snare] cut [Chorus] L [A] oose, [D] foot [A] loose K [D] ick off your Sunday s [A] hoes [A] Ooh-wee, [D] Ma [A] rie [D] Shake it, shake it for [A] me [A] Whoa, [D] Mi [A] lo C [D] 'mon C'mon Lets [A] Go [A] Lose [D] your [A] blues E [G] verybody [D] cut foot [A] loose
[A] First, we got to turn you around [D][A] Second, you put your feet on the ground [D][A] Third, now take a hold of your soul [E][E/G#][E/B - 7th fret barre] [Don't hold as long as record - just hold E/B for 1 bar then stop - then back in]
Im turning it loose [Chorus] No 'loose' come in on the D to A riff and 'foot loose' -- [D + snare] foot [A] loose K [D] ick off your Sunday s [A] hoes [A] Please, [D] L [A] ouise P [D] ull me offa my [A] knees [A] Jack, [D] get [A] back C [D] 'mon before we [A] crack [A]- Lose [D] your [A] blues E [G] verybody [D] cut foot [A] loose
L [A] oose, [D] foot [A] loose K [D] ick off your Sunday s [A] hoes [A] Please, [D] L [A] ouise P [D] ull me offa my [A] knees [A] Jack, [D] get [A] back C [D] 'mon before we [A] crack [A]- Lose [D] your [A] blues E [G] verybody [D] cut foot [A] loose [Stop] [Ignore original ending]
[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]