[Chorus] Well it's [D] all right, [D] riding a [A] round in the [G] breeze Well it's [D] all right, [D] if you live the [A] life you [D] please Well it's [D] all right, [D] doing the [A] best you [G] can Well it's [D] all right, [D] as long as you [A] lend a [D] hand
[Verse] [G] You can sit around and wait for the phone to [D] ring (end of the line) [G] Waiting for someone to tell you [D] everything (end of the line) [G] Sit around and wonder what tomor [D] row will bring (end of the line) Maybe a [A] diamond ring
[Chorus] Well it's [D] all right, [D] even if they [A] say you're [G] wrong Well it's [D] all right, [D] sometimes you [A] gotta be [D] strong Well it's [D] all right, [D] as long as you got [A] somewhere to [G] lay Well it's [D] all right, [D] every day is [A] judgement [D] day
[Verse] [G] Maybe somewhere down the [D] road aways (end of the line) [G] You'll think of me, and wonder where I [D] am these days (end of the line) [G] Maybe somewhere down the road when some [D] body plays (end of the line) [A] Purple Haze
[Chorus] Well it's [D] all right, [D] even when [A] push comes to [G] shove Well it's [D] all right, [D] if you got [A] someone to [D] love Well it's [D] all right, [D] everything'll [A] work out [G] fine Well it's [D] all right, [D] we're going to the [A] end of the [D] line
[Verse] [G] Don't have to be ashamed of the [D] car I drive (end of the line) [G] I'm just glad to be here, happy to [D] be alive (end of the line) [G] It don't matter, if you're [D] by my side (end of the line) I'm [A] satisfied
[Chorus] Well it's [D] all right, [D] even if you're [A] old and [G] grey Well it's [D] all right, [D] you still got [A] something to [D] say Well it's [D] all right, [D] remember to [A] live and let [G] live Well it's [D] all right, [D] the best you can [A] do is for [D] give
Well it's [D] all right, [D] riding [A] around in the [G] breeze Well it's [D] all right, [D] if you live the [A] life you [D] please Well it's [D] all right, [D] even if the [A] sun don't [G] shine Well it's [D] all right, [D] we're going to the [A] end of the [D] line
[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]