Harmonica is Vocal Patches - - - [Verse] Cm Bb Ab Bb
Cm Bb Ab Bb Cm Bb Ab Bb "There must be some kind of way out of here," said the joker to the thief, Cm Bb Ab Bb Cm Bb Ab Bb "There's too much confusion, I can't get no relief. Cm Bb Ab Bb Cm Bb Ab Bb Businessmen, they drink my wine, plowmen dig my earth, Cm Bb Ab Bb Cm Bb Ab Bb None will level on the line nobody offered his word."
[Verse 2] Cm Bb Ab Bb Cm Bb Ab Bb "No reason to get excited," the thief, he kindly spoke, Cm Bb Ab Bb Cm Bb Ab Bb "There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke. Cm Bb Ab Bb Cm Bb Ab Bb But you and I, we've been through that, and this is not our fate, Cm Bb Ab Bb Cm Bb Ab Bb So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late."
[Verse 3] Cm Bb Ab Bb Cm Bb Ab Bb All along the watchtower, princes kept the view Cm Bb Ab Bb Cm Bb Ab Bb While all the women came and went, barefoot servants, too. Cm Bb Ab Bb Cm Bb Ab Bb Outside in the cold distance a wildcat did growl, Cm Bb Ab Bb Cm Bb Ab Bb Two riders were approaching, and the wind began to howl. Yeah, Yeah.
[Chords used] Ab Bb Cm e|-4---6---8--| B|-4---6---8--| G|-5---7---8--| D|-6---8---10-| A|-6---8---10-| E|-4---6---8--|
"There must be some way out of here," said the joker to the thief, "There's too much confusion, I can't get no relief.
Businessmen, they drink my wine, plowmen dig my earth, None of them along the line know what any of it is worth."
"No reason to get excited," the thief, he kindly spoke, "There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke.
But you and I, we've been through that, and this is not our fate, So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late."
All along the watchtower, princes kept the view While all the women came and went, barefoot servants, too. Outside in the distance a wildcat did growl, Two riders were approaching, the wind began to howl.
Harmonica is - Vocal Patches - - - [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]
