[Intro - Capo 2 - do use capo] [Just drums for a couple of bars] [F][G][C][Am]
[F][G][C][Am] E 1-----------0-- B 1--------1--0-3 G 2-2-2-0-2---0-- D 3-----------0-- A X-----------X-- E 1*----------3-- *USE THUMB
[Verse 1] It's [F] fine, it's [G] cool You can [C] say that we are nothing, but you [Am] know the truth And guess [F] I'm the [G] fool With her [C] arms out like an angel through the [Am] car sunroof
[Pre-Chorus- Dm9-xx0210] [Dm9] I don't wanna call it off [Dm] But you don't wanna call it love (go down octave at this point) [Dm9] You only wanna be the one that [Dm] (drums stop) I call baby
[Chorus- drums back in] [F] You can kiss a hundred [G] boys in bars Shoot [C] another shot, try to [Am] stop the feeling You [F] can say it's just the [G] way you are Make [C] a new excuse, another [Am] stupid reason Good luck, [F] well Good luck, Well, good luck, [G] babe You'd have [C] to stop the world just to [Am] stop the feeling Good luck, [F] babe Good luck, Well, good luck, [G] babe You'd have [C] to stop the world just to [Am] stop the feeling
[Verse 2] I'm cliche, [F] who cares? [G] It's a se [C] xually explicit kind of [Am] love affair And I cry, [F] it's not [G] fair I just [C] need a little lovin', I just [Am] need a little air
[Pre-Chorus] [Dm9] Think I'm gonna call it off [Dm] Even if you call it love [Dm9] I just wanna love someone who [Dm] (drums stop) calls me baby
[Chorus - drums back in] [F] You can kiss a hundred [G] boys in bars Shoot [C] another shot, try to [Am] stop the feeling You [F] can say it's just the [G] way you are Make [C] a new excuse, another [Am] stupid reason Good luck, [F] well Good luck, Well, good luck, [G] babe You'd have [C] to stop the world just to [Am] stop the feeling Good luck, [F] babe Good luck, Well, good luck, [G] babe You'd have [C] to stop the world just to [Am] stop the feeling
[Bridge] When you [Dm] wake up next to him in the middle of the night [Dm] With your head in your hands, you're nothing more than his wife [Dm] And when you think about me, all of those years ago [Dm] You're standing face to face with "I told you so" (drop octave for vocals) [Dm] You know I hate to say it, I told you so [Dm] You know I hate to say, but I told you so
[Chorus] [F] You can kiss a hundred [G] boys in bars Shoot [C] another shot, try to [Am] stop the feeling You [F] can say it's just the [G] way you are Make [C] a new excuse, another [Am] stupid reason Good luck, [F] well Good luck, Well, good luck, [G] babe You'd have [C] to stop the world just to [Am] stop the feeling Good luck, [F] babe Good luck, Well, good luck, [G] babe You'd have [C] to stop the world just to [Am] stop the feeling
[Outro - slow down to end] You'd have [C] to stop the world just to [Am] stop the feeling You'd have [C] to stop the world just to [Am] stop the feeling You'd have [C] to stop the world just to [Am] stop the 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]
