Intro] A D E A | / / / / | / / / / | / / / Bm7 E / | / / / / | A D E A | / / / / | / / / / | / / / D E / | / / / / | A D E A | / / / / | / / / / | / / / D E / | / / / / |
[Chorus 1] A D The tide is high, but I'm holding E on, A D E I'm gonna be your number one, A D I'm not the kinda girl who gives up E A just like that, D E Oh, no-------!
[Verse 1] A It's not the things you do that D E tease and hurt me bad A But it's the way you do the things D E you do to me, A D I'm not the kinda girl who gives up E A just like that, D E Oh, no-------!
[Chorus 2] A D The tide is high, but I'm holding E on, A D E D I'm gonna be your number one, number E one, D E [Riff] Number one----------!
[Verse 2] A D E Every girl wants you to be her man, A D But I'll wait, my dear, 'til it's my E turn, A D I'm not the kinda girl who gives up E A just like that, D E Oh, no--------!
[Chorus 3] A D The tide is high, but I'm holding E on, A D E D I'm gonna be your number one, number E one, D E [Riff] Number one----------!
[Bridge] A D E A | / / / / | / / / / | / / / Bm7 E / | / / / / | A D E A | / / / / | / / / / | / / / D E / | / / / / |
[Verse 3] A D E Every girl wants you to be her man, A D But I'll wait, my dear, 'til it's my E turn, A D I'm not the kinda girl who gives up E A just like that, D E Oh, no--------!
[Chorus 4] A D The tide is high, but I'm holding E on, A D E I'm gonna be your number one, D E D E Number one, number one, D E [Riff] Number one----------!
[Chorus 5] A D The tide is high, but I'm holding E on, A D E I'm gonna be your number one, A D The tide is high, but I'm holding E on, A D E I'm gonna be your number one
[Chorus 6] A D The tide is high, I'm ...holding E on, A D E I'm gonna be your number one, A D The tide is high, I'm ...holding E on, A I'm gonna be your number one, your D E ...number one
[Coda] A D E ||: / / / / | / / / / :|| [Repeat]
[Suggestion for ending] D E [Riff] | / / / / | / / / / | / / / A / | / || ==================================== [Chorus Riff] D E ...Number one----------------------! e|--0-----------|------------- B|--0-----------|------------- G|--1-----------|------------- D|--2--0--------|------------- A|--------4--2--|--0---------- E|--------------|-----4--2--0- ================= -| -| -| -| -| -|
[Option for the Chorus riff, with ch D E ...Number one----------------------! e|--0-----------|--------0--0- B|--0-----------|--------0--0- G|--1-----------|--------9\-1- D|--2--0--------|--------9\-2- A|--------4--2--|--0-----7\-2- E|--------------|-----4-----0- ord slide] -| -| -| -| -| -
[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]
