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ALLENTOWN
As recorded by Billy Joel
(From the 1982 Album THE NYLON CURTAIN)
Words and Music by Billy Joel
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Russell Javors - Acoustic Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'David Brown - Electric Guitar'
Intro
Q=116
N.C. C EmD G C EmD G
4/4
Gtr I (Ac. Gtr.)
Wx2 E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|------------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|------------|-5-5-5-5-8-7---3-|-(3)-3-3-3-3---3-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-8-7---3-|
|------------|-5-5-5-5-9-7---4-|-(4)-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-9-7---4-|
|------------|-5-5-5-5-9-7---5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-9-7---5-|
|------------|-3-3-3-3-7-5-----|-------------5---3-|-(3)-3-3-3-7-5-----|
|------------|-----------------|-------------3-----|-------------------|
C EmD G GsusG
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E Q. E E E E +H
|-------------------|------------------|-3-3-3-3-(3)----||
|-(3)-3-3-3-3---3-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-8-7----|-3-3-3-3-(3)----||
|-(4)-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-9-7----|-4-5-5-4-(4)----||
|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-9-7----|-5-5-5-5-(5)----||
|-------------5---3-|-(3)-3-3-3-7-5----|----------------||
|-------------3-----|------------------|----------------||
1st & 2nd Verses
Em7 G/A D A/D Am7 C/D
E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-0-2-(2)-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-2-3-(3)-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1-5-5-5-5-|
||--0-0-0-0-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-|
||--0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-|-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2---------|
||o-2-2-2-2---------|-------------------|-0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-|
||--0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-|-------------------|-----------------|
G GaGd9 Em7 G Bm A6 G6 D/F#
E E E E +E E E E E E E E E Q E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-0--2-|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-|
|-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-2--3-|-(3)-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-|
|-4-4-2-4-(4)-4-4-4-|-0-0-0-0-0-2--4-|-(4)-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-|
|-------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-2--4-|-(4)-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-------------------|-2-2-2-2-2-0--2-|-(2)-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2---------|
|-------------------|-0-0-0-0-3------|-------------------|-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-|
Asus4 A Em7 G/A D A/D
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-0-2-(2)-2-2-2-|
|-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-2-3-(3)-3-3-3-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-|-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2---------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-|-------------------|
Am7 C/D G GaGd9 Em7 G A Bm
E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E Q E
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-0--2-|
|-1-1-1-1-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-2--3-|
|-0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-|-4-4-2-4-(4)-4-4-4-|-0-0-0-0-0-2--4-|
|-2-2-2-2---------|-------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-2--4-|
|-0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-|-------------------|-2-2-2-2-2-0--2-|
|-----------------|-------------------|-0-0-0-0-3------|
A6 G6 D/F# Asus4 A
+E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||
|-(3)-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-||
|-(4)-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||
|-(4)-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||
|-(2)-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2---------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||
|-------------------|-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-|-----------------||
Chorus
$
Em7 G/A D DsDs4 F/A G
E E E E E E E E E E E E +H E E E E E E E E
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-3-2-(2)----|-----------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-(3)----|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|
|-0-0-0-0-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-(2)----|-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-|
|-0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-|-0-0-0-0-(0)----|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|
|-2-2-2-2---------|----------------|-0-0-0-0---------|
|-0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-|----------------|-----------------|
CE E E G/CE E +E E E Am7E E E E C/DE E E E EmQ Q BmQ Q
|-------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-------2--2--|
|-5-5-5-3-5-(5)-5-5-|-1-1-1-1-5-5-5-5-|-8--8--3--3--|
|-5-5-5-4-5-(5)-5-5-|-0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-|-9--9--4--4--|
|-5-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-|-2-2-2-2---------|-9--9--4--4--|
|-3-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-|-7--7--2--2--|
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------|
Interlude
1.
To Coda
C D C EmD G C EmD G
Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------||-----------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|-5--5--7--7--||-5-5-5-5-8-7---3-|-(3)-3-3-3-3---3-5--|-(5)-5-5-5-8-7---3-|
|-5--5--7--7--||-5-5-5-5-9-7---4-|-(4)-4-4-4-4-4-4-5--|-(5)-5-5-5-9-7---4-|
|-5--5--7--7--||-5-5-5-5-9-7---5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|-(5)-5-5-5-9-7---5-|
|-3--3--5--5--||-3-3-3-3-7-5-----|-------------5---3--|-(3)-3-3-3-7-5-----|
|-------------||-----------------|-------------3------|-------------------|
2.
C EmD G GsusG C EmD F
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E Q. E E E E +H E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|------------------|-3-3-3-3-(3)-----||-----------------1-||
|-(3)-3-3-3-3---3-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-8-7----|-3-3-3-3-(3)----o||-(5)-5-5-5-8-7---1-||
|-(4)-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-9-7----|-4-5-5-4-(4)-----||-(5)-5-5-5-9-7---2-||
|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-9-7----|-5-5-5-5-(5)-----||-(5)-5-5-5-9-7---3-||
|-------------5---3-|-(3)-3-3-3-7-5----|----------------o||-(3)-3-3-3-7-5-----||
|-------------3-----|------------------|-----------------||-------------------||
Bridge
F+E E E E Q G/FE E +E F E Q E Fadd9S S S S S S E FE E E Q G/FE E
|-(1)-1-1-1-1--3-3-|-(3)-----------3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-1-1-1-1--3-3-|
|-(1)-1-1-1-1--3-3-|-(3)-10-10--10-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1--3-3-|
|-(2)-2-2-2-2--4-4-|-(4)-10-10--10-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2--4-4-|
|-(3)-3-3-3-3--3-3-|-(3)-10-10--10-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-|
|------------------|------8--8---8-------------|----------------|
|------------------|---------------------------|----------------|
+E Bb/FE Q E Bb6/FS S S S S S E FE E E Q G/FE E +E F E Q E Fadd9S S S S S S
|-(3)-6-6--6-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-1-1-1-1--3-3-|-(3)-----------3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|-(3)-6-6--6-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-1-1-1-1--3-3-|-(3)-10-10--10-1-1-1-1-1-1--|
|-(4)-7-7--7-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-2-2-2-2--4-4-|-(4)-10-10--10-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|-(3)-8-8--8-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-|-(3)-10-10--10-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|-----8-8--8-------------|----------------|------8--8---8--------------|
|------------------------|----------------|----------------------------|
Interlude
F G C C EmD G
2/4 4/4
E E E E Q E E +E E Q E E E E E E E E
|-3-1-1-1-1--3-3-|-(3)------||-----------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1--3-3-|-(3)-5-5--||-5-5-5-5-8-7---3-|
|-2-2-2-2-2--4-4-|-(4)-5-5--||-5-5-5-5-9-7---4-|
|-3-3-3-3-3--5-5-|-(5)-5-5--||-5-5-5-5-9-7---5-|
|----------------|-----3-3--||-3-3-3-3-7-5-----|
|----------------|----------||-----------------|
C EmD G C EmD
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E Q.
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-(3)-3-3-3-3---3-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-8-7---3-|-(3)-3-3-3-3---3-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-8-7----|
|-(4)-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-9-7---4-|-(4)-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-9-7----|
|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-9-7---5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-9-7----|
|-------------5---3-|-(3)-3-3-3-7-5-----|-------------5---3-|-(3)-3-3-3-7-5----|
|-------------3-----|-------------------|-------------3-----|------------------|
Bridge
D.S. al Coda &
G GsusG C EmD F G/F
E E E E +H E E E E E E E E +E E E E Q E E
|-3-3-3-3-(3)----||-----------------1-||-(1)-1-1-1-1--3-3-|
|-3-3-3-3-(3)----||-(5)-5-5-5-8-7---1-||-(1)-1-1-1-1--3-3-|
|-4-5-5-4-(4)----||-(5)-5-5-5-9-7---2-||-(2)-2-2-2-2--4-4-|
|-5-5-5-5-(5)----||-(5)-5-5-5-9-7---3-||-(3)-3-3-3-3--3-3-|
|----------------||-(3)-3-3-3-7-5-----||------------------|
|----------------||-------------------||------------------|
|
| Gtr II (El. Gtr.)
| W W E E E E Q E E
|----------------||-------------------||--1--1-1-1------3-|
|----------------||-------------------||--1--1-1-1------3-|
|----------------||-------------------||--2--2-2-2------4-|
|----------------||-------------------||------------------|
|----------------||-------------------||------------------|
|----------------||-------------------||------------------|
+E F E Q E Fadd9S S S S S S E FE E E Q G/FE E
|-(3)------------3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-1---1---1-1---3---3-|
|-(3)-10-10---10-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1---1---1-1---3---3-|
|-(4)-10-10---10-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2---2---2-2---4---4-|
|-(3)-10-10---10-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3---3---3-3---3---3-|
|------8--8----8-------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|
| |---3---| |--3--|
| E E H. Q Q Q Q Q Q
|--3---5--5------------------|-----5---5---5-7---7---|
|--3---6--6------------------|-----6---6---6-8---8---|
|--4---5--5------------------|-----5---5---5-7---7---|
|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------|
+E Bb/FE Q E Bb6/FS S S S S S
|-(3)-6----6-----6-3----3-3-3----3-3--|
|-(3)-6----6-----6-3----3-3-3----3-3--|
|-(4)-7----7-----7-3----3-3-3----3-3--|
|-(3)-8----8-----8-3----3-3-3----3-3--|
|-----8----8-----8--------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|
| |----3-----| |------3------|
| Q Q Q Q Q Q
|--7----13---13-13---13-------13------|
|--8----11---11-11---11-------11------|
|--7----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
E FE E E Q G/FE E +E F E Q E Fadd9S S S S S S E FE E E Q GE E
|-3-1-1-1-1---3-3-|-(3)-----------3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-1-1-1-1---3-3-|
|-3-1-1-1-1---3-3-|-(3)-10-10--10-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1---3-3-|
|-3-2-2-2-2---4-4-|-(4)-10-10--10-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2---4-4-|
|-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-|-(3)-10-10--10-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3---5-5-|
|-----------------|------8--8---8-------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------------------------|-----------------|
|
| E E E E E E Q E E Q E Q E Q E E E E E E
|---5-5-----5-----|--5---5------5---------5---|-----5-5-5-7-7-7-|
|---6-6-----6-----|--6---6------6---------6---|-----6-6-6-8-8-8-|
|---5-5-----5-----|--5---5------5---------5---|-----5-5-5-7-7-7-|
|-----------------|---------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------------------------|-----------------|
Outro
C C EmD G C EmD G
2/4 4/4
+E E Q E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-(3)--------||------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|-(3)--5--5--||--5-5-5-5-8-7---3-|--(3)-3-3-3-3---3-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-8-7---3-|
|-(4)--5--5--||--5-5-5-5-9-7---4-|--(4)-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-9-7---4-|
|-(5)--5--5--||--5-5-5-5-9-7---5-|--(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-9-7---5-|
|------3--3--||--3-3-3-3-7-5-----|--------------5---3-|-(3)-3-3-3-7-5-----|
|------------||------------------|--------------3-----|-------------------|
|
| >
| E E Q W +W W
|--7--12-12--||-12---------------|-(12)---------------|-------------------|
|--8--13-13--||-13---------------|-(13)---------------|-------------------|
|--7--12-12--||-12---------------|-(12)---------------|-------------------|
|------------||------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|------------||------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|------------||------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
C EmD Em Bm
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +Q Q Q Q
|-------------------|-------------------|---------2--2--|
|-(3)-3-3-3-3---3-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-8-7---8-|-(8)--8--3--3--|
|-(4)-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-9-7---9-|-(9)--9--4--4--|
|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-9-7---9-|-(9)--9--4--4--|
|-------------5---3-|-(3)-3-3-3-7-5---7-|-(7)--7--2--2--|
|-------------3-----|-------------------|---------------|
C D Am7 C/D G GsusG
Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E +H +W Wx3
|-------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-(3)----|-(3)--------|--------*|
|-5--5--7--7--|-1-1-1-1-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-(3)----|-(3)--------|--------*|
|-5--5--7--7--|-0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-|-4-5-5-4-(4)----|-(4)--------|--------*|
|-5--5--7--7--|-2-2-2-2---------|-5-5-5-5-(5)----|-(5)--------|--------*|
|-3--3--5--5--|-0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-|----------------|------------|--------*|
|-------------|-----------------|----------------|------------|--------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths