Billy Joel – Allentown (Bass Tab)

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As recorded by Billy Joel (From the 1982 Album THE NYLON CURTAIN) Words and Music by Billy Joel Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (B E A D G B) - 'Doug Stegmeyer - Bass'
 Intro
  Q=116
 4/4
  Wx2          Q  Q  E E E E   H    E E E E   H    E E E E
|------------|---------------|--------------|--------------|
|------------|-------2-0-----|--------------|------2-0-----|
|------------|-3-----------2-|----------2-3-|------------2-|
|------------|---------------|--------3-----|--------------|

  H    E E E E   H    E Q.     E Q  E +H
|--------------|-------------|---------------||
|--------------|------2-0----|-5-5--5-(5)----||
|----------2-3-|-------------|---------------||
|--------3-----|-------------|---------------||

   1st & 2nd Verses
    Q  Q  E E Q    Q  Q  E E Q    Q  Q  E E Q
||---------------|--------------|--------------|
||o--------------|--------------|--------------|
||o--------------|-5-----5-5----|-------5-5----|
||--0-----5-5----|--------------|-5------------|

  Q  Q  E E Q    Q  Q  E E Q    Q  Q  E E Q    Q  Q  E E Q
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|-3-----3-3----|-0-----5-5----|-7-----5-5----|-3-----2-2----|

  Q  Q  E E Q    Q  Q  E E Q    Q  Q  E E Q
|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|-5-----5-5----|
|-5-----5-5----|-0-----5-5----|--------------|

  Q  Q  E E Q    Q  Q  E E Q    Q  Q  E E Q
|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|-------5-5----|--------------|--------------|
|-5------------|-3-----3-3----|-0-----5-5----|

  Q  Q  E E Q    Q  Q  E E Q    Q  Q  E E Q
|--------------|--------------|--------------||
|--------------|--------------|--------------||
|--------------|--------------|--------------||
|-7-----5-5----|-3-----2-2----|-5-----5-5----||

 Chorus
  $
  Q  Q  E E Q    E E E E +H       Q  Q  E E Q
|--------------|----------------|--------------|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|
|--------------|-5-5---5-(5)----|-0-----2-2----|
|-0-----5-5----|----------------|--------------|

  Q  Q  E E E E   Q  Q  E E Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|---------------|--------------|-------------|
|---------------|--------------|-------------|
|-3-----3---3-2-|-------5-5----|-------2--2--|
|---------3-----|-5------------|-0--0--------|

                Interlude
                                                1.
                                       To Coda
  Q  Q  Q  Q     Q  Q  E E E E   H    E E E E    H    E E E E
|-------------||---------------|---------------|--------------|
|-------------||-------2-0-----|---------------|------2-0-----|
|-3--3--5--5--||-3-----------2-|----------2-3--|------------2-|
|-------------||---------------|--------3------|--------------|

                                                2.
  H    E E E E   H    E Q.     E Q  E +H         H    E E E E
|--------------|-------------|----------------||--------------||
|--------------|------2-0----|-5-5--5-(5)----o||------2-0-----||
|----------2-3-|-------------|---------------o||--------------||
|--------3-----|-------------|----------------||------------1-||

 Bridge
  W          +H     +E  S S S S S S   W
|----------|------------------------|------|
|----------|------------------------|------|
|----------|------------------------|------|
|-1--------|-(1)----(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1----|

  +H     +E  S S S S S S   W          +H     +E  S S S S S S
|------------------------|----------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|----------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|----------|-------------------------|
|-(1)----(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1--------|-(1)----(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1--|

                           Interlude
               2/4         4/4
  H.      E E   +E  E Q     Q  Q  E E E E
|-------------|----------||---------------|
|-------------|----------||-------2-0-----|
|-------------|-----3-3--||-3-----------2-|
|-1-------3-3-|-(3)------||---------------|

  H    E E E E   H    E E E E   H    E E E E   H    E Q.
|--------------|--------------|--------------|-------------|
|--------------|------2-0-----|--------------|------2-0----|
|----------2-3-|------------2-|----------2-3-|-------------|
|--------3-----|--------------|--------3-----|-------------|

                                  Bridge
 D.S. al Coda   &
  E Q  E +H        H    E E E E    +W
|---------------||--------------||--------|
|-5-5--5-(5)----||--------------||--------|
|---------------||------7-5-----||--------|
|---------------||------------1-||-(1)----|

  H    +E  S S S S S S   W          +H     +E  S S S S S S
|----------------------|----------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|----------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|----------|-------------------------|
|-1----(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1--------|-(1)----(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1--|

  W          +H     +E  S S S S S S   H.      E E
|----------|------------------------|-------------|
|----------|------------------------|-------------|
|----------|------------------------|-------------|
|-1--------|-(1)----(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-------3-3-|

             Outro
 2/4         4/4
  +E  E Q     Q  Q  E E E E   H    E E E E   H    E E E E
|----------||---------------|--------------|--------------|
|----------||-------2-0-----|--------------|------2-0-----|
|-----3-3--||-3-----------2-|----------2-3-|------------2-|
|-(3)------||---------------|--------3-----|--------------|

  H    E E E E   H    E Q  E   +Q   Q  Q  Q
|--------------|-------------|---------------|
|--------------|------2-0--2-|-(2)--2--------|
|----------2-3-|-------------|---------2--2--|
|--------3-----|-------------|---------------|

  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  E E +H       +W           Wx3
|-------------|-------------|---------------|------------|--------*|
|-------------|-------------|-5-------------|------------|--------*|
|-3--3--5--5--|-------5--5--|---------------|------------|--------*|
|-------------|-5--5--------|----3-3-(3)----|-(3)--------|--------*|
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