Billy Joel – Allentown (Guitar 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 (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-----|-----2-2-2---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)----||
|-----2-2-2---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-|----------------|-----------------|

  C     G/C           Am7     C/D       Em    Bm
  E E E E E +E  E E   E E E E E E E E   Q  Q  Q  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-----|-----2-2-2-2-5---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-||
|-----2-2-2-2-5---3-|-(3)-3-3-3-7-5----|----------------o||-(3)-3-3-3-7-5-----||
|-------------3-----|------------------|-----------------||-------------------||

 Bridge
  F            G/F       F         Fadd9           F        G/F
  +E  E E E Q  E E   +E   E  Q   E S S S S S S   E E E E Q  E 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-------------|----------------|
|------------------|---------------------------|----------------|

      Bb/F   Bb6/F           F        G/F       F         Fadd9
  +E  E Q  E S S S S S S   E E E E Q  E E   +E   E  Q   E S 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----|
|-----2-2-2-2-5---3-|-(3)-3-3-3-7-5-----|-----2-2-2-2-5---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-|
|----------------||-------------------||------------------|
|----------------||-------------------||------------------|
|----------------||-------------------||------------------|

      F          Fadd9           F             G/F
  +E   E  Q    E S S S S S S   E E   E   E Q   E   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---|
|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------|

      Bb/F         Bb6/F
  +E  E    Q     E S    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----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|

    F         G/F       F         Fadd9           F         G
  E E E E Q   E E   +E   E  Q   E S S S S S S   E E E E Q   E 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-----|------2-2-2-2-5---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--|
|-----2-2-2-2-5---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