The Seekers – Allentown Jail (Ukulele)

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On the charts in UK in 1966. INTRO: Bm D Bm F#...Bm D Bm/A/F#/Bm A #1.
     D            Bm         F#m       Bm
They locked up my darlin' in Allentown Jail,

G     A       D
Ohhh..whoaaa, oooh.

    D          Bm          F#m        Bm
And no one has come for to put up his bail,

E             A    A7
Ohhh..whoaaa, oooh.
#2.
     G          A                 D     F# Bm
They say at the court house he'll never go free,

G           D     D7
Ne.e.ver go free.

    G          A          D       F#  Bm
For he stole a diamond, a beauti..ful diamond,

   G        F#     Bm
To give, to give to me.
CHORUS:
Bm           D         Bm   A
Somewhere in Allentown Jail..

   Bm             F#        Bm
my heart waits in Allentown Jail.
#3.
    A               D              Bm           F#m        Bm
You know, I'm gonna dance for you, mister, I'll sing you a song,

G     A       D
Ohhh..whoaaa, oooh.

    D               Bm            F#m       Bm
But more than that, mister, would surely be wrong,

E             A    A7
Ohhh..whoaaa, oooh.

    G               A             D      F# Bm
But more than that, mister, would surely be wrong,

G                 D    D7
Oh, oh, can't you see?

         G            A          D       F#  Bm
Well, my love stole a diamond, a beauti..ful diamond,

   G        F#      Bm
To give, to give to me.
CHORUS:
Bm           D         Bm   A
Somewhere in Allentown Jail..

   Bm             F#        Bm
my heart waits in Allentown Jail.
OUTRO:
Bm           D         Bm   A
Somewhere in Allentown Jail..

   Bm             F#        Bm
my heart waits in Allentown Jail.
Bm D Bm/A/F#/Bm A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.