Allentown Jail The Seekers
On the charts in UK in 1966.
INTRO: Bm D Bm F#...Bm D Bm/A/F#/Bm A
They [D]locked up my [Bm]darlin' in [F#m]Allentown [Bm]Jail,
[G]Ohhh..[A]whoaaa, [D]oooh.
And [D]no one has [Bm]come for to [F#m]put up his [Bm]bail,
[E]Ohhh..whoaaa, [A]oooh.[A7]
They [G]say at the [A]court house he'll [D]never [F#]go [Bm]free,
[G]Ne.e.ver go [D]free.[D7]
For [G]he stole a [A]diamond, a [D]beauti..[F#]ful [Bm]diamond,
To [G]give, to [F#]give to[Bm] me.
CHORUS:
[Bm]Somewhere in [D]Allentown [Bm]Jail.[A].
my [Bm]heart waits in [F#]Allentown [Bm]Jail.
You [A]know, I'm gonna [D]dance for you, [Bm]mister, I'll [F#m]sing you a [Bm]song,
[G]Ohhh..[A]whoaaa, [D]oooh.
But [D]more than that, [Bm]mister, would [F#m]surely be [Bm]wrong,
[E]Ohhh..whoaaa, [A]oooh.[A7]
But [G]more than that, [A]mister, would [D]surely [F#]be [Bm]wrong,
[G]Oh, oh, can't you [D]see?[D7]
Well, my [G]love stole a [A]diamond, a [D]beauti..[F#]ful [Bm]diamond,
To [G]give, to [F#]give to [Bm]me.
CHORUS:
[Bm]Somewhere in [D]Allentown [Bm]Jail.[A].
my [Bm]heart waits in [F#]Allentown [Bm]Jail.
OUTRO:
[Bm]Somewhere in [D]Allentown [Bm]Jail.[A].
my [Bm]heart waits in [F#]Allentown [Bm]Jail.
[Bm] [D] [Bm/A/F#/Bm]
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
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