Allentown Jail:The Seekers.
On the charts in UK in 1966.
INTRO: B5 D5 B5 F#...B5 D5 B/F#5 A5
#1.
D5 B5 F#5 B5
They locked up my darlin' in Allentown Jail,
G5 A5 D5
Ohhh..whoaaa, oooh.
D5 B5 F#5 B5
And no one has come for to put up his bail,
E5 A5 A5
Ohhh..whoaaa, oooh.
#2.
G5 A5 D5 F#5 B5
They say at the court house he'll never go free,
G5 D5 D5
Ne.e.ver go free.
G5 A5 D5 F#5 B5
For he stole a diamond, a beauti..ful diamond,
G5 F#5 B5
To give, to give to me.
CHORUS:
B5 D5 B5 A5
Somewhere in Allentown Jail..
B5 F#5 B5
my heart waits in Allentown Jail.
#3.
A5 D5 B5 F#5 B5
You know, I'm gonna dance for you, mister, I'll sing you a song,
G5 A5 D5
Ohhh..whoaaa, oooh.
D5 B5 F#5 B5
But more than that, mister, would surely be wrong,
E5 A5 A5
Ohhh..whoaaa, oooh.
G5 A5 D5 F#5 B5
But more than that, mister, would surely be wrong,
G5 D5 D5
Oh, oh, can't you see?
G5 A5 D5 F#5 B5
Well, my love stole a diamond, a beauti..ful diamond,
G5 F#5 B5
To give, to give to me.
CHORUS:
B5 D5 B5 A5
Somewhere in Allentown Jail..
B5 F#5 B5
my heart waits in Allentown Jail.
OUTRO:
B5 D5 B5 A5
Somewhere in Allentown Jail..
B5 F#5 B5
my heart waits in Allentown Jail.
B5 D5 B/F#5
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.