On the charts in UK in 1966.
INTRO: Bm D Bm F#...Bm D Bm/A/F#/Bm A
#1.
DBmF#mBm
They locked up my darlin' in Allentown Jail,
GAD
Ohhh..whoaaa, oooh.
DBmF#mBm
And no one has come for to put up his bail,
EAA7
Ohhh..whoaaa, oooh.
#2.
GADF#Bm
They say at the court house he'll never go free,
GDD7
Ne.e.ver go free.
GADF#Bm
For he stole a diamond, a beauti..ful diamond,
GF#Bm
To give, to give to me.
CHORUS:
BmDBmA
Somewhere in Allentown Jail..
BmF#Bm
my heart waits in Allentown Jail.
#3.
ADBmF#mBm
You know, I'm gonna dance for you, mister, I'll sing you a song,
GAD
Ohhh..whoaaa, oooh.
DBmF#mBm
But more than that, mister, would surely be wrong,
EAA7
Ohhh..whoaaa, oooh.
GADF#Bm
But more than that, mister, would surely be wrong,
GDD7
Oh, oh, can't you see?
GADF#Bm
Well, my love stole a diamond, a beauti..ful diamond,
GF#Bm
To give, to give to me.
CHORUS:
BmDBmA
Somewhere in Allentown Jail..
BmF#Bm
my heart waits in Allentown Jail.
OUTRO:
BmDBmA
Somewhere in Allentown Jail..
BmF#Bm
my heart waits in Allentown Jail.
BDBm/A/F#/Bm
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.