Key: F# minor
Verse 1
G#m
B
Well, they blew up the chicken man
E
B
in Philly last night
G#m
B
E
B
Now they blew up his house, too
G#m
Down on the boardwalk
B
E
B
they're gettin' ready for a fight
G#m
B
Gonna see what them
E
B
racket boys can do
Verse 2
G#m
B
Now there's trouble busin' in
E
B
from outta state
G#m
B
E
B
And the DA can't get no re lief
G#m
B
E
B
Gonna be a rumble out on the promenade
G#m
B
And the gamblin' commission's hangin' on
E
F#
by the skin of its teeth
Chorus 1
G#m
B
Well, now everything dies, baby,
E
B
that's a fact
G#m
B
Maybe everything that dies
F#
G#m
someday comes back
B
E
B
Put your makeup on, fix your hair up pretty
G#m
B
E
B
And meet me tonight in Atlantic City
Interlude 1
G#m
B
E
B
G#m
B
E
B
Verse 3
G#m
B
Well, I got a job and tried to
E
B
put my money away
G#m
B
But I got debts that no honest
E
B
man can pay
G#m
B
E
B
So I drew what I had from the Central Trust
G#m
B
And I bought us two tickets
F#
on that Coast City bus
Chorus 2
G#m
B
Now, baby, everything dies, baby,
E
B
that's a fact
G#m
B
Maybe everything that dies
F#
G#m
someday comes back
G#m
B
E
B
Put your makeup on, fix your hair up pretty
G#m
B
E
B
And meet me tonight in Atlantic City
Interlude 2
E
B
E
F#
E
B
E
F#
E
B
E
F#
E
B
E
F#
Bridge 1
E
Now our luck may have died and
G#m
love may be cold
E
F#
G#m
But with you forever I'll stay
E
We're goin' out where the sands
G#m
turnin' to gold now
E
B
Put on your stockings, baby,
E
B
'cause the nights getting cold and
E
B
Everything dies, baby,
E
B
that's a fact
E
B
But maybe everything that dies
F#
E
someday comes back
Interlude 3
G#m
B
E
B
G#m
B
E
B
Verse 4
G#m
B
Now I've been lookin' for a job
E
B
but it's hard to find
G#m
B
Down here it's just winners and losers
E
And don't get caught
B
on the wrong side of that line
G#m
B
Well I'm tired of comin' out
E
B
on this losin' end
G#m
B
So, honey, last night I met this guy
E
B
And I'm gonna do a little favor for him
Chorus 3
G#m
B
Well I guess everything dies, baby,
E
B
that's a fact
G#m
B
Maybe everything that dies
F#
G#m
someday comes back
G#m
B
Fix your hair up nice,
E
B
make yourself look pretty
G#m
B
E
B
And meet me tonight in Atlantic City
G#m
B
E
B
And meet me tonight in Atlantic City
G#m
B
E
B
And meet me tonight in Atlantic City
G#m
B
E
B
And meet me tonight in Atlantic City
Outro 1
G#m
B
E
B
(Tonight in Atlantic City)
G#m
B
E
B
(Tonight in Atlantic City)
G#m
B
E
B
(Tonight in Atlantic City)
G#m
B
E
B
(Tonight in Atlantic City)
G#m
B
E
B
(Tonight in Atlantic City)
G#m
B
E
B
[Fade out]
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