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