Atlantic City Chords – Bruce Springsteen

Verse 1

           Em      G                  C           G
Well, they blew up the chicken man in Philly last night
     Em           G             C G
Now, they blew up his house, too
        Em            G               C           G
Down on the boardwalk they're gettin' ready for a fight
Em             G                    C G
Gonna see what them racket boys can do
             Em      G              C     G
Now, there's trouble busin' in from outta state
    Em       G            C     G
And the D.A. can't get no relief
         Em G             C   G
Gonna be a  rumble out on the promenade
        Em       G                          C           D
And the gamblin' commission's hangin' on by the skin of its teeth

Chorus

     Em   G                      C        G
Well now, ev'rything dies, baby, that's a fact
          Em         G         D             Em
But maybe ev'rything that dies someday comes back
         Em     G            C       G
Put your makeup on, fix your hair up pretty
    Em      G          C        G
And meet me tonight in Atlantic City

Instrumental

Em G C G
         x2

Verse 2

      Em      G                    C        G
Well, I got a job and tried to put my money away
          Em            G      C          G
But I got debts that no honest man can pay
     Em          G            C       G
So I drew what I had from the Central Trust
      Em            G               C          D
And I bought us two tickets on that Coast City bus

Chorus

     Em   G                      C        G
Well now, ev'rything dies, baby, that's a fact
          Em         G         D             Em
But maybe ev'rything that dies someday comes back
         Em     G            C       G
Put your makeup on, fix your hair up pretty
    Em      G          C        G
And meet me tonight in Atlantic City

Instrumental

Em G C G
        x3
Em G C D

Bridge

D   C                          Em
Now our luck may have died and our love may be cold
C            D            Em
But with you forever I'll stay
      C                   Em
We're goin' out where the sand's turnin' to gold
C      G                    C                  G
Put on your stockin's baby, 'cause the night's gettin' cold
C         G                C              G
And maybe ev'rything dies, baby, that's a fact
          C          G         D             C
But maybe ev'rything that dies someday comes back

Verse 3

       Em                 G             C       G
Now, I been lookin' for a job, but it's hard to find
               Em               G
Down here it's just winners and losers and don't
    C                   G
get caught on the wrong side of that line
      Em                  G          C         G
Well, I'm tired of comin' out on the losin' end
                Em               G
So, honey, last night I met this guy and I'm gonna
            C         G
do a little favor for him

Chorus

        Em    G                      C        G
Well, I guess ev'rything dies, baby, that's a fact
          Em         G         D             Em
But maybe ev'rything that dies someday comes back
         Em      G         C           G
Put your hair up nice, set yourself up pretty
    Em      G          C        G
And meet me tonight in Atlantic City