ATLANTIC CITY
Bruce Springsteen

CAPO: 2nd fret (key of F#m)

INTRO:  Em  G  C  G  (x2)

VERSE 1:
          Em          G              C           G
Well they blew up the chicken man in Philly last night 
Em       G                 C   G
and they blew up his house too
Em          G                  C           G
Down on the boardwalk, they're ready for a fight 
      Em            G               D
gonna see what them racket boys can do

VERSE 2:
Em                  G               C           G
Now there's trouble busing 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                 D
And the gambling commissioners hanging on by the skin of his teeth

CHORUS:
Em         G         C        G
Everything dies baby that's a fact
    Em               G             C         G
But maybe everything that dies someday comes back
         Em     G            C       G
Put your makeup on, fix your hair up pretty and
Em        G          C      G
Meet me tonight in Atlantic City

SOLO:  Em  G  C  G  (x4)

VERSE 3:
Em                   G               C      G
Well I got a job and tried to put my money away
      Em              G            C          G
But I got the kind of debt that no honest man could pay
     Em              G            C       G
So I drew out what I had from the Central Trust
      Em            G               D          
And I bought us two tickets on that Coast City bus

CHORUS:
Em         G         C        G
Everything dies baby that's a fact
    Em               G             C         G
But maybe everything that dies someday comes back
         Em     G            C       G
Put your makeup on, fix your hair up pretty and
Em        G          C      G
Meet me tonight in Atlantic City

SOLO:  Em  G  C  G  (x4)

BRIDGE:
        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
Yeah we're going out where the sand turns to gold
            D                        
So put your stockings on cause it might get cold

CHORUS:
Em         G         C        G
Everything dies baby that's a fact
    Em               G             C         G
But maybe everything that dies someday comes back
         Em     G            C       G
Put your makeup on, fix your hair up pretty and
Em        G          C      G
Meet me tonight in Atlantic City

SOLO:  Em  G  C  G  (x4)

VERSE 4:
           Em            G            C       G
Now I been looking for a job but it's hard to find
        Em                  G              C             G
There's winners and there's losers and I'm south of that line
         Em               G             C      G
Well I'm tired of getting caught on the losing end
      Em                   G                       D         
But I talked to a man last night gonna do a little favor for him

CHORUS:
Em         G         C        G
Everything dies baby that's a fact
    Em               G             C         G
But maybe everything that dies someday comes back
         Em     G            C       G
Put your makeup on, fix your hair up pretty and
Em        G          C      G
Meet me tonight in Atlantic City

OUTRO: (fade)
Em        G          C      G
Meet me tonight in Atlantic City

MANDOLIN CHORDS AND RIFFS: (from The Band's version, thanks to Andrew Hendryx)
    (Intro riff)
E|--5-5-5--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0--|
A|--7-7-7--0-0-0--2/4-4--2-2-2--0--|
D|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
    (Verse and Chorus chords)
    F#m     A        D9      A                            E
E|--2-------0--------0-------0-----------0------0---0--|--0--|
A|--0-(x3)--0-(x5)---0-(x3)--0-(x5)--OR--0-(x3)-0---0--|--2--|
D|--4-------2--------4-------2-----------2------2---2--|--2--|
G|--6-------6--------7-------6-----------6------4h6-6--|--4--|