Intro:

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G (320003@1)C (x32010@1)D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)Verse:

GWell (320003@1)they blew up the chicken man
   Cin (x32010@1)Philly last night
         D (xx0232@1)               GNow (320003@1)they blew up his house too
     GDown (320003@1)on the boardwalk they're gettin'
Cready (x32010@1)for a fight,
      D (xx0232@1)                           GGonna (320003@1)see what them racket boys can do
            GNow (320003@1)there's trouble busin' in
           Cfrom (x32010@1)outta state,
        D (xx0232@1)                  Gand (320003@1)the D.A. can't get no relief
      GGonna (320003@1)be a rumble
           Cout (x32010@1)on the promenade and the
         Dgamblin' (xx0232@1)commission's hangin'
                      Gon (320003@1)by the skin of its teeth

CHORUS:

C (x32010@1)              GWell (320003@1)now everything dies, baby that's a fact,
          D (xx0232@1)                   Gbut (320003@1)maybe everything that dies, someday comes back
         C (x32010@1)                 GPut (320003@1)your makeup on, fix your hair up pretty
    D (xx0232@1)                         Gand (320003@1)meet me tonight in Atlantic City

GWell (320003@1)I got a job and tried to
Cput (x32010@1)my money away,
    D (xx0232@1)                                Gbut (320003@1)I got debts that no honest man can pay
     GSo (320003@1)I drew what I had,
Cfrom (x32010@1)the Central Trust,
    D (xx0232@1)                           Gand (320003@1)bought us two tickets on that City Coast bus

CHORUS:

C (x32010@1)              GWell (320003@1)now everything dies, baby that's a fact,
          D (xx0232@1)                   Gbut (320003@1)maybe everything that dies, someday comes back
         C (x32010@1)                 GPut (320003@1)your makeup on, fix your hair up pretty
    D (xx0232@1)                         Gand (320003@1)meet me tonight in Atlantic City

Em (022000@1)Em (022000@1)         AmNow (x02210@1)our luck may have died,
         Em (022000@1)       Amand (x02210@1)our love may be cold,
         C (x32010@1)    D (xx0232@1)        Embut (022000@1)with you forever, I'll stay
           Em (022000@1)          AmNow (x02210@1)I been lookin' for a job,
         Em (022000@1)     Ambut (x02210@1)it's hard to find
     C (x32010@1)            D (xx0232@1)         EmDown (022000@1)here it's just winners and losers
Em (022000@1)        AmHoney, (x02210@1)last night,
Em (022000@1)         Am (x02210@1) I met this guy,
        C (x32010@1)        D (xx0232@1)   Emand (022000@1)I'm gonna do a favor for him.
        C (x32010@1)        D (xx0232@1)                 EmI (022000@1)guess Everything dies, baby that's a fact,
          C (x32010@1)             Dbut (xx0232@1)maybe everything that dies
               Emsomeday, (022000@1)comes back
                 Am (x02210@1)     Em (022000@1)   AmPut (x02210@1)your hair up nice and sit up pretty,
    C (x32010@1)         D (xx0232@1)             Emand (022000@1)meet me tonight in Atlantic City
C (x32010@1)        D (xx0232@1)              EmMeet (022000@1)me tonight in Atlantic City
C (x32010@1)        D (xx0232@1)              EmMeet (022000@1)me tonight in Atlantic City