• Song:

    Atlantic City

  • Artist:

    The Band

  • Album:

    Best of the Band, Vol. ...

Atlantic City     4/4     The Band     Album: Jericho.
Capo 2	Transcribed by Ken Lee kandvlee@shaw.ca

Intro:  Mandolin Solo
                 / EmWell, (022000@1)they / blew up the chicken man,
    / C (x32010@1)   -       GIn (320003@1)/ Philly last night, and
         / Em (022000@1)                     /  CThey (x32010@1)/ blew up his house, / too.
EmDown (022000@1)on the boardwalk,
            / C (x32010@1)     -       GThey're (320003@1)/ ready for a fight,
           / EmGonna (022000@1)/ see what them,
                          / CRacket (x32010@1)boys can / do.

Em (022000@1)            /
Now there's / trouble bussin' in,
         / C (x32010@1)-   GFrom (320003@1)/ outta state, and
       / Em (022000@1)                          / CThe (x32010@1)/ D.A. can't get no re - / lief.
Em (022000@1)    /                              / C (x32010@1) -        GGonna (320003@1)/ be a rumble on the / promen - ade, and
       / EmThe (022000@1)/ gamblin' commissioner's hangin' on,
           / DBy (xx0232@1)the / skin of his teeth.

Chorus:

 EmEverything (022000@1)dies, baby,
C (x32010@1)   -     GThat's (320003@1)a / fact,
       / Em (022000@1)                           /
But / maybe everything that / dies,
         / C (x32010@1)     -       GSome (320003@1)/ day comes back.
Em (022000@1)       /  GPut (320003@1)your / makeup on,
              / C (x32010@1)  -   GFix (320003@1)your / hair up pretty, and
Em (022000@1)                                 / C (x32010@1) -   GMeet (320003@1)me to - night in At - / lantic City.


           / EmWell, (022000@1)I / got a job, and
              / C (x32010@1)   -     GI (320003@1)put my / money a - way,
         / EmBut (022000@1)I / got the kind of debt
                        / C (x32010@1) -      GThat (320003@1)no honest / man can pay.
       / EmSo (022000@1)I / drew out what I had
               / C (x32010@1) -     GFrom (320003@1)the / Central Trust, and
 / Em
I / bought us two tickets
            / DOn (xx0232@1)that / Coast City bus.

Chorus:

               / EmNow (022000@1)our / luck may have died, and
       / C (x32010@1)         -       GOur (320003@1)/ love might be cold,
               / Em (022000@1)                   / CBut (x32010@1)with / you for - ever I'll / stay.
             / EmWe'll (022000@1)be / goin' out,
                 / C (x32010@1)     -          GWhere (320003@1)the / sands turn to gold,
                     / EmBut (022000@1)put your / stockin's on,
              / D'Cause (xx0232@1)it / might get cold.

Chorus:

                             / EmNow (022000@1)I've been a -  / lookin' for a / job,
            / C (x32010@1)  -   GBut (320003@1)it's / hard to find,
            / EmThere's (022000@1)/ winners and there's losers, and
        / C (x32010@1)      -        GI (320003@1)am / South of the line.
               / EmWell, (022000@1)I'm / tired of gettin' caught out
           / C (x32010@1)-   GOn (320003@1)the / losin' end,
         / EmBut (022000@1)I / talked to a man last night,
                          / DGonna (xx0232@1)do a little / favor for him.

Chorus:

       / Em (022000@1)   -          G (320003@1)              / C (x32010@1)       GOh, (320003@1)/ meet me tonight in At - / lantic City,
       / Em (022000@1)   -         G (320003@1)              / C (x32010@1)      GOh, (320003@1)/ meet me to - night in At - / lantic City.
       / Em (022000@1)   -         G (320003@1)              / C (x32010@1)      GOh, (320003@1)/ meet me to - night in At - / lantic City.


actual chords are:(F#m=(Em), A=(G), D=(C), E=(D), E7=(D7), Bm=(Am))

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