• Song:

    Atlantic City

  • Artist:

    The Band

  • Album:

    Best of the Band, Vol. ...

CAPO ON 2 (song is in F#m and the starting note for the vocal is C#)

(INTRO MANDOLIN RIFF THEN X2)
E5 - G5 - C5 - G5

          E5          G5              C5           G5
Well they blew up the chicken man in Philly last night 
E5       G5                 C5   G5
and they blew up his house too
E5          G5                  C5           G5
Down on the boardwalk, they're ready for a fight 
      E5            G5               C5  G5
gonna see what them racket boys can do

E5                  G5               C5     G5
Now there's trouble busing in, from outta state
        E5         G5        C5   G5
and the D.A. can't get no relief
E5       G5                  C5     G5
Gonna be a rumble out on the promenade 
        E5                G5                       D5
and the gambling commissioners hanging on, by the skin of his teeth

(CHORUS)
E5         G5         C5        G5
Everything dies baby that's a fact
    E5               G5             C5         G5
But maybe everything that dies someday comes back
         E5     G5            C5       G5
Put your makeup on, fix your hair up pretty and
E5        G5           C5      G5
Meet me tonight, in Atlantic City

(SOLO ACCORDION)
E5 - G5 - C5 - G5 - E5 - G5 - C5 - G5

(VERSE 2)
Well I got a job and tried to put my money away
But I got in too deep and I could not pay
So I drew what I had from the Central Trust
And I bought us two tickets on that Coast City bus

(CHORUS) (SOLO ACCORDION)

(BRIDGE)
        C5                           E5
Now our luck may have died, and our love may be cold 
         C5       D5         E5
but with you, forever I'll stay
           C5                    E5
Yeah we're going out where, the sand turns to gold
D5                        
so put your stockings on, cause it might get cold

(CHORUS) (SOLO ACCORDION X2)

(VERSE 3)
Now I been looking for a job but it's hard to find
Down here it's just winners and losers and
Don't get caught on the wrong side of that line
Well I'm tired of coming out on the losing end
So honey last night I met this guy and I'm gonna do a little favor for him

(CHORUS WITH 2 EXTRA) (SOLO ACCORDION FADE OUT)
E5        G5           C5      G5
Meet me tonight, in Atlantic City
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