The Band – Atlantic City chords

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

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

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

Chorus:

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


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

Chorus:

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

Chorus:

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

Chorus:

       / Em     -          G                / C         GOh, / meet me tonight in At - / lantic City,
       / Em     -         G                / C        GOh, / meet me to - night in At - / lantic City.
       / Em     -         G                / C        GOh, / meet me to - night in At - / lantic City.


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