Atlantic City Chords
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| Difficulty: | absolute beginner |
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| Tuning: | E A D G B E |
| Capo: | 2nd fret |
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CAPO ON 2 (song is in F#m and the starting note for the vocal is C#)
[Intro Mandolin Riff]
(relative to capo) (not relative to capo)
e|-------------------------------------| |-17-17-17--------------12-12-12---12-12-12--------|
B|-8-8-8---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3-------| |------------17-17-17---14-14-14---12-12-12--------|
G|-0-0-0---0-0-0---4-4-4---2-2-2---0---| or |-14-14-14---14-14-14-------------------------14---|
D|-------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------|
[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
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 on the promenade
Em G D
And the gambling commissioner's 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 x2
[Verse 2]
Em G C G
Well, I got a job and I put my money away
Em G C G
But I got the kind of debt that no honest man can 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 x2
[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
But put your stockings on, 'cause it might get cold
[Chorus]
Em G C G
Oh, 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
Now I've 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 out 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
Well, 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
Em G C G
Oh, meet me tonight, in Atlantic City
Em G C G
Oh, meet me tonight, in Atlantic City
[Outro]
Em G C G
(Repeat and fade out)
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26 comments
Excellent tab, all I can add to this is play the Em as (022033) C as (X32033) and G as (320033).
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good tab thanks. i found it works even better if you tune the B string down to an A. and then play:
F#m as 244222
A as 002200
D as 000202
now you can play the intro too! https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/t/the_band/atlantic_city_intro_tab.htm
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sorry - you also have to remove the capo and transpose up 2 steps to play like this ^^
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