Atlantic City

Bruce Springsteen

Key of F#m · Chords: III VI VII i

Verse 1

INTRO MANDOLIN RIFF (notes: AA EE C#C# BB A)

Verse 2

          F#m         A              D           A
Well they blew up the chicken man in Philly last night
and they blew up his house too
Down on the boardwalk, they're ready for a fight
gonna see what them racket boys can do    (riff over “can do”)

Verse 3

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

Verse 4

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

Verse 5

Well I got a job and tried to put my money away
But I got the kind of debt no honest man can pay
So I drew what I had from the Central Trust
And I bought us two tickets on that Coast City bus

Chorus

Solo into BRIDGE
        D                           F#m
Now our luck may have died, and our love may be cold
         D    E            F#m
but with you, forever I'll stay
           D                    F#m
Yeah we're going out where, the sand turns to gold
E
so put your stockings on, cause it might get cold

Solo

Now I been looking for a job but it's hard to find
There’s winners and losers and I’m south of that line
Well I'm tired of coming out on the losing end
But I talked to a man last night and I'm gonna do a little favor for him

Verse 6

Chorus – tag last line twice and Fade out with solos