| Em | |
| Well, they / blew u | p the chicken man, |
| C | - | G | |
| In / P | hilly | last nig | ht, and |
| Em | C | |
| They / blew | up his house, / too. |
| Em | |
| Down on the boardwalk, |
| C | - | G | |
| They're / read | y for a | fight, |
| Em | |
| Gonna / see w | hat them, |
| C | |
| Racket boys can / do. |
| Em | |
| Now there's / trouble bussin' in, |
| C | - | G | |
| From / outt | a s | tate | , and |
| Em | C | |
| The / D.A | . can't get no re - / lief. |
| Em | C | - | G | |
| Gonna / be a rumble on the / promen - ade | , an | d |
| Em | |
| The / gam | blin' commissioner's hangin' on, |
| D | |
| By the / skin | of his teeth. |
| Chorus: |
| Em | |
| E | verything dies, baby, |
| C | - | G | |
| That's | a / f | act, |
| Em | |
| But / may | be everything that / dies, |
| C | - | G | |
| Some / day | comes ba | ck. |
| Em | G | |
| Put your / mak | eup on, |
| C | - | G | |
| Fix your / hair | up pr | etty | , and |
| Em | C | - | G | |
| Meet me to - night in At - / lantic Cit | y. |
| Em | |
| Well, I / got | a job, and |
| C | - | G | |
| I put my / money | a - w | ay, |
| Em | |
| But I / got | the kind of debt |
| C | - | G | |
| That no honest / man can p | ay. |
| Em | |
| So I / dr | ew out what I had |
| C | - | G | |
| From the / Centra | l Tr | ust, a | nd |
| Em | |
| I / | bought us two tickets |
| D | |
| On that / Coas | t City bus. |
| Chorus: |
| Em | |
| Now our / luck ma | y have died, and |
| C | - | G | |
| Our / lov | e might be c | old, |
| Em | C | |
| But with / you fo | r - ever I'll / stay. |
| Em | |
| We'll be / goin | ' out, |
| C | - | G | |
| Where the / sands t | urn to g | old, |
| Em | |
| But put your / stockin' | s on, |
| D | |
| 'Cause it / migh | t get cold. |
| Chorus: |
| Em | |
| Now I've been a - / lookin' fo | r a / job, |
| C | - | G | |
| But it's / har | d to | find | , |
| Em | |
| There's / winn | ers and there's losers, and |
| C | - | G | |
| I am / Sou | th of the | line. |
| Em | |
| Well, I'm / tired | of gettin' caught out |
| C | - | G | |
| On the / losi | n' | end, |
| Em | |
| But I / tal | ked to a man last night, |
| D | |
| Gonna do a little / favor fo | r him. |
| Chorus: |
| Em | - | G | C | G | |
| Oh, / mee | t me to | night in At | - / lantic City, |
| Em | - | G | C | G | |
| Oh, / mee | t me to | - night i | n At - / lantic Cit | y. |
| Em | - | G | C | G | |
| Oh, / mee | t me to | - night i | n At - / lantic Cit | y. |
| actual chords are:(F#m=(Em), A=(G), D=(C), E=(D), E7=(D7), Bm=(Am)) |