Key: F
Introduction:
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Well they blew up the chicken man in Philly last night now they blew up his house
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too
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Down on the boardwalk they're gettin' ready for a fight, gonna see what them racket
D
boys can do
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Now there's trouble busin' in from outta state and the D.A. can't get no relief
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Gonna be a rumble out on the promenade and the gamblin' commission's hangin' on by
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the skin of its teeth
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Well now everything dies baby that's a fact,
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but maybe everything that dies someday comes back
A D A
Put your makeup on fix your hair up pretty,
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and meet me tonight in Atlantic City
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Well I got a job and tried to put my money away,
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but I got debts that no honest man can pay
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So I drew what I had from the Central Trust,
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and I bought us two tickets on that Coast City bus
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Well now everything dies baby that's a fact,
F#m A D F#m
but maybe everything that dies someday comes back
A D A
Put your makeup on fix your hair up pretty,
F#m A D A
and meet me tonight in Atlantic City
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Now our luck may have died and our love may be cold but with you forever I'll stay
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We're goin' out where the sand's turnin' to gold so put on your stockin's baby
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'cause the night's getting cold
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Well now everything dies baby that's a fact,
F#m A D F#m
but maybe everything that dies someday comes back
A F#m D A
Now I been lookin' for a job but it's hard to find
F#m D A
Down here it's just winners and losers and don't get caught on the wrong side of
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that line
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Well I'm tired of comin' out on this losin' end
A D A F#m
so honey last night I met this guy and I'm gonna do a little favor for him
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Well I guess everything dies baby that's a fact,
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but maybe everything that dies someday comes back
A D A
Put your hair up nice fix your hair up pretty,
F#m A D A
and meet me tonight in Atlantic City
F#m A D A
and meet me tonight in Atlantic City
F#m A D A
and meet me tonight in Atlantic City