Chords for Atlantic City- Levon Helm- Merlefest 2008
Tempo:
100.9 bpm
Chords used:
A
D
F#m
E
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A] [D#] [N]
[G] [A]
[F#m] [A] [D] [A]
[F#m] [A] [D]
[A] When [F#m] [A] they blew up a chicken man over [D] in Philly [A] last night, and [F#m] [A] they blew up his [D] house too.
[A] [F#m] Down [A] on the [D] boardwalk they ready [A] for a fight, we [F#m] gonna see [A] what them ragged [D] boys can [A] do.
[F#m] Now [A] there's trouble busting [D] in from out [A] of state, [D] and the [A] DA can't get no [D] relief.
[A] [F#m] Gonna [A] be a rumble [D] on a [A] promenade, [F#m] and the gambling [A]
commissioners hanging on [E] by the skin of their teeth.
[Bm] If [A] a man dies [D] baby that's [A] a fact, baby if a man didn't die [D] someday [A] he'd come back.
Put your makeup on and fix [D] your [A] hair, pretty.
[F#m] Leave [A] me alone in [D] a [A] nice city.
[F#m]
[A] [D] [A]
[D] [A]
[D] [A]
[F#m] [A] [D] [A]
[F#m] [A] Well I took a job and I put [D] my [A] money away, [F#m] got them kind [A] of debts, [D] had no other plans [A] in place.
[F#m] So I [A] threw out what I had [D] from the charitable [A] trust, and I bought us two tickets [E] on the coast city bus.
[F#m] If a [A] man dies [D] baby that's [A] a fact, baby if a man didn't die [D] someday [A] he'd come back.
Put your makeup on [D] and fix your [A] hair, pretty.
[B] Leave [A] me alone in [D] a [A] nice city.
[F#m] [A] [D] [A]
[D] [A] [D] [A]
[F#m] [A] [D] [A]
[D] [A]
[D] Now I love me that guy, [F#m] I love him from [D] Cobalt [E] [F#m] State.
[D] Well in the white-eyed wear, sun turned to gold, [E] so put your goggles on cause it might get [A] cold.
If a man dies [D] baby that's [A] a fact, baby if a man didn't [D] die someday [A] he'd come back.
Put your makeup on [D] and fix your hair, [A] pretty.
[B] Leave [A] me alone in a nice city.
[F#m] [A] [D] [A]
[D] [A]
[D] [A]
[D] [A]
Looking for a job, [D] but they're hard [A] to find.
[D] These winners [A] and these losers [D] and I'm so [A] moved baby.
I'm tired of getting caught [D] out on the [A] losing end, so I talked to a man last night, thought I'd do a [E] little favor [G#m] for him.
[F#m] If a [A] man dies [D] baby that's a [A] fact, [F#m] baby if [A] a man didn't die someday he'd come back.
Put your makeup on and fix your hair, pretty.
[D#] Leave me [A] alone [D] in a nice [A] city.
[D] [A]
[D] [A]
[D] [A]
[D] [A]
[Bm] [A]
[B] [A] [N]
[G] [A]
[F#m] [A] [D] [A]
[F#m] [A] [D]
[A] When [F#m] [A] they blew up a chicken man over [D] in Philly [A] last night, and [F#m] [A] they blew up his [D] house too.
[A] [F#m] Down [A] on the [D] boardwalk they ready [A] for a fight, we [F#m] gonna see [A] what them ragged [D] boys can [A] do.
[F#m] Now [A] there's trouble busting [D] in from out [A] of state, [D] and the [A] DA can't get no [D] relief.
[A] [F#m] Gonna [A] be a rumble [D] on a [A] promenade, [F#m] and the gambling [A]
commissioners hanging on [E] by the skin of their teeth.
[Bm] If [A] a man dies [D] baby that's [A] a fact, baby if a man didn't die [D] someday [A] he'd come back.
Put your makeup on and fix [D] your [A] hair, pretty.
[F#m] Leave [A] me alone in [D] a [A] nice city.
[F#m]
[A] [D] [A]
[D] [A]
[D] [A]
[F#m] [A] [D] [A]
[F#m] [A] Well I took a job and I put [D] my [A] money away, [F#m] got them kind [A] of debts, [D] had no other plans [A] in place.
[F#m] So I [A] threw out what I had [D] from the charitable [A] trust, and I bought us two tickets [E] on the coast city bus.
[F#m] If a [A] man dies [D] baby that's [A] a fact, baby if a man didn't die [D] someday [A] he'd come back.
Put your makeup on [D] and fix your [A] hair, pretty.
[B] Leave [A] me alone in [D] a [A] nice city.
[F#m] [A] [D] [A]
[D] [A] [D] [A]
[F#m] [A] [D] [A]
[D] [A]
[D] Now I love me that guy, [F#m] I love him from [D] Cobalt [E] [F#m] State.
[D] Well in the white-eyed wear, sun turned to gold, [E] so put your goggles on cause it might get [A] cold.
If a man dies [D] baby that's [A] a fact, baby if a man didn't [D] die someday [A] he'd come back.
Put your makeup on [D] and fix your hair, [A] pretty.
[B] Leave [A] me alone in a nice city.
[F#m] [A] [D] [A]
[D] [A]
[D] [A]
[D] [A]
Looking for a job, [D] but they're hard [A] to find.
[D] These winners [A] and these losers [D] and I'm so [A] moved baby.
I'm tired of getting caught [D] out on the [A] losing end, so I talked to a man last night, thought I'd do a [E] little favor [G#m] for him.
[F#m] If a [A] man dies [D] baby that's a [A] fact, [F#m] baby if [A] a man didn't die someday he'd come back.
Put your makeup on and fix your hair, pretty.
[D#] Leave me [A] alone [D] in a nice [A] city.
[D] [A]
[D] [A]
[D] [A]
[D] [A]
[Bm] [A]
[B] [A] [N]
Key:
A
D
F#m
E
B
A
D
F#m
[A] _ _ [D#] _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ [A] _
_ _ [F#m] _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _
[A] When [F#m] _ [A] they blew up a chicken man over [D] in Philly [A] last night, and [F#m] [A] they blew up his [D] house too.
[A] _ _ _ [F#m] Down [A] on the [D] boardwalk they ready [A] for a fight, we [F#m] gonna see [A] what them ragged [D] boys can [A] do.
_ _ [F#m] Now [A] there's trouble busting [D] in from out [A] of state, _ [D] and the [A] DA can't get no [D] relief.
[A] _ _ _ [F#m] Gonna [A] be a rumble [D] on a _ [A] promenade, [F#m] and the gambling [A]
commissioners hanging on [E] by the skin of their teeth.
[Bm] If [A] a man dies [D] baby that's [A] a fact, baby if a man didn't die [D] someday [A] he'd come back.
Put your makeup on and fix [D] your [A] hair, pretty.
[F#m] Leave [A] me alone in [D] a [A] nice city.
_ [F#m] _
[A] _ _ _ [D] _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _
[F#m] _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ [A] _ _ _
[F#m] [A] Well I took a job and I put [D] my [A] money away, [F#m] got them kind [A] of debts, [D] had no other plans [A] in place.
[F#m] So I [A] threw out what I had [D] from the charitable [A] trust, and I bought us two tickets [E] on the coast city bus.
[F#m] If a [A] man dies [D] baby that's [A] a fact, baby if a man didn't die [D] someday [A] he'd come back.
Put your makeup on [D] and fix your [A] hair, pretty.
[B] Leave [A] me alone in [D] a [A] nice city.
_ [F#m] _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
_ [D] _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
[F#m] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
[D] Now I love me that guy, [F#m] I love him from [D] Cobalt _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _ State.
[D] Well in the white-eyed wear, sun turned to gold, [E] so put your goggles on cause it might get [A] cold.
If a man dies [D] baby that's [A] a fact, baby if a man didn't [D] die someday [A] he'd come back.
Put your makeup on [D] and fix your hair, [A] pretty.
[B] Leave [A] me alone in a nice city.
[F#m] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
Looking for a job, [D] but they're hard [A] to find.
[D] These winners [A] and these losers [D] and I'm so [A] moved baby. _
I'm tired of getting caught [D] out on the [A] losing end, so I talked to a man last night, thought I'd do a [E] little favor [G#m] for him.
[F#m] If a [A] man dies [D] baby that's a [A] fact, [F#m] baby if [A] a man didn't die someday he'd come back.
Put your makeup on and fix your hair, pretty.
[D#] Leave me [A] alone [D] in a nice [A] city.
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ [A] _
_ _ [F#m] _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _
[A] When [F#m] _ [A] they blew up a chicken man over [D] in Philly [A] last night, and [F#m] [A] they blew up his [D] house too.
[A] _ _ _ [F#m] Down [A] on the [D] boardwalk they ready [A] for a fight, we [F#m] gonna see [A] what them ragged [D] boys can [A] do.
_ _ [F#m] Now [A] there's trouble busting [D] in from out [A] of state, _ [D] and the [A] DA can't get no [D] relief.
[A] _ _ _ [F#m] Gonna [A] be a rumble [D] on a _ [A] promenade, [F#m] and the gambling [A]
commissioners hanging on [E] by the skin of their teeth.
[Bm] If [A] a man dies [D] baby that's [A] a fact, baby if a man didn't die [D] someday [A] he'd come back.
Put your makeup on and fix [D] your [A] hair, pretty.
[F#m] Leave [A] me alone in [D] a [A] nice city.
_ [F#m] _
[A] _ _ _ [D] _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _
[F#m] _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ [A] _ _ _
[F#m] [A] Well I took a job and I put [D] my [A] money away, [F#m] got them kind [A] of debts, [D] had no other plans [A] in place.
[F#m] So I [A] threw out what I had [D] from the charitable [A] trust, and I bought us two tickets [E] on the coast city bus.
[F#m] If a [A] man dies [D] baby that's [A] a fact, baby if a man didn't die [D] someday [A] he'd come back.
Put your makeup on [D] and fix your [A] hair, pretty.
[B] Leave [A] me alone in [D] a [A] nice city.
_ [F#m] _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
_ [D] _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
[F#m] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
[D] Now I love me that guy, [F#m] I love him from [D] Cobalt _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _ State.
[D] Well in the white-eyed wear, sun turned to gold, [E] so put your goggles on cause it might get [A] cold.
If a man dies [D] baby that's [A] a fact, baby if a man didn't [D] die someday [A] he'd come back.
Put your makeup on [D] and fix your hair, [A] pretty.
[B] Leave [A] me alone in a nice city.
[F#m] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
Looking for a job, [D] but they're hard [A] to find.
[D] These winners [A] and these losers [D] and I'm so [A] moved baby. _
I'm tired of getting caught [D] out on the [A] losing end, so I talked to a man last night, thought I'd do a [E] little favor [G#m] for him.
[F#m] If a [A] man dies [D] baby that's a [A] fact, [F#m] baby if [A] a man didn't die someday he'd come back.
Put your makeup on and fix your hair, pretty.
[D#] Leave me [A] alone [D] in a nice [A] city.
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _