Baltimore
...BALTIMORE... by Randy Newman
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*from 'Little Criminals' (1977)*
Intro:
Em G A7 C (x2)
Verse 1:
Em G C7
Beat-up little seagull,
Em C7
On a marble stair.
Em G C7
Tryin' to find the ocean;
Em C7
Lookin' every-where.
Verse 2:
Em G
Hard times in the city,
A7 C Em C7
In a hard town by the sea.
Em G
Ain't nowhere to run to,
A7 C Em C7
There ain't nothin' here for free.
Verse 3:
Em G C7
Hooker on the corner,
Em C7
Waitin' for a train.
Em G C7
Drunk lyin' on the sidewalk,
Em C7
Sleepin' in the rain.
Verse 3:
Em G C7
And they hide their faces,
Em C7
And they hide their eyes.
Em G C7
'Cos the city's dyin',
Em C7
And they don't know why.
Chorus 1:
Em C
Oh...
Dsus Bm7
Balti-more,
D4/C C
Man it's hard;
Dsus Bm7
Just to live.
Em C
Oh...
Dsus Bm7
Balti-more,
D4/C C
Man it's hard;
Dsus Bm7
Just to live,
Em
Just to live.
Interlude:
Em G A7 C (x2)
Verse 4:
Em G A7
Get my sister Sandy,
C Em C7
And my little brother Ray.
Em G A7
Buy a big old wagon,
C Em C7
To haul us all a-way.
Verse 5:
Em G C7
Live out in the country,
Em C7
Where the mountain's high.
Em G C7
Never comin' back there,
Em C7
'Till the day I die.
Chorus 2:
Em C
Oh...
Dsus Bm7
Balti-more,
D4/C C
Man it's hard;
Dsus Bm7
Just to live.
Em C
Oh...
Dsus Bm7
Balti-more,
D4/C C
Man it's hard;
Dsus Bm7
Just to live,
Em
Just to live.
Interlude:
Em G A7 C (x4)
Chorus 3:
Em C
Oh...
Dsus Bm7
Balti-more,
D4/C C
Man it's hard;
Dsus Bm7
Just to live.
Em C
Oh...
Dsus Bm7
Balti-more,
D4/C C
Man it's hard;
Dsus Bm7
Just to live,
Em
Just to live.
Outro:
EGAC
(Repeat to Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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EGACDD4/C
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
022000 320003 x02223 x32010 xx0230 x24232 x3x032
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)