Chord/Tab song: Baltimore

...BALTIMORE... by Randy Newman


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from 'Little Criminals' (1977)

Intro:

Em G A7 C (x2)

Verse 1:

[Em] Beat-up little [G]seagull,[A7][C]
On a marble [Em]stair.[G][A7][C]
[Em] Tryin' to find the [G]ocean;[A7][C]
Lookin' every-[Em]where.[G][A7][C]

Verse 2:

[Em] Hard times in the [G]city,
[A7] In a [C]hard town by the [Em]sea.[G][A7][C]
[Em] Ain't nowhere to [G]run to,
[A7] There [C]ain't nothin' here for [Em]free.[G][A7][C]

Verse 3:

[Em] Hooker on the [G]corner,[A7][C]
Waitin' for a [Em]train.[G][A7][C]
[Em] Drunk lyin' on the [G]sidewalk,[A7][C]
Sleepin' in the [Em]rain.[G][A7][C]

Verse 3:

[Em] And they hide their [G]faces,[A7][C]
And they hide their [Em]eyes.[G][A7][C]
[Em] 'Cos the city's [G]dyin',[A7][C]
And they don't know [Em]why.[G][A7][C]

Chorus 1:

[Em] Oh..[C].
[Dsus] Balti-[Bm7]more,
Man it's [D4/C]hard;[C]
Just to [Dsus]live.[Bm7]

[Em] Oh..[C].
[Dsus] Balti-[Bm7]more,
Man it's [D4/C]hard;[C]
Just to [Dsus]live,[Bm7]
Just to [Em]live.

Interlude:

Em G A7 C (x2)

Verse 4:

[Em] Get my sister [G]Sandy,[A7]
And [C]my little brother [Em]Ray.[G][A7][C]
[Em] Buy a big old [G]wagon,[A7]
To [C]haul us all a-[Em]way.[G][A7][C]

Verse 5:

[Em] Live out in the [G]country,[A7][C]
Where the mountain's [Em]high.[G][A7][C]
[Em] Never comin' [G]back there,[A7][C]
'Till the day I [Em]die.[G][A7][C]

Chorus 2:

[Em] Oh..[C].
[Dsus] Balti-[Bm7]more,
Man it's [D4/C]hard;[C]
Just to [Dsus]live.[Bm7]

[Em] Oh..[C].
[Dsus] Balti-[Bm7]more,
Man it's [D4/C]hard;[C]
Just to [Dsus]live,[Bm7]
Just to [Em]live.

Interlude:

Em G A7 C (x4)

Chorus 3:

[Em] Oh..[C].
[Dsus] Balti-[Bm7]more,
Man it's [D4/C]hard;[C]
Just to [Dsus]live.[Bm7]

[Em] Oh..[C].
[Dsus] Balti-[Bm7]more,
Man it's [D4/C]hard;[C]
Just to [Dsus]live,[Bm7]
Just to [Em]live.

Outro:

[Em] [G] [A7] [C]
(Repeat to Fade)

CHORD DIAGRAMS:


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[Em] [G] [A7] [C] [Dsus] [Bm7][D4/C]
[EADGBE]022000 [EADGBE]320003 [EADGBE]x02223 [EADGBE]x32010 [EADGBE]xx0230 [EADGBE]x24232 [EADGBE]x3x032

Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)