Capo 2
These dance hall [G]girls,[C] they dont treat you [G]kind
They give you their [G]bodies but [C]you never reach their [G]minds
Well, they fill you [Em]up [C]with lipstick [G]lies
When they put you [G]down, son, [D]dont you be sur[Em]prised[C]
Is this the [G]way it always [D]is here in Balti[G]more
Well I saw her mountains and I kissed the plains
I held her sunshine and I drank her rains
Well I went so far that I broke too fast
Thought I had me a winner picked but it came in last, again
Is this the way it always is here in Baltimore
Bridge:
[D]I mustve chosen the wrong [C]season to come [G]down
[D]I never realized they [C]call this sacred [D]ground
My sense of time, hell Im a week behind
I sent me a letter home but this all takes time
Gonna get some cash, gonna go back home
These dance hall girls really know how to make a man feel alone
Is this the way it always is here in Baltimore
Bridge
Fiddle solo
My sense of time, hell Im a week behind
I sent me a letter home but this all takes time
Gonna get some cash, gonna blow this town
These dance hall girls really know how to drag a poor boy down
Is this the way it always is here in Baltimore
Is this the way it always is here in Baltimore
Fiddle
These dance hall [G]girls,[C] they dont treat you [G]kind
They give you their [G]bodies but [C]you never reach their [G]minds
Well, they fill you [Em]up [C]with lipstick [G]lies
When they put you [G]down, son, [D]dont you be sur[Em]prised[C]
Is this the [G]way it always [D]is here in Balti[G]more
Well I saw her mountains and I kissed the plains
I held her sunshine and I drank her rains
Well I went so far that I broke too fast
Thought I had me a winner picked but it came in last, again
Is this the way it always is here in Baltimore
Bridge:
[D]I mustve chosen the wrong [C]season to come [G]down
[D]I never realized they [C]call this sacred [D]ground
My sense of time, hell Im a week behind
I sent me a letter home but this all takes time
Gonna get some cash, gonna go back home
These dance hall girls really know how to make a man feel alone
Is this the way it always is here in Baltimore
Bridge
Fiddle solo
My sense of time, hell Im a week behind
I sent me a letter home but this all takes time
Gonna get some cash, gonna blow this town
These dance hall girls really know how to drag a poor boy down
Is this the way it always is here in Baltimore
Is this the way it always is here in Baltimore
Fiddle