baltimore Chords

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[Verse 1]
[D]My [G]shirt is ragged and my [Bb]pants are tore I
[Eb]ain't found nothin' I'm [Ab]a -lookin' for
And I [D]wanna go back to
Bal[G]timore I miss my
dinghy on the
[Bb]Chesapeake shore
The [Eb]shrimp and the shellfish [Ab]I adore
And I [D]wanna go back to
Bal[G]timore
Well, I left home about ten months ago
Cause [C]I was tired of my status quo
I [D]said, I'm sick of this deadhead town I'm
[Gm]gonna [G]cut out and have a [Gm]look around
[G]That was my [Gm]first mistake
[G]For a while I was livin'
real high on the hog
Hav[C]in' more fun than a pedigreed dog
Be[D]fore long, though, my loot ran low
And I [G]said, oh, well,
I'll be a [Gm]hobo.[G]
That was my second mis[Gm]take.[G]
My shirt is ragged and my [Bb]pants are tore.
I [Eb]ain't found nothing I'm [Ab]looking for.
And I [D]want to go back to
[G]Baltimore.
Well, I starved in
Chicago and
Kalamazoo.
Went [C]down to
Atlanta, and I starved there, too.
I [D]met a lot of girls,
but you can't make time
when you're [Gm]knockin' [G]on the back
[D]door beg[G]gin' [Gm]for a dime.
[G]I kno[Gm]w.
[G]I've tried it.
I looked for my fortune as hard as I could,
[Gm]but you [C]can't find a fortune
choppin' up wood.
[D]So I'll admit,
though I'll lose a lot of face,
that my [Gm]own [G]backyard was
a heck [Gm]of a place.
[G]Bal[Gm]timore.
Good old
[G]Baltimore.
My shirt is ragged and my [Bb]pants are tore.
I [Eb]ain't found nothin'.
I'm a [Ab]-lookin' for
I don't [D]wanna go back
to
[G]Baltimore
I miss my dinghy on the
[Bb]Chesapeake shore
The [Eb]shrimp and the shellfish [Ab]I adore
I don't [D]wanna go back
to
[G]Baltimore
Catch me a train
Flag me down a semi
[Gm]Man, I don't [G]care
I gotta get back
[Gm]Goin' to
Baltimore, headin' back