| G | C | |
| Well, I | sold my farm to | take my woman |
| G | C | |
| Where she longed to | be |
| D | |
| We | left our kin and all our friends |
| C | G | |
| Back | there in Tennes | see |
| G | C | |
| I | bought those one-way | tickets |
| G | C | |
| That she'd | often begged me | for |
| D | G | |
| They | took us to the streets of Balti | more |
| D | |
| Her | heart was filled with gladness |
| C | G | |
| Just to | see those city | lights |
| G | |
| She | swore the prettiest place on earth |
| D | |
| Was Baltimore at | night |
| G | C | |
| A | man feels proud to | give his woman |
| G | C | |
| What she's longing | for |
| D | G | |
| And I | kinda liked the streets of Balti | more |
| G | C | |
| I | got myself a | factory job |
| G | C | |
| I | ran an old ma | chine |
| D | |
| I | bought a little cottage |
| C | G | |
| In a | neighborhood se | rene |
| G | C | |
| And | every night when | I'd come home |
| G | C | |
| With | every muscle | sore |
| D | G | |
| She'd | drag me through the streets of Balti | more |
| D | |
| I | did my best to bring her back |
| C | G | |
| To | where she used to | be |
| G | |
| But | I soon learned she loved those bright lights |
| D | |
| More than she loved | me |
| G | C | |
| So I'm a- | going back on | that same train |
| G | C | |
| That | brought me here be | fore |
| D | G | |
| While my | baby walks the streets of Balti | more |
| D | C | G | |
| While my | baby walks the | streets of Balti | more |