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