Baltimore

	  		 


   A                        C    
My shirt is a ragged and my pants are torn 
  F                       Bb 
I aint found nothin I'm a-lookin' for  
      E                    A 
And I wanna go back,    to Baltimore 


  A                      C 
I miss my dinghey on the chesapeak shore 
    F                          Bb 
The shrimp and the Shad-a-fish I adore 
      E                    A 
And I wanna go back,    to baltimore 


Verse 

  A 
Well I left home about ten months ago 
  D 
Cause I was tired of my status quo 
  E 
I said "I'm sick of this dead head town 
  A 
I'm gonna cut out and have a look around" 


A 
That was my first mistake 

  A 
At first I was livin real high on the hog 
  D 
Havin more fun than a pedigree dog 
  E 
'Fore long though my loot ran low 
  A 
And I said "oh well I'll be a hobo" 


  A  
That was my second mistake 


   A                        C    
My shirt is a ragged and my pants are torn 
  F                       Bb 
I aint found nothin I'm a-lookin' for  
      E                    A 
And I wanna go back,    to Baltimore 


  A                      C 
I miss my dinghey on the chesapeak shore 
    F                          Bb 
The shrimp and the Shad-a-fish I adore 
      E                    A 
And I wanna go back,    to baltimore 



Verse 
A 
Well I starved in Chicago and Kalamazoo 
D 
Went down to Atlanta and I starved there too 
E 
I met a lot a' girls but ya can't make time  
A 
When you're knockin' on the back door beggin for a dime 


A 
I know, I've tried  

A 
I searched for my fortune as hard as I could 
D 
But ya can't make a fortune choppin' up wood 
E 
So I'll admit, though I lose a lot a' face 
A 
That my own back yard was a heck of a place 


A 
Baltimore, Good ol' Baltimore 


   A                        C    
My shirt is a ragged and my pants are torn 
  F                       Bb 
I aint found nothin I'm a-lookin' for  
      E                    A 
And I wanna go back,    to Baltimore 


  A                      C 
I miss my dinghey on the chesapeak shore 
    F                          Bb 
The shrimp and the Shad-a-fish I adore 
      E                    A 
And I wanna go back,    to baltimore