...BALTIMORE... by Randy Newman ---------------................ *from 'Little Criminals' (1977)* Intro: Em G A7 C (x2) Verse 1:

^Em Beat-up little ^Gseagull,^A7 ^C On a marble ^Emstair.^G ^A7 ^C ^Em Tryin' to find the ^Gocean;^A7 ^C Lookin' every-^Emwhere.^G ^A7 ^C

^Em Hard times in the ^Gcity,^A7 In a ^Chard town by the ^Emsea.^G ^A7 ^C ^Em Ain't nowhere to ^Grun to,^A7 There ain't ^Cnothin' here for ^Emfree.^G ^A7 ^C

Verse 2:

^Em Hooker on the ^Gcorner,^A7 ^C Waitin' for a ^Emtrain.^G ^A7 ^C ^Em Drunk lyin' on the ^Gside-walk,^A7 ^C Sleepin' in the ^Emrain.^G ^A7 ^C

^Em And they hide their ^Gfaces,^A7 ^C And they hide their ^Emeyes.^G ^A7 ^C ^Em 'Cos the city's ^Gdyin',^A7 ^C And they don't know ^Emwhy.^G ^A7 ^C

Chorus 1:

^Em Oh..^C. ^DsusBalti-^Bm7more, man it's ^D4/Chard; ^C just to ^Dsuslive. ^Bm7 ^Em Oh..^C. ^DsusBalti-^Bm7more, man it's ^D4/Chard; ^C just to ^Dsuslive, ^Bm7 just to ^Emlive.

Interlude: Em G A7 C (x2) Verse 3:

^Em Get my sister ^GSandy,^A7 ^C And my little brother ^EmRay.^G ^A7 ^C ^Em Buy a big old ^Gwagon,^A7 To ^Chaul us all a-^Emway.^G ^A7 ^C

^Em Live out in the ^Gcountry,^A7 ^C Where the mountain's ^Emhigh.^G ^A7 ^C ^Em Never comin' ^Gback there,^A7 ^C 'Till the day I ^Emdie.^G ^A7 ^C

Chorus 2:

^Em Oh..^C. ^DsusBalti-^Bm7more, man it's ^D4/Chard; ^C just to ^Dsuslive. ^Bm7 ^Em Oh..^C. ^DsusBalti-^Bm7more, man it's ^D4/Chard; ^C just to ^Dsuslive, ^Bm7 just to ^Emlive.

Interlude: Em G A7 C (x4) Chorus 3:

^Em Oh..^C. ^DsusBalti-^Bm7more, man it's ^D4/Chard; ^C just to ^Dsuslive. ^Bm7 ^Em Oh..^C. ^DsusBalti-^Bm7more, man it's ^D4/Chard; ^C just to ^Dsuslive, ^Bm7 just to ^Emlive.

Outro: Em G A7 C (Repeat to Fade) CHORD DIAGRAMS: --------------- Em G A7 C Dsus Bm7 D4/C EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE 022000 320003 x02223 x32010 xx0233 x24232 x3x032 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)

Randy Newman - Baltimore