Tom Russell - Dance hall girls
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Tuning: E A D G B E
[Intro]
These dance hall Cgirls,G they'll treat you Ckind
CThey'll give you their bodies, but Fyou'll never touch their Cminds
They'll Ffill you Cup, F with lipstick Emlies F
FThen they'll put you doCwn son
GDon't be surpAmrised D
DIs this the Cway it always Gis here in BaltimFore? C G C
[Verse]
CI held her mountains,G I kissed her Cplains
CI touched her sunshine, FLord then I drank her Crains
But I Fwent too Cfar,F I broke too Emfast F
FI thought I had a wCinner picked
GBut I came in Amlast, aDgain
DIs this the Cway it always Gis here in BaltimFore? C G C
[Refrain]
EmI must have chosen the wrong Fseason to come Cdown
EmI never realized they Fcall this sacred Gground
GMy sense of Ctime, Ghell I'm a week behCind
CI sent a letter home,F but this all takes Ctime you know
I gotta Fget some Cmoney,F I wanna go back Emhome F
FBut these dance hall Cgirls
CKnow how to Gmake a man feel Amalone D
DIs this the Cway it always Gis here in BaltimFore? C G C
[Solo]
[Refrain]
EmI must have chosen the wrong Fseason to come Cdown
EmI never realized they Fcall this sacred Gground
GMy sense of Ctime, Ghell I'm a week behCind
CI sent a letter home,F but this all takes Ctime you know
I gotta Fget some Cmoney,F I wanna go back Emhome F
FBut these dance hall Cgirls
CKnow how to Gmake a man feel Amalone D
DIs this the Cway it always Gis here in BaltimFore? C G C
[Verse]
GMy sense of Ctime, Ghell I'm a week behCind
CThey'll give you their bodies, but Fyou'll never touch their Cminds
They'll Ffill you Cup, F with lipstick Emlies F
FThese dance hall Cgirls say
They Gcan't stand to see a Amgrown man cDry
DIs this the Cway it always Gis here in BaltiFmore?
FIs this the Cway it always Gis here in MontrFeal?
FIs this the Cway it always Gis here in BaltiFmore? C G
[Outro]
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