Baltimore chords by Nils Lofgren

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 2nd
• Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: DmDm

Intro:

A#A#
DmDm  G+G  DmDm  G+G    x4

Verse 1:
DmDm       Dm7Dm7   G+G      G minorGm   DmDm   DmDm  G+G
Beat up little seagull    on a marble stair
DmDm         Dm7Dm7   G+G     G minorGm    DmDm      DmDm G+G
Tryin' to find the ocean
looking everywhere
DmDm         Dm7Dm7  G+G      G minorGm        DmDm    DmDm G+G
Hard times in the city
in a hard town by the sea
DmDm        Dm7Dm7   G+G        G minorGm        DmDm    DmDm C majorC
Ain't nowhere to run to
there ain't nothing here for free

Chorus:
DmDm A#A#  C majorC          Cmaj7Cmaj7 A#A#    C majorC
Oh
Baltimore, man, it's hard just to live
DmDm A#A#  C majorC          Cmaj7Cmaj7 A#A#    C majorC           DmDm   G+G
Oh
Baltimore, man, it's hard just to live     Just to live

 DmDm G+G    x3

Verse 2:
DmDm       Dm7Dm7   G+G    G minorGm       DmDm   DmDm  G+G
Hooker on the corner     waiting for a train
   DmDm      Dm7Dm7    G+G   G minorGm        DmDm   DmDm  G+G
Drunk lyin' on the sidewalk
sleeping in the ɾain
     DmDm     Dm7Dm7  G+G       G minorGm     DmDm   DmDm  G+G
And they hide their faces   and they hide their eyes
 DmDm         Dm7Dm7  G+G      A#A#        DmDm   DmDm C majorC
'Cause the city is dying    and they don't know why

Chorus:
DmDm A#A#  C majorC          Cmaj7Cmaj7 A#A#    C majorC
Oh
Baltimore, man, it's hard just to live
DmDm A#A#  C majorC          Cmaj7Cmaj7 A#A#    C majorC
Oh
Baltimore, man, it's hard just to live

Bridge:
DmDm FF   G+G A#A#
    DmDm    FF    G+G A#A#
Man is hart to live

DmDm FF   G+G A#A#         x12

Chorus:
DmDm A#A#  C majorC          Cmaj7Cmaj7 A#A#    C majorC
Oh
Baltimore, man, it's hard just to live
DmDm A#A#  C majorC          Cmaj7Cmaj7 A#A#    C majorC
Oh
Baltimore, man, it's hard just to live
     DmDm  G+G   DmDm G+G         DmDm G+G    DmDm G+G   DmDm G+G
 Just to live

Verse 3:
DmDm      Dm7Dm7    G+G       G minorGm       DmDm   DmDm G+G
Get my sister Sandy
and my little brother Ray
DmDm      Dm7Dm7   G+G     G minorGm      DmDm  DmDm G+G
Buy a big old wagon    to haul us all away
DmDm        Dm7Dm7    G+G        G minorGm     DmDm  DmDm G+G
Live out in the countɾy    where the mountains high
DmDm      Dm7Dm7      G+G    G minorGm     DmDm        C majorC
Never comin' back here      'till the day I die   - No

Chorus:
DmDm A#A#  C majorC          Cmaj7Cmaj7 A#A#    C majorC
Oh
Baltimore, man, it's hard just to live
DmDm A#A#  C majorC          Cmaj7Cmaj7 A#A#    C majorC
Oh
Baltimore, man, it's hard just to live

DmDm A#A#  C majorC          Cmaj7Cmaj7 A#A#    C majorC
Oh
Baltimore, man, it's hard just to live
DmDm A#A#  C majorC          A#A#  C majorC
Oh
Baltimore, man, it's hard

DmDm C majorC

DmDm  FF  A#b A minorAm     A#A# DmDm G+G   FF D#D#   D#b DmDm
Dm  FF  A#b A minorAm     A#A# DmDm G+G   FF D#D#   D#b DmDm