Capo 2
G C G
These dance hall girls, they don’t treat you kind
G C G
They give you their bodies but you never reach their minds
Em C G
Well, they fill you up with lipstick lies
G D Em C
When they put you down, son, don’t you be surprised
G D G
Is this the way it always is here in Baltimore
Well I saw her mountains and I kissed the plains
I held her sunshine and I drank her rains
Well I went so far that I broke too fast
Thought I had me a winner picked but it came in last, again
Is this the way it always is here in Baltimore
Bridge:
D C G
I must’ve chosen the wrong season to come down
D C D
I never realized they call this sacred ground
My sense of time, hell I’m a week behind
I sent me a letter home but this all takes time
Gonna get some cash, gonna go back home
These dance hall girls really know how to make a man feel alone
Is this the way it always is here in Baltimore
Bridge
Fiddle solo
My sense of time, hell I’m a week behind
I sent me a letter home but this all takes time
Gonna get some cash, gonna blow this town
These dance hall girls really know how to drag a poor boy down
Is this the way it always is here in Baltimore
Is this the way it always is here in Baltimore
Fiddle
