Baltimore

 | ^  half bend

Chorus

   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"

Verse

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"

Verse

  A
That was my second mistake

Chorus

   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

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

Verse

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

Verse

A
Baltimore, Good ol' Baltimore

Chorus

   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

Outro

A
Hitch me a train, Flag me down a Semi, Man I don't care, I gotta get back,
Goin' to Baltimore, Headin back