Baltimore Blues chords by Charlie McCoy

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Verse 1
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 (G major)  (D major)  (A major) 
Get that letter, baby, dropped in your backyard, would come to see you, baby,
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but your good man got me barred, that's why I'm crying, oh,  (D major) baby,  (A major) don't you want to go?
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Honey, back to  (G major) that city,  (D major) sweet  (A major) old
Baltimore
Just this show, baby,
one and one and two
Gon' have some more money,
gon' be up in this world like you
That's why I'm cryin'
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Oh,  (D major) baby, don't you wan (A major) na go?
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Honey, back to  (G major) that city
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Sweet  (D major) old
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 (A major) Baltimore
Askin' all you people
In your scene, my girl
Got a
Spanish complexion
And long black curly hair
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That's why I'm  (D major) cryin'
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Oh, baby, don't you  (A major) wanna go?
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Honey, back to that city,  (G major)  (D major) sweet  (A major) old
Baltimore
Take me back, baby,
with my drunken ways
Don't take me back, baby,
more stay drunk every day
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That's why I'm  (D major) cryin'
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Oh, baby,  (A major) don't you  (D major) want  (A major) to go?
Honey, back to that city
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Sweet  (D major) old
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 (A major) Baltimore
Know you didn't want me, baby
When you first fell across my bed
Drinkin' your bad whiskey
Was talkin' all out your head
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That's why I'm  (D major) cryin',  oh
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Baby, don't you  (A major) wanna go?
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Honey, back to  (G major) that city
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 (D major) Sweet  (A major) old
Baltimore
My baby got way
Like a rattlesnake in his quiver
Every time she quiver
Oh, it's like this world
That's why I'm cryin', oh
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 (D major) Baby,  (A major) don't you want to go
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Honey, back to  (G major) that city,
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 (A major) sweet old
Baltimore