Baltimore chords by Lyle Lovett

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Verse 1
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 (E minor) I know  (D major) I've seen
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 (E minor) this place before
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 (G major) Lord can't you hear me  (E minor) screaming
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 (G major) As a young man  (E minor) long ago
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When  (A major) I was twenty-one
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 (E minor) An  d

Verse 2
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And I  (G major) know I've seen
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 (E minor) this house before
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With  (G major) people  (D major) all around  (E minor) it
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With  (G major) my baby  (D major) cousin  (E minor) on  the floor
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And  (A major) Mama in the  (G major) kitchen  (E minor) 
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And a  (G major) wo man lies  (D major) upon  (E minor) the bed I

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Verse 3

think she must be dying

And I recall the words she said

As she began to cry

She begged son please don't go to Baltimore

Verse 4
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 (G major) And leave me  (D major) where  (E minor) I'm lying
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For  (G major) you will son  (D major) but  (E minor) I   no more
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 (A major) Walk amon (G major) g the  (E minor) liv ing

Verse 5
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 (G major) And if you  (D major) go to  (E minor) Baltimore
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 (G major) Then I'll see you in  (E minor) heaven
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And  (G major) as you  (D major) breathe I'll
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 (E minor) breathe no more
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 (G major) And I will  (E minor) surely die
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Well you know  (G major) I went to  (E minor) Baltimore So

Verse 6
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 (G major) 
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confident  (E minor) and wise
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 (G major) And as I breathed  (D major) she  (E minor) breathed no more
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 (A major) And  (G major) she did  (E minor) surely die
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And now  (G major) as I lie  (E minor) upon

Verse 7
my bed
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I  (G major) pray I must be  (E minor) dreaming
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 (G major) With faces  (D major) all  (E minor) around my head
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And  (D major) strangers at  (G major) my  (E minor) door
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And a  (G major) wo man's  (D major) voice calls

Verse 8
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 (E minor) out to me
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Bring un (D major) to you  (E minor) your children
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And let  (G major) them see  (D major)  (E minor) these things you see
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 (G major) And hear the word (E minor) s you say
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 (G major) Beg

Verse 9

them to go to Bal timore

And leave you where you're lying

Just like you did one time before

When you were twenty-one

Verse 10
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And And  (G major) if they  (D major) go to Bal (E minor) timore
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 (G major) Then I'll  (D major) see you in  (E minor) heaven
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And  (G major) as they  (D major) breathe you'll  (E minor) breathe no more
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 (A major) And you  (G major) will surely  (E minor) die
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 (G major) And I know I've  (D major) seen  (E minor) this place before

Verse 11
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 (G major) Lord can't you hear me  (E minor) screaming
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Em 
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And  (G major) if I  (D major) should  (E minor) awaken Lord  (A major) 
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 (G major) Then answer me  (E minor) my plea

Verse 12
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 (G major) What makes the sun  (E minor) set in the west
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And  (G major) birds  (D major) fly in the  (E minor) sky
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And what makes  (G major) a woman
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 (D major)  (E minor) beat her breast
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When her  (A major) children  (G major) start  (E minor) to cry
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And what makes  (G major) those little  (E minor) ones grow old

Verse 13
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To find  (G major)  (E minor) eternity
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And what  (G major) takes the wise
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 (E minor) And leaves behind
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A  (A major) foolish  (G major) one  (E minor) like me