e|-------------------------| B|-------------------------| G|-------------------------| D|----2--------------------| A|--3---3^-----------------| E|-------------------------| My shirt is a ragged and my pants are torn I aint found nothin I'm a-lookin' for And I wanna go back, to Baltimore I miss my dinghey on the chesapeak shore The shrimp and the Shad-a-fish I adore And I wanna go back, to baltimore Verse Well I left home about ten months ago Cause I was tired of my status quo I said "I'm sick of this dead head town I'm gonna cut out and have a look around" e|-------------------------| B|-------------------------| G|-------------------------| D|----2--------------------| A|--3---3^-----------------| E|-------------------------| x2 That was my first mistake At first I was livin real high on the hog Havin more fun than a pedigree dog 'Fore long though my loot ran low And I said "oh well I'll be a hobo" e|-------------------------| B|-------------------------| G|-------------------------| D|----2--------------------| A|--3---3^-----------------| E|-------------------------| x2 That was my second mistake My shirt is a ragged and my pants are torn I aint found nothin I'm a-lookin' for And I wanna go back, to Baltimore I miss my dinghey on the chesapeak shore The shrimp and the Shad-a-fish I adore And I wanna go back, to baltimore Verse Well I starved in Chicago and Kalamazoo Went down to Atlanta and I starved there too I met a lot a' girls but ya can't make time When you're knockin' on the back door beggin for a dime e|-------------------------| B|-------------------------| G|-------------------------| D|----2--------------------| A|--3---3^-----------------| E|-------------------------| x2 I know, I've tried I searched for my fortune as hard as I could But ya can't make a fortune choppin' up wood So I'll admit, though I lose a lot a' face That my own back yard was a heck of a place e|-------------------------| B|-------------------------| G|-------------------------| D|----2--------------------| A|--3---3^-----------------| E|-------------------------| x2 Baltimore, Good ol' Baltimore My shirt is a ragged and my pants are torn I aint found nothin I'm a-lookin' for And I wanna go back, to Baltimore I miss my dinghey on the chesapeak shore The shrimp and the Shad-a-fish I adore And I wanna go back, to baltimore Outro e|-------------------------| B|-------------------------| G|-------------------------| D|----2--------------------| A|--3---3^-----------------| E|-------------------------| x4
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