Baltimore Chords by Randy Newman

Tempo:
105.45 bpm
Chords used:

C

G

Em

A

D

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Randy Newman - Baltimore chords
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[Em] [G] [A] [C]
[Em] [G] [A] [C]
[Em] Beat up [G] little [A] seagull [C] on a [Em] marble step.
[G] [A]
[C] Trying [Em] to [Gm] find an [A] ocean,
[C] looking [Em] everywhere.
[G] [A]
[C] [Em] [G] Hard times in [A] the city, [C] in a hard [Em] time by the sea.
[G]
[A] [C] [Em] Ain't nowhere [G] to [A] run to, [C] there ain't [G] nothing here for free.
[A] [C] [Em] [G] Hooker on the corner, [A] [C] waiting [G] for a train.
[A] [C] [Em] Junk [G] lying on the [A] sidewalk, [C] [D] [Em] sleeping in the rain.
[G] [A] [C] [G] And I hide their faces, [C] and [G] I hide their eyes.
[A] [C] [Em] Cause the city's dying, [C] and [Em] I don't know why.
[G] [C] [Em]
[C] Oh [D] [Bm] Baltimore, [C] man it's hard [D] just [Bm] to live.
[Em]
[C] [D] [Bm] Oh Baltimore, [Em] man it's hard [C] [D] just [Bm] to live, just [Em] to live.
[A] [C] [Em]
[A] [C] [G] [Em] Yeah my sister [G] Sandy, [A] [C] my [Em] little brother Ray.
[G] [A] [C] [Em]
[G] Buy a big old [A] wagon [C] to [Em] haul us all away.
[G] [A] [C] [Em]
Living in [G] the country, [C] [G] where the mountains high.
[Am] [G]
Never come back here, [Am] till [G] the day I die.
[C]
[D] Oh Baltimore, [G] man it's hard [C] [D] just to [Bm] live.
[Em] [C]
Oh [D] Baltimore, [Bm] [G] man it's [C] hard [D] just to live, [Bm] just to [Em] live.
[C] [G]
[C] [D] [G]
[C] [D] [Em] [Em]
[C] [Em] [C]
[D] [Bm] Oh Baltimore, [G] man it's [C] hard [D] just [Bm] to live.
[Em] [C] Oh
[D] Baltimore, [Em] man it's [C] hard [D] just to live, just [Em] to live.
[Am] [D] [G]
[Am] [D] [G]
[A] [C] [D] [G]
[F] [Em] [A]
[C] [G]
[C] [G] [Am]
[G] [Am]
[D] [Em] [F#]
[N]
Key:  
C
3211
G
2131
Em
121
A
1231
D
1321
C
3211
G
2131
Em
121
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Learn the basic chords of Randy Newman - Baltimore chords, with this master sequence: Em, C, Em, G, A, C, G, Bm, Em, C and D. A good strategy is to initiate at 52 BPM and then accelerate to the track's regular speed of 105 BPM. Adjust the capo based on your vocal range and chord preference, keeping the song's key of G# Major in mind.

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[Em] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [C] _ _
[Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [C] _
_ _ [Em] Beat up [G] little [A] seagull [C] on a [Em] marble step.
[G] _ _ [A] _ _
[C] Trying [Em] _ to [Gm] find an [A] ocean, _
[C] _ looking [Em] everywhere.
[G] _ _ [A] _
_ [C] _ _ _ [Em] [G] Hard times in [A] the city, _ [C] in a hard [Em] time by the sea.
[G] _ _
[A] _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ Ain't nowhere [G] to [A] run to, _ [C] there ain't [G] nothing here for free. _ _
_ [A] _ [C] _ _ _ [Em] _ [G] Hooker on the corner, [A] _ _ [C] _ waiting [G] for a train.
_ _ [A] _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ Junk [G] lying on the [A] sidewalk, [C] _ [D] _ [Em] sleeping in the rain.
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ And I hide their faces, _ [C] _ and [G] I hide their eyes.
_ [A] _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] Cause the city's dying, _ [C] _ and [Em] I don't know why.
[G] _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
[C] Oh _ [D] _ [Bm] Baltimore, [C] man it's hard _ _ [D] just [Bm] to live.
_ [Em] _ _
[C] _ _ [D] _ [Bm] Oh Baltimore, [Em] man it's hard [C] _ _ [D] just [Bm] to live, just [Em] to live.
_ _ [A] _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ [Em] Yeah my sister [G] Sandy, [A] _ _ [C] my [Em] little brother Ray.
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _
[G] Buy a big old [A] wagon _ [C] to [Em] haul us all away.
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _
Living in [G] the country, [C] _ _ [G] where the mountains high.
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _
Never come back here, [Am] _ till [G] the day I die.
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] Oh Baltimore, [G] man it's hard [C] _ _ [D] just to [Bm] live.
[Em] _ _ [C]
Oh [D] Baltimore, [Bm] _ [G] man it's [C] hard _ [D] just to live, [Bm] just to [Em] live. _
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ [D] _ [Em] _ _ [Em] _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _ _
_ [D] [Bm] Oh Baltimore, [G] man it's [C] hard _ [D] just [Bm] to live.
_ [Em] _ [C] Oh _
[D] Baltimore, _ [Em] man it's [C] hard [D] just to live, just [Em] to live. _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ [C] _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [A] _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [D] _ [Em] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _

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The album Little Criminals includes this song, written by Randy Newman.

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