C   G            C
These dance hall girls,  they'll treat you kind 
C                       F                  C
They'll give you their bodies, but you'll never touch their minds 
    F         C   F           Em    F
They'll fill you up,  with lipstick lies 
F               C
Then they'll put you down son 
G        Am    D
Don't be surprised 
D         C          G          F    C G   C
Is this the way it always is here in Baltimore? 
C             G          C
I held her mountains, I kissed her plains 
C               F              C
I touched her sunshine, Lord then I drank her rains 
    F     C   F          Em   F
But I went too far, I broke too fast 
F             C
I thought I had a winner picked 
G        Am      D
But I came in last, again 
D         C          G          F    C G   C
Is this the way it always is here in Baltimore? 
***Refrain: 
Em                 F         C
I must have chosen the wrong season to come down 
Em               F            G
I never realized they call this sacred ground 
G      C     G             C
My sense of time, hell I'm a week behind 
C               F              C
I sent a letter home,  but this all takes time you know 
      F      C  F           Em  F
I gotta get some money,  I wanna go back home 
F            C
But these dance hall girls 
C      G         Am   D
Know how to make a man feel alone 
D         C          G          F    C G   C
Is this the way it always is here in Baltimore? 
 
***Solo Plays through one verse 
**play refrian 
G           C     G                  C 
   My sense of time, hell I'm a week behind C                     F C
They'll give you their bodies, but you'll never touch their minds 
    F         C   F           Em    F
They'll fill you up,  with lipstick lies 
F         C
These dance hall girls say 
  G               Am      D
They can't stand to see a grown man cry 
D         C          G          F
Is this the way it always is here in Baltimore? 
F         C         G          F
Is this the way it always is here in Montreal? 
F         C         G          F     C G
Is this the way it always is here in Baltimore? 
F  C  G    F  C  G  C