Tom: C 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? Refrão: 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