Intro
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[Verse 1]
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Beat up little seagull, on a marble stair.
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Tryin' to find the ocean, lookin' everywhere.
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Hard times in the city, in a hard town by the sea.
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Ain't nowhere to run to, well there ain't nothin' here for free. No.
[Verse 2]
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Hooker on the corner, waitin' for a train.
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Drunk lyin' on the sidewalk, sleepin' in the rain.
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And they hide their faces. And they hide their eyes.
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'Cause the city's dyin'. and they don't know why-y.
[Chorus]
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Oh, oho, Baltimore.
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Man, it's hard, just to live.
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Oh, oho, Baltimore.
C#m F#m Dmaj7 E C#m F#m
Man, it's hard, just to live, just to live.
[Break]
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[Verse 2]
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Get my sister Sandy, my little brother Ray.
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They buy a big old wagon, to haul us all away.
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Living in a country, where the mountain's high.
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Never comin' back here, 'til the day I die.
[Chorus]
F#m Dmaj7 E
Oh, oho, Baltimore.
C#m F#m Dmaj7 E
Man, it's hard, just to live.
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Oh, oho, Baltimore.
C#m F#m Dmaj7 E C#m F#m
Man, it's hard, just to live, just to live.
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Oh, oho, Baltimore.
C#m F#m Dmaj7 Em
Man, it's hard, just to live.
F#m Dmaj7 E
Oh, oho, Baltimore.
C#m F#m Dmaj7 E C#m F#m A B D
Man, it's hard, just to live, just to live.
[Outro]
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Just to live.
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Just to live.
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Just to live.