C F C F
Well I sold the farm to take my woman where she longed to be
G7 C
We left our kin and all our friends back there in Tennessee
F C F
And I bought those one way tickets she had often begged me for
G7 C
And they took us to the streets of Baltimore
G7 C
Well her heart was filled with gladness when she saw
those city lights
G7
She said the prettiest place on earth was Baltimore at night
C F C F
Well a man feels proud to give his woman what she’s longing for
G7 C
And I kind of like the Streets of Baltimore
F C F
Then I got myself a factory job I ran an old machine
G7 C
And I bought a little cottage in a neighborhood serene
F C F
And every night when I’d come home with every muscle sore
G7 C
She’d drag me through the Streets of Baltimore
F C F
Well I did my best to bring her back to what she used to be
G7 C
Then I soon learned she loved those bright lights more
than she loved me
F C F
Now I’m a-going back on that same train that brought me here before
G7 C
While my baby walks the streets of Baltimore
G7 C
While my baby walks the streets of Baltimore
Well I sold the farm to take my woman where she longed to be
G7 C
We left our kin and all our friends back there in Tennessee
F C F
And I bought those one way tickets she had often begged me for
G7 C
And they took us to the streets of Baltimore
G7 C
Well her heart was filled with gladness when she saw
those city lights
G7
She said the prettiest place on earth was Baltimore at night
C F C F
Well a man feels proud to give his woman what she’s longing for
G7 C
And I kind of like the Streets of Baltimore
F C F
Then I got myself a factory job I ran an old machine
G7 C
And I bought a little cottage in a neighborhood serene
F C F
And every night when I’d come home with every muscle sore
G7 C
She’d drag me through the Streets of Baltimore
F C F
Well I did my best to bring her back to what she used to be
G7 C
Then I soon learned she loved those bright lights more
than she loved me
F C F
Now I’m a-going back on that same train that brought me here before
G7 C
While my baby walks the streets of Baltimore
G7 C
While my baby walks the streets of Baltimore