Chords for Baltimore - Nina Simone

Tempo:
155.3 bpm
Chords used:

D

F#m

A

E

B

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Baltimore - Nina Simone chords
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[A]
[B]
[D] [F#m]
[B] [D] [F#m]
He's a little seagull [E] [D] on [F#m] a marble stair,
[Bm] [F#m]
trying to find the [A] ocean,
[D] [F#m] looking everywhere.
[A]
[D]
[F#m] Hard times in the city, [E] [D] [F#m] in a heart down by the sea, [A]
[E] [D]
[F#m] ain't [A] nowhere to run,
[D] there [F#m] ain't nothing here for free.
[A]
[E] [Bm] [F#m]
I'm a goner,
[B] [E] [D]
[A] waiting for a train, [F#m]
[B] [D]
[A] drunk, lying on the [B] sidewalk, [D] [F#m]
sleeping in the rain.
[B] [Bm] [F#m]
And the people hide their faces, [A] [Bm] and they [F#m] hide their eyes, [A]
[D]
[F#m] cause the city's dying,
[A] [D] and [F#m] they don't know why.
[D] [A] [F#m]
[D]
Oh [E] [C#m] Baltimore,
[D] ain't it hard just [E] to live?
[C#m]
[D] Oh
[C#m] [E] [C#m] Baltimore, [D] ain't it hard [E] just to [C#] live?
Just to [C#m] live.
[F#m] [A]
[D] [F#m]
[A]
[D] [F#m]
Let my [B] sisters [D] and my little [F#m] brother race,
[D] [A]
by a big old wagon,
[D] to haul [F#] us [F#m] all away.
[A]
[D] [F#m]
Live out in the [A] country,
[D] where [F#m] the mountains high, [Am]
[D] [F#m]
never gonna come back dear,
[D] till the [F#m] day I die.
[F#] [C#m] [D]
[E] Oh Baltimore, [C#m] [D]
ain't it hard just [E] to live?
[C#m] [D]
Oh [E]
[C#m] Baltimore, [D] ain't it hard just [E] to live?
[C#] Just [C#m] to live.
[F#m] [F#] [D]
[E] [A]
[D]
[F#m] [A]
[B] [D]
[F#m]
[B] [D]
[F#m]
[B] [Bm]
[F#m]
[Am] [E] [D]
[F#m]
[D]
[F#m] [A]
[D]
[F#m] [A]
[D] [N]
Key:  
D
1321
F#m
123111112
A
1231
E
2311
B
12341112
D
1321
F#m
123111112
A
1231
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ _ _ He's a little seagull [E] _ [D] on _ _ [F#m] a marble _ stair, _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ trying to find the [A] ocean, _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [F#m] looking everywhere.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ Hard times in the city, _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ [F#m] in a heart down by the sea, _ [A] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ ain't [A] nowhere to run, _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ there [F#m] ain't nothing here for free.
_ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ I'm a goner, _ _
[B] _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[A] waiting for a train, _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ drunk, lying on the [B] sidewalk, _ [D] _ _ _ _ [F#m]
sleeping in the rain. _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ And the people hide their faces, _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ and they [F#m] hide their eyes, _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ cause the city's dying, _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ and [F#m] they don't know why. _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ [A] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
Oh [E] _ [C#m] Baltimore, _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ ain't it hard just [E] to live?
[C#m] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ Oh _ _
[C#m] _ [E] _ [C#m] Baltimore, _ _ _ [D] ain't it hard _ _ _ _ [E] just to [C#] live?
_ Just to [C#m] live.
[F#m] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ _ Let my _ [B] sisters [D] and _ _ my little [F#m] brother race, _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
by a big old wagon, _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ to haul [F#] us [F#m] all away.
_ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
Live out in the [A] country, _ _
_ [D] _ _ where [F#m] the mountains high, _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
never gonna come back dear, _ _
_ [D] _ _ till the [F#m] day I die. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] Oh Baltimore, [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
ain't it hard just [E] to live?
_ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Oh [E] _
[C#m] Baltimore, _ _ _ _ [D] _ ain't it hard just [E] to live? _
[C#] _ _ _ Just [C#m] to live.
[F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [D] _
[E] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ [E] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [N] _

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