Mark Erelli - Baltimore
CAPO: 2nd Fret
[Intro]
G A7 C F G F G F
[Verse 1]
C F C F
It's an eight hour drive up to Somerville
C
To Somerville
G
To Somerville
C F C F
I got a big cup of coffee and a bottle of little white pills
Am7
Little white pills
G
Little white pills
[Verse 2]
C F C F
I turn the radio up, I just want to hear the sound
C
Of someone's voice
G
Someone's voice
C F C F
Mr. State Trooper, please don't stop me now
Am7
I can't slow down
G
I got no choice
[Verse 3]
C F C
I come flying o'er the Delaware and across the Tappan Zee
F C G
Wondering what I got to do to make you reconsider me
C F
Well, Honey, don't turn me back from your door
C Dm F C
I come all the way from Baltimore
[Verse 4]
C F C F
I got a pawn shop ring and a yellow rose bouquet
C
Honey, that I bought
G
In a cheap truck stop
C F C F
Hardly seems enough to prove to you I've changed
Am7
Well, maybe it ain't
G
But it's all I got
[Verse 5]
C F C
I know you've had all the heartache you can take from me
F C G
So I won't make no excuses for the fool I used to be
C F
Well, Honey, don't turn me back from your door
C Dm F C
I come all the way from Baltimore
]Instrumental]
G F C F C G C Am7 F C Dm F C
[Verse 6]
C F C F
It's an eight hour drive, but I did it in six
C
Oh, I did it in six
G
Yeah, I did it in six
C F C F
There was a time I thought I could live without your kiss
Am7
Now I ain't ashamed
G
To let you see me like this
[Verse 7]
C F C
Like a moth circling 'round your front porch light
F C G
Like a ship out on the ocean, to a beacon in the night
C G/B Am C F
Ah, Baby I made my way to your door
G Dm F C
And I come all the way from Baltimore
G Dm F C
And I come all the way from Baltimore
G Dm F C
And I come all the way from Baltimore