C5 G5 C5 These dance hall girls, they'll treat you kind C5 F5 C5 They'll give you their bodies, but you'll never touch their minds F5 C5 F5 E5 F5 They'll fill you up, with lipstick lies F5 C5 Then they'll put you down son G5 A5 D5 Don't be surprised D5 C5 G5 F5 C5 G5 C5 Is this the way it always is here in Baltimore? C5 G5 C5 I held her mountains, I kissed her plains C5 F5 C5 I touched her sunshine, Lord then I drank her rains F5 C5 F5 E5 F5 But I went too far, I broke too fast F5 C5 I thought I had a winner picked G5 A5 D5 But I came in last, again D5 C5 G5 F5 C5 G5 C5 Is this the way it always is here in Baltimore? ***Refrain: E5 F5 C5 I must have chosen the wrong season to come down E5 F5 G5 I never realized they call this sacred ground G5 C5 G5 C5 My sense of time, hell I'm a week behind C5 F5 C5 I sent a letter home, but this all takes time you know F5 C5 F5 E5 F5 I gotta get some money, I wanna go back home F5 C5 But these dance hall girls C5 G5 A5 D5 Know how to make a man feel alone D5 C5 G5 F5 C5 G5 C5 Is this the way it always is here in Baltimore? ***Solo Plays through one verse **play refrian G5 C5 G5 C5 My sense of time, hell I'm a week behind C5 F5 C5 They'll give you their bodies, but you'll never touch their minds F5 C5 F5 E5 F5 They'll fill you up, with lipstick lies F5 C5 These dance hall girls say G5 A5 D5 They can't stand to see a grown man cry D5 C5 G5 F5 Is this the way it always is here in Baltimore? F5 C5 G5 F5 Is this the way it always is here in Montreal? F5 C5 G5 F5 C5 G5 Is this the way it always is here in Baltimore? F5 C5 G5 F5 C5 G5 C5