Chords
Dance Hall Girls

Key: C

Introduction:

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