G# C# Well, I sold my farm to take my woman G# C# Where she longed to be D# We left our kin and all our friends C# G# Back there in Tennessee G# C# I bought those one-way tickets G# C# That sheʼd often begged me for D# G# They took us to the streets of Baltimore D# Her heart was filled with gladness C# G# Just to see those city lights G# She swore the prettiest place on earth D# Was Baltimore at night G# C# A man feels proud to give his woman G# C# What sheʼs longing for D# G# And I kinda liked the streets of Baltimore G# C# I got myself a factory job G# C# I ran an old machine D# I bought a little cottage C# G# In a neighborhood serene G# C# And every night when Iʼd come home G# C# With every muscle sore D# G# Sheʼd drag me through the streets of Baltimore D# I did my best to bring her back C# G# To where she used to be G# But I soon learned she loved those bright lights D# More than she loved me G# C# So Iʼm a-going back on that same train G# C# That brought me here before D# G# While my baby walks the streets of Baltimore D# C# G# While my baby walks the streets of Baltimore