Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

Verse 1

Beat-up little seagull,

 On a marble stair.

Tryin' to find the ocean;

 Lookin' every-where.

Verse 2

Hard times in the city,

In a hard town by the sea.

Ain't nowhere to run to,

There ain't nothin' here for free.

Verse 3

Hooker on the corner,

 Waitin' for a train.

Drunk lyin' on the sidewalk,

 Sleepin' in the rain.

Verse 3

And they hide their faces,

 And they hide their eyes.

'Cos the city's dyin',

 And they don't know why.

Chorus 1

Oh...

Balti-more,

 Man it's hard;

 Just to live.

Oh...

Balti-more,

 Man it's hard;

 Just to live,

 Just to live.

Interlude

Verse 4

Get my sister Sandy,

 And my little brother Ray.

Buy a big old wagon,

 To haul us all a-way.

Verse 5

Live out in the country,

 Where the mountain's high.

Never comin' back there,

 'Till the day I die.

Chorus 2

Oh...

Balti-more,

 Man it's hard;

 Just to live.

Oh...

Balti-more,

 Man it's hard;

 Just to live,

 Just to live.

Interlude

Chorus 3

Oh...

Balti-more,

 Man it's hard;

 Just to live.

Oh...

Balti-more,

 Man it's hard;

 Just to live,

 Just to live.

Outro

(Repeat to Fade)

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