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Date: 11/27/96; 3:03:42 PM
From: Ryan Alexander Bright 
Subject: Streets of Baltimore

Streets of Baltimore
written by Glaser/Howard
Recorded by Gram Parsons on GP

I play this with an alternate bass strum.

C                                               F        C
Well I sold the farm to take my woman where she longed to be
G                                         F           C
We left our kin and all our friends back there in Tennessee
C                                            F             C
And I bought those one way tickets she had often begged me for
G                                     C
And they took us to the streets of Baltimore
G                                                      F        C
Well her heart was filled with gladness when she saw those city lights
C                                                     G
She said the prettiest place on earth was Baltimore at night
C                                         F               C
Well a man feels proud to give his woman what she's longing for
G                                   C
And I kind of like the Streets of Baltimore

(the second part follows the same chord pattern)

Then I got myself a factory job, I ran an old machine
And I bought a little cottage in a neighborhood serene
And every night when I'd come home with every muscle sore
She'd drag me through the Streets of Baltimore
Well I did my best to bring her back to what she used to be
Then I soon learned she loved those bright lights more than she loved me
Now I'm-a-going back on that same train that brought me here before
While my baby walks the streets of Baltimore
While my baby walks the streets of Baltimore

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Date: Wed, 21 Jun 1995 15:50:08 -0700
 To: guitar@nevada.edu
From: lindsey@terra.SIRIUS.COM (Tom Lindsey)
Subject: Gram Parsons; Sin City.crd

Sin City
Gram Parsons, Chris Hillman

3/4 time


         G                   D7
This old town is filled with sin,
      G7          C
It'll swallow you in
          G                 D7
If you've got some money to burn.
        G           D7
Take it home right away,
           G7             C
You've got three years to pay
G            D7          G
But Satan is waiting his turn


CHORUS:
         C                  D7              G           G7
This old earthquake's gonna leave me in the poor house.
   C               G              D7
It seems like this whole town's insane
       C            D7         G7          C
On the thirty-first floor your gold plated door
      G            D7             G
Won't keep out the Lord's burning rain

    G          D7
The scientists say
      G7        C
It'll all wash away
    G                    D7
But we don't believe any more
            G          D7
Cause we've got our recruits
        G7           C
And our green mohair suits
   G               D7          G     G7
So please show you I.D. At the door.


CHORUS

(Instrumental break)


  G            D7
A friend came around.
         G7            C
Tried to clean up this town;
     G         G7          D7
His ideas made some people mad.
       G           D7
But he trusted his crowd,
      G7              C
So he spoke right out loud
G                 D7               G
And they lost the best friend they had


CHORUS

       C            D7         G7          C
On the thirty-first floor your gold plated door
      G            D7             G
Won't keep out the Lord's burning rain

Tom Lindsey
lindsey@sirius.com
San Francisco, CA

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From: zeroy@netcom.com (Roy M. Randall)

HOW MUCH I'VE LIED
Gram Parsons, 1973

(this is a whole step lower on the record, but I like this key for
playablity and singability.)

|Em   |C  D  |G    |   |

G                  D                G                   C
Darling, there is something I must tell you, you must know.
Em                   A               D
But it's so hard to say the words I feel.
      C             G                         C
This fancy that I'm on has been going on too long.
      Em                 C                  D
It's time we stopped pretending things are real.

        G                 D             G                C
'Cause I've been living deep in sin.  I've been living blind.
Em                A                     D
And I don't know just what's right or wrong.
    C                G                            C
To take a chance on losing you was such a silly thing to do.
      Em                 C               D
The chance I might wake up and find you gone.

       C        D       G                C
	Blue, so blue, my love is burning blue.
	Em             Am              C     D
	Any brighter flame would be a lie.
	  C        D       G                    C
	Blue, so blue, my love still burns for you,
	Em                    C             D
	But I know that I'll only make you cry.

G                  D                  G                 C
A thief can only steal from you.  He cannot break your heart.
Em                      A                D
He'll never touch the precious things inside.
    C                   G                          C
So one like you should surely be miles and miles away from me,
Em                C        D         G
Then you'd never care how much I've lied.
    C            G                                    C
So try to understand the pain.  It takes so long when I explain.
Em                    C       D         G
Please, don't you forget how much I've lied.

--
Roy M. Randall, FG             |
Inconsequential Systems, Inc.  |  MORONS!  I've got MORONS on my team!
zeroy@netcom.com               |

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This is without doubt one of the best country rock songs ever written and
always gets unexpected praise when I play this song live. I prefer using the
capo on the 3rd fret as this makes the chord progression closer to the vocals (mine at least).

(capo 3rd)

Intro  D / / F#m / / Am / / B7 / / D
D                  F#m                    Am                    B
You may be, sweet and nice, but that won't keep you warm at night
Em                     Em(+Maj7)                 Em7               A
Cuz I'm the one, who showed you how, to do the things you're doing now
D           F#m               Am                 B7
He may feel, all your charms, he may hold you in his arms
Em              A7           Em           A7                   D
But I'm the one, who let you in, I was right beside you then  

G             Gm               D              Bm
Once upon a time, you let me feel you deep inside
E              E7            G                          A
and nobody knew, nobody saw, do you remember the way you cried

D             F#m
I'm your toy, I'm your ol' boy
Am             B7                                Em
And I don't want no one but you to love me
                A   Em                     A          D          
No, I wouldn't lie, you know I'm not that kind of guy

Solo!

G             Gm               D              Bm
Once upon a time, you let me feel you deep inside
E               E7           G                          A
and nobody knew, nobody saw, do you remember the way you cried
D             F#m
I'm your toy, I'm your ol' boy
Am                   B7                                Em
And I don't want no one but you to love me
               A           Em             A                    D
No, I wouldn't lie, you know I'm not that kind of guy

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