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Lady Came From Baltimore

Bobby Darin

RockAdvanced for beginners5 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

BDiagram coming soon
GbDiagram coming soon
E
EbmDiagram coming soon
Abm7Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              Intro: B 
 
#1. 
B                  Gb         E                Ebm  B 
The lady came from Baltimore, all she wore was lace. 
E                    B           Gb 
She didn't know that I was poor, she never saw my place. 
 
 
Abm7           Gb               E                  B 
I was there to steal her money, take her rings and run. 
E      Abm7                  B     Gb            B 
Then I fell in love with the lady, got away with none. 
 
#2. 
B                   Gb           E                  B 
The lady's name was Susan Moore, her daddy read the law. 
E                    B              Gb 
She didn't know that I was poor and lived outside the law. 
    B             Gb              E                    B 
Her daddy said, I was a thief and didn't marry her for love. 
    E             B              Gb              B 
But I was Susan's true belief, I married her for love. 
 
 
Abm7           Gb               E                  B 
I was there to steal her money, take her rings and run. 
E      Abm7                  B     Gb            B 
Then I fell in love with the lady, got away with none. 
 
 
INTERLUDE: B E Gb B 
 
#3. 
B                  Gb            E                B 
House she lived in had a wall to keep the robbers out. 
E                   B             Gb 
She'd never stop to think at all, that's what I'm about. 
 
 
Abm7           Gb               E                  B 
I was there to steal her money, take her rings and run. 
E      Abm7                  B     Gb            B 
Then I fell in love with the lady, got away with none. 
 
OUTRO: 
E              B                   Gb            B 
Then I fell in love with the lady, got away with none.  
          
 

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Chord set

B · Gb · E · Ebm · Abm7

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.