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Raining In Baltimore by Counting Crows - Guitar Chords

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Version 1 Version 2

            "Raining in Baltimore" by Counting Crowes

A bit tweaked from the other chords that I've seen for this song.  Inspired by a
by JordanCaiolaMusic on YouTube: (http://-.-/watch?ds49a0we2Zd3-oo0)

Remember to keep the "B string" open throughout the song to give the song that whispey
 When transitioning from the first line of the chorus to the second, there is a slight
riff, which sounds really good if you strum the "A Chord" the way it is listed
and then hammer on the "B String" to create a normal "A", pull it off, strum all the
open for a half-beat and then hammer on "E".  Everyone says this, but if you listen to
CD, you will find the inspiration for it.  It translates the chorus from piano to
guitar with dignity.

C#m : 046600
A   : 002200
B   : 024400
E   : 022100


[Verse 1]
   C#m        A       B           E
This circus is falling down on its knees
    C#m        A         B
The big top is crumbling down
     C#m        A         B           E
It's raining in Baltimore fifty miles east
 C#m                 A        B
Where you should be, no one's around

[Chorus 1]
         A           E
I need a phone call
         A         E
I need a raincoat
         A         E
I need a big love
         A           E
I need a phone call

[Verse 2]
      C#m         A           B          E
These train conversations are passing me by
      C#m        A          B
And I don't have nothing to say
    C#m          A           B          E
You get what you pay for but I just had no,
C#m          A           B
intention, of living this way

[Chorus 2]
         A           E
I need a phone call
         A           E
I need a plane ride
         A        E
I need a sunburn
       A         E
I need raincoat

[Break]
B             A
And I get no answers
B                   A
And I don't get no change
B               A          E
It's raining in Baltimore, baby
C#m            A           B
But everything else is the same

[Verse 3]
       C#m          A         B           E
There's things I remember and things I forget
  C#m         A            B
I miss you I guess that I should
C#m            A            B      E
Three thousand five hundred miles away
    C#m            A             B
But what would you change if you could

[Chorus 3]
         A          E
I need a phone call
                     A       E
Maybe I should buy a new car
                    A             E
I can always hear a freight train
            A          E
If I listen real hard
                       A           E
And I wish it wasn't a small world
                          A          E
'Cause I'm lonely for the big towns
                          A      E
I'd like to hear a little guitar
                             A         E
I think it's time to put the top down

[Chorus 4 Outro]
         A           E
I need a phone call
         A         E
I need a raincoat
                A         E
I really need a raincoat
                       A         E
I really really need a raincoat
                              A         E
I really really really need a raincoat
                A         E
I really need a raincoat 
        

We also have 20 songs by Counting Crows

• A Long December
• A Murder Of One
• Accidentally In Love
• Angels Of The Silences
• Anna Begins
• August And Everything After
• Big Yellow Taxi
• Colorblind
• Elevator Boots
• Hanginaround
• Holiday In Spain
• Mr Jones
• Mrs Potters Lullaby
• Omaha
• Perfect Blue Buildings
• Rain King
• Raining In Baltimore
• Recovering The Satellites
• Round Here
• Sullivan Street

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