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BALTIMORE CLIPPER
WORDS & MUSIC: Earl P. Reinhalter
INTRO: C - Am - G
C - Am - G
G C
steel scrapes the ice
Am
like showers of rice
Em
as the sticks chase the puck
G
up the ice, up the ice.
C
I. I don't read the numbers --
Am G
their faces I know.
D
the Baltimore Clippers
Bm F#m Em
move and they flow
A7 D F G
like the wind of freedom.
C
newspaper photos
Am G
of out-of-town games,
D
autograph books
Bm F#m Em
that are full of French names...
A7 D Dsus4 D
wish that I could be them.
G F#m A D
CHORUS: where have all the heroes gone?
G A Aadd9
gone to the majors
A Aadd9 A Aadd9 G
one by one by one.
INSTRUMENTAL: C - Am - Em - G
(like intro vocal)
C
II. a Baltimore Clipper
Am G
I wanted to be.
D
but now I am older,
Bm F#m Em
I have my degree
A7 D F G
and a grey profession.
C
now even the veterans
Am G
are younger than me.
D
do all the old heroes
Bm F#m Em
hunger to be
A7 D Dsus4 D
reliving their obsession?
G F#m A D
CHORUS: where have all the heroes gone?
G A Aadd9
gone to the majors
A Aadd9 A Aadd9 G
one by one by one.
INSTRUMENTAL: C - Am - G
(like verse) D - Bm - F#m - Em - A7
D - Dsus4 - D
© Copyright 1991 Earl P. Reinhalter. All Rights Reserved.
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