[Intro]
| Cm G | Cm F | Bb D |
| Gm Gm/F | Cm Eb D |
| Gm Gm/F | Eb7 D7 |
[Verse]
[Gm] Baltimore [Gm/F]Oriole
[C] Took a [Cm]look at that [Gm]mercury, f[F]orty be[Gm]low
[Cm] No life for a [Csus2]lady
Cm Ab7 Gm F | Gm Gm7 |
To be draggin' her feathers around in the snow
[Bridge]
[Cm] Leaving me [G]blue,[Cm] off she [F]flew
To the [Bb]Tangipaho, [D]down in Louisi[Gm]ana
Where a [Gm/F]two, timin' [Cm]Jaybird
[Eb]Met the divine Miss [D7]O
I'd [D7sus4]like to ruffle his plumage[D7]
[Verse]
That [Gm]Baltimore [Gm/F]Oriole
[C] Messed a[Cm]round with that [Gm]big guy
F | Gm Gm/F |
Till he singed her wings
[Cm] Forgivin' is [Csus2]easy
[Cm] It's a [Ab7]woman like, [Gm]now and then
Could [F]happen to [Gm]thing
[Bridge]
[Cm] Send her back [G]home
[Cm] Home ain't [F]home without her [Bb]warbling
[D] How she can [Gm]sing
Gm/F Cm Eb D7 [ Gm ]
Make a lonely man happy, Baltimore Oriole
| Gm Gm/F | Eb7 D7 | [ Gm ]
Come down from that bough
[Solo]
| Gm Gm/F | C Cm | Gm F | Gm Gm/F |
| Cm Csus2 | Cm Ab7 | Gm F | Gm Gm/F |
[Bridge]
[Cm] Send her back [G]home
[Cm] Home ain't [F]home without her [Bb]warbling
[D] How she can [Gm]sing
Gm/F Cm Eb D7 [ Gm ]
Make a lonely man happy, Baltimore Oriole
| Gm Gm/F | Eb7 D7 | [ Gm ]
Come down from that bough
| Gm Gm/F | Eb7 D7 | [ Gm ]
Fly to your daddy now
[Solo]
| Gm Gm/F | C Cm | Gm F | Gm Gm/F |
| Cm Csus2 | Cm Ab7 | Gm F | Gm |
| Cm G | Cm F | Bb D |
| Gm Gm/F | Cm Eb D |
| Gm Gm/F | Eb7 D7 |
(fade during last four bars)
| Cm G | Cm F | Bb D |
| Gm Gm/F | Cm Eb D |
| Gm Gm/F | Eb7 D7 |
[Verse]
[Gm] Baltimore [Gm/F]Oriole
[C] Took a [Cm]look at that [Gm]mercury, f[F]orty be[Gm]low
[Cm] No life for a [Csus2]lady
Cm Ab7 Gm F | Gm Gm7 |
To be draggin' her feathers around in the snow
[Bridge]
[Cm] Leaving me [G]blue,[Cm] off she [F]flew
To the [Bb]Tangipaho, [D]down in Louisi[Gm]ana
Where a [Gm/F]two, timin' [Cm]Jaybird
[Eb]Met the divine Miss [D7]O
I'd [D7sus4]like to ruffle his plumage[D7]
[Verse]
That [Gm]Baltimore [Gm/F]Oriole
[C] Messed a[Cm]round with that [Gm]big guy
F | Gm Gm/F |
Till he singed her wings
[Cm] Forgivin' is [Csus2]easy
[Cm] It's a [Ab7]woman like, [Gm]now and then
Could [F]happen to [Gm]thing
[Bridge]
[Cm] Send her back [G]home
[Cm] Home ain't [F]home without her [Bb]warbling
[D] How she can [Gm]sing
Gm/F Cm Eb D7 [ Gm ]
Make a lonely man happy, Baltimore Oriole
| Gm Gm/F | Eb7 D7 | [ Gm ]
Come down from that bough
[Solo]
| Gm Gm/F | C Cm | Gm F | Gm Gm/F |
| Cm Csus2 | Cm Ab7 | Gm F | Gm Gm/F |
[Bridge]
[Cm] Send her back [G]home
[Cm] Home ain't [F]home without her [Bb]warbling
[D] How she can [Gm]sing
Gm/F Cm Eb D7 [ Gm ]
Make a lonely man happy, Baltimore Oriole
| Gm Gm/F | Eb7 D7 | [ Gm ]
Come down from that bough
| Gm Gm/F | Eb7 D7 | [ Gm ]
Fly to your daddy now
[Solo]
| Gm Gm/F | C Cm | Gm F | Gm Gm/F |
| Cm Csus2 | Cm Ab7 | Gm F | Gm |
| Cm G | Cm F | Bb D |
| Gm Gm/F | Cm Eb D |
| Gm Gm/F | Eb7 D7 |
(fade during last four bars)