Intro
| Cm G | Cm F | Bb D |
| Gm Gm/F | Cm Eb D |
| Gm Gm/F | Eb7 D7 |
Verse
GmGm/F
Baltimore Oriole
CCmGmFGm
Took a look at that mercury, forty below
CmCsus2
No life for a lady
Cm Ab7 Gm F | Gm Gm7 |
To be draggin' her feathers around in the snow
Bridge
CmGCmF
Leaving me blue, off she flew
BbDGm
To the Tangipaho, down in Louisiana
Gm/FCm
Where a two, timin' Jaybird
EbD7
Met the divine Miss O
D7sus4D7
I'd like to ruffle his plumage
Verse
GmGm/F
That Baltimore Oriole
CCmGm
Messed around with that big guy
F | Gm Gm/F |
Till he singed her wings
CmCsus2
Forgivin' is easy
CmAb7Gm
It's a woman like, now and then
FGm
Could happen to thing
Bridge
CmG
Send her back home
CmFBb
Home ain't home without her warbling
DGm
How she can sing
Gm
Gm/F Cm Eb D7
Make a lonely man happy, Baltimore Oriole
Gm
| Gm Gm/F | Eb7 D7 |
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
CmG
Send her back home
CmFBb
Home ain't home without her warbling
DGm
How she can sing
Gm
Gm/F Cm Eb D7
Make a lonely man happy, Baltimore Oriole
Gm
| Gm Gm/F | Eb7 D7 |
Come down from that bough
Gm
| Gm Gm/F | Eb7 D7 |
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)