Key: E
Introduction:
Cm G Cm F Bb D
Gm Gm/F Cm Eb D
Gm Gm/F Eb7 D7
Verse
Gm Gm/F
Baltimore Oriole
C Cm Gm F Gm
Took a look at that mercury, forty below
Cm C2
No life for a lady
Cm Ab7 Gm F Gm Gm7
To be draggin' her feathers around in the snow
Bridge
Cm G Cm F
Leaving me blue, off she flew
Bb D Gm
To the Tangipaho, down in Louisiana
Gm/F Cm
Where a two, timin' Jaybird
Eb D7
Met the divine Miss O
D7/4 D7
I'd like to ruffle his plumage
Verse
Gm Gm/F
That Baltimore Oriole
C Cm Gm
Messed around with that big guy
F Gm Gm/F
Till he singed her wings
Cm C2
Forgivin' is easy
Cm Ab7 Gm
It?s a woman like, now and then
F Gm
Could happen to thing
Bridge
Cm G
Send her back home
Cm F Bb
Home ain't home without her warbling
D Gm
How she can 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 C2 Cm Ab7 Gm F Gm Gm/F
Bridge
Cm G
Send her back home
Cm F Bb
Home ain't home without her warbling
D Gm
How she can 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 C2 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)