Baltimore Oriole

	  		
Intro 
| 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             Csus2 
 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 
    D7sus4                      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             Csus2 
  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 Csus2 | 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 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)