Baltimore Oriole chords by George Harrison

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          Baltimore Oriole – George Harrison
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Tuning: Standard

George Harrison
Baltimore Oriole (1981)
(Harrison)



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CHORDS

          E-A-D-G-B-e
Gm/F      1-x-0-3-3-x
Csus2     x-3-5-5-3-3

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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)