Baltimore Oriole Chords
Baltimore Oriole by George Harrison is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords Cm, G, F, Bb, D, Gm, Gm/F, Eb, Eb7, D7, C, Csus2, Ab7, Gm7 and D7sus4. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
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)