George Harrison - Baltimore Oriole: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Baltimore Oriole" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

Gm        Gm/F
Baltimore Oriole
C        Cm            Gm      F     Gm
Took one look at that mercury forty below
Cm            Cmsus2
No life for a lady
Cm       G#7         Cm       F            Gm
To be dragging her feathers around in the snow
Cm           G   Cm       F
Leaving me blue, off she flew
          A#        D7
To the Tangipaho - down in Louisiana
Gm      Gm/F          Cm   D#7                 D7
Where a two-timing Jaybird Met the divine Miss O

D7
I'd like to ruffle his plumage
     Gm        Gm/F
That Baltimore Oriole
C       Cm                  Gm
Messed around with that big guy
         F          Gm
Till he singed her wings
Cm           Cmsus2
Forgiving is easy
Cm       G#7        Gm
It's a woman like, now and them
       F          Gm
Could happen to thing
Cm             G
Send her back home
Cm          F                A#
Home ain't home without her warbling
D7             Gm
How she can sing
       Gm/F#      Cm
Make a lonely man happy,
  D#7     D7 Gm   Gm/F D#7
Baltimore Oriole
      D7             Gm  Gm/F D#7
Come down from that bough
             D7    Gm
Fly to your daddy now


You can simplify chords by removing barre

Transpose

Reset

Font Size

Reset

Simplify chords by removing barre

Guitar Chord Diagrams

A#

Guitar chord A#

C

Guitar chord C

Cm

Guitar chord Cm

D7

Guitar chord D7

D#7

Guitar chord D#7

F

Guitar chord F

F#

Guitar chord F#

G

Guitar chord G

G#7

Guitar chord G#7

Gm

Guitar chord Gm

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Baltimore Oriole" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Baltimore Oriole" by George Harrison.

George Harrison Song List