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 | TransposeReset Font SizeReset Guitar Chord DiagramsA# C Cm D7 D#7 F F# G G#7 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.