Baltimore Oriole

by Hoagy Charmichael

Key: ^Gm
^GmBaltimore Oriole^Gm7
^CTook one ^Cm6look at that ^Gmmercury for^Gm7ty be^C7low^D
^GmNo ^Cmlife for a lady^Cm7
^FTo be ^Ab7dragging her ^Gmfeathers a^Gm7round in the ^C7snow^D^Gm
^CmLeaving me ^Gblue, ^Eboff she ^Fflew
To the ^GmTangipa^Dho ^Gm
Where a ^C9two-timing Jaybird ^Cm7^Cm6 ^Eb7Met the di ^C#dimvine Miss O ^D

^D7I'd like to ruffle his plumage
^GmBaltimore Oriole^Gm7
^CMessed a ^Cm6round with that ^Gmbig mouth
Till ^Gm7he singed her ^C7wing^D^Gm
^CmForgiving is easy^Eb6^F
It's a ^Ab7woman like, ^Gmnow and then
^Gm7Could happen ^C7thing

^CmSend her ^Gback home
^EbHome ain't ^Fhome without ^Gm6her warbl^Ding
^BbHow she can sing
Make a ^C9lonely man ^Am7happy ^Cm6
^Eb7Baltimore ^C7Or^D7i^Gmole^Gm7^C9
Come ^Ebmaj7down from that ^Gmbough^Gm7^C9
Fly to your ^Eb7dad ^D7dy now^Gm6^Gm