Baltimore Oriole

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Baltimore Oriole – George Harrison
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Written by: Hoagy Carmichael/Hoagy Carmichael, Paul Francis Webster
From: "Somewhere in England" (1981)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
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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]
CmG CmF BbD
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GmGm/FCm EbD
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GmGm/FEb7D7
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[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 GmGm7
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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 GmGm/F
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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
GmGm/FEb7 D7 Gm
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Come down from that bough
[Solo]
GmGm/FCCm GmF GmGm/F
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CmCsus2CmAb7GmF GmGm/F
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[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
GmGm/FEb7 D7 Gm
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Come down from that bough
GmGm/FEb7 D7 Gm
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Fly to your daddy now
[Solo]
GmGm/FCCm GmF GmGm/F
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CmCsus2CmAb7GmF Gm
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CmG CmF BbD
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GmGm/FCm EbD
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GmGm/FEb7D7
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(fade during last four bars)

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          Baltimore Oriole – George Harrison
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Written by: Hoagy Carmichael/Hoagy Carmichael, Paul Francis Webster
From: "Somewhere in England" (1981)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
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[Intro]
| Cm G | Cm F | Bb D |
| Gm Gm/F | Cm   Eb D | 
| Gm Gm/F | Eb7 D7 | 
[Verse]
[Bridge]
[Verse]
[Bridge]
[Solo]
| Gm Gm/F | C Cm | Gm F | Gm Gm/F |
| Cm Csus2 | Cm Ab7 | Gm F | Gm Gm/F |
[Bridge]
[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)

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