Standard Tuning ( 3/4 time)

Introduction in "A" Dorian
    Am          Am          G           G   
E -0---0---0-|-0---0---0-|-3---3---3-|-3---3---3-|
B -1---1---1-|-1---1---1-|-0---0---0-|-0---0---0-|
G -2---2---2-|-2---2---2-|-0---0---0-|-0---0---0-|
D -2---2---2-|-2---2---2-|-0---0---0-|-0---0---0-|
A -0---0---0-|-0---0---0-|-2---2---2-|-2---2---2-|
E -0---0---0-|-0---0---0-|-3---3---3-|-3---3---3-|


    F#7b5       F#7b5       F            F   
E -0---0---0-|-0---0---0-|-1---1---1-|-1---1---1-| ( Do Twice)
B -1---1---1-|-1---1---1-|-1---1---1-|-1---1---1-|
G -2---2---2-|-2---2---2-|-2---2---2-|-2---2---2-|
D -2---2---2-|-2---2---2-|-3---3---3-|-3---3---3-|
A -0---0---0-|-0---0---0-|-3---3---3-|-3---3---3-|
E -2---2---2-|-2---2---2-|-1---1---1-|-1---1---1-|


           


First Verse

    Am                        D
 Baltimore Oriole 
            Dm        Am            D  Dm
 Took a look at the mercury,forty below
  Dm                  Dm-D#-E-F
 no life for a lady
                      Am                    D  Dm    
 to be draggin' her feathers around in the snow

  Dm             Dm-D#-E-F 
 leaving her name,        she flew straight                                      
         Am                   D
 to the Tangipaho

  DM
      where a two-timin' Jay bird
  Dm                 E
 met the divine Miss O 
         
Second Verse


 Am                           D       
 Baltimore Oriole
           Dm              Am  
 messed around with that Jay bird
                     D  Dm   
 till he singed her wings      
 Dm                Dm-D#-E-F                  Am
 forgivin' is easy    -     it's a woman like,now and then
                     D  Dm     
 could happen to thing
 Dm                Dm-D#-E-F           
 send her back home
                              Am          D
 the home I've known without her warbling
          Dm 
 Make a lonely man happy,
   E
 Baltimore Oriole

Bridge  Am
             

End
    D         Dm   
 You'll come back, 
 E
 to your Daddy 
  Am  G  F#7b5  F      Am  G  F#7b5  F
 Now -