Beatles – Blackbird (ver 7) tab

Title:     Blackbird
Composers: John Lennon and Paul McCartney
Group:     The Beatles
Arranger:  Doug French, dfrench@site.gmu.edu 1995 
Edited by: Robb Anagnostis 2002 & Fred Ward 2009,fredwward@comcast.net

Note timing changes throughout. #1 #2 3/4 G Am7 G 4/4 GE{|---------------------------|-----------------------------------|B{|---0-------1-------3-------|---12----12--12----12----12--12----|G{|-------0-------0-------0---|-------0-------0-------0-------0---|D{|---------------------------|-----------------------------------|A{|-----------0-------2-------|---10------10------10------10------|E{|---3-----------------------|-----------------------------------| + . + . + . + . + . + . + .
3/4 G Am7 G 4/4 GE||---------------------------|-----------------------------------|B||---0-------1-------3-------|---12----12--12----12----12--12----|G||.------0-------0-------0---|-------0-------0-------0-------0---|D||.--------------------------|-----------------------------------|A||-----------0-------2-------|---10------10------10------10------|E||---3-----------------------|-----------------------------------| + . + . + . + . + . + . + . 1. Blackbird singing in the dead of night 2. Blackbird singing in the dead of night
#5 C A7 D7 B7 Em CmE |-----------3---------------5-------|-----------------------------------|B |---5------(8)alt---7------(10)alt--|---8-----8---8-----8-----8---8-----|G |-------0-------0-------0-------0---|-------0-------0-------0-------0---|D |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|A |---3-------4-------5-------6-------|---7-------7-------6-------6-------|E |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| + . + . + . + . + . + . + . + . Take these broken wings and learn to fly Take these sunken eyes and learn to see Note: alternate notes easier for longer fingers – keep finger on same strings
#7 3/2 G A7 Am7 CmE |-----------3----------------------------------------|B |---7------(8)alt---5-----5---5------4-----4---4-----|G |-------0-------0-------0-------0--------0-------0---|D |----------------------------------------------------|A |---5-------4-------3-------3--------3-------3-------|E |----------------------------------------------------| + . + . + . All your life All your life Note: alternate notes easier for longer fingers – keep finger on same strings
#8 G A7 Am7 D7E |----------------------------------------------------|B |---3-----3---3-----2-----2---2------1-----1---1-----|G |-------0-------0-------0-------0--------0-------0---|D |------------------------------------0-------0-------|A |---2-------2-------0-------0------------------------|E |----------------------------------------------------| + . + . + . You were only waiting for this moment to a- You were only waiting for this moment to be
-----------------------------------------------------------------------... | 1. #9 4/4 G C G A7 D7(Am7)E |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|B |---0-----0---0-----5-------3-------|---2-----2---2-----1-----1---1-----|G |-------0-------0-------0-------0---|-------0-------0-------0-------0---|D |-----------------------------------|-------------------0-------0-------|A |-------------------3-------2-------|---0-------0-----------------------|E |---3-------3-----------------------|-----------------------------------| + . + . + . + . + . + . + . + . rise.
... ----------------- ------------------- 1. || 2. | #11 || | 2/2 GE |--------------------||-------------------|B |---0-----0---0------||---0-----0---0-----|G |-------0-------0---.||-------0-------0---|D |-------------------.||-------------------|A |--------------------||-------------------|E |---3-------3--------||---3-------3-------| + . + . + . + . free.
#13 4/4 F Em Dm C Bb CE |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|B |---10------8-------6-------5-------|---3-----3---3-----5-----5---5-----|G |-------0-------0-------0-------0---|-------0-------0-------0-------0---|D |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|A |---8-------7-------5-------3-------|---1-------1-------3-------3-------|E |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| + . + . + . + . + . + . + . + . Black - bird, fly,
#15 4/4 F Em Dm C Bb A7E |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|B |---10------8-------6-------5-------|---3-----3---3-----2-----2---2-----|G |-------0-------0-------0-------0---|-------0-------0-------0-------0---|D |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|A |---8-------7-------5-------3-------|---1-------1-------0-------0-------|E |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| + . + . + . + . + . + . + . + . Black - bird, fly, into the
#17 2/4 D7(Am7)E |----------------------|B |---1-----1---1----1---|G |-------0-------0------|D |---0-------0----------|A |----------------------|E |----------------------| + . + . light of a dark black
#18 3/4 G Am7 G 4/4 GE |---------------------------|-----------------------------------|B |---0-------1-------3-------|---12----12--12----12----12--12----|G |-------0-------0-------0---|-------0-------0-------0-------0---|D |---------------------------|-----------------------------------|A |-----------0-------2-------|---10------10------10------10------|E |---3-----------------------|-----------------------------------| + . + . + . + . + . + . + . night.
#20 C A7 D7 B7 Em CmE |-----------3---------------5-------|-----------------------------------|B |---5------(8)alt---7------(10)alt--|---8-----8---8-----8-----8---8-----|G |-------0-------0-------0-------0---|-------0-------0-------0-------0---|D |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|A |---3-------4-------5-------6-------|---7-------7-------6-------6-------|E |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| + . + . + . + . + . + . + . + . Note: alternate notes easier for longer fingers – keep finger on same strings
#22
3/2 G A7 Am7 CmE |-----------3----------------------------------------|B |---7------(8)alt---5-----5---5------4-----4---4-----|G |-------0-------0-------0-------0--------0-------0---|D |----------------------------------------------------|A |---5-------4-------3-------3--------3-------3-------|E |----------------------------------------------------| + . + . + . Note: alternate notes easier for longer fingers – keep finger on same strings
#23 #24 G A7 D7(Am7) 2/4 GE |----------------------------------------------------|---------------|B |---3-----3---3-----2-----2---2------1-----1---1-----|---0-----------|G |-------0-------0-------0-------0--------0-------0---|---0-----------|D |------------------------------------0-------0-------|---------------|A |---2-------2-------0-------0------------------------|---------------|E |----------------------------------------------------|---3-----------| + . + . + . + .
#25 4/4 F Em Dm C Bb CE |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|B |---10------8-------6-------5-------|---3-----3---3-----5-----5---5-----|G |-------0-------0-------0-------0---|-------0-------0-------0-------0---|D |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|A |---8-------7-------5-------3-------|---1-------1-------3-------3-------|E |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| + . + . + . + . + . + . + . + . Black - bird, fly,
#27 4/4 F Em Dm C Bb A7E |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|B |---10------8-------6-------5-------|---3-----3---3-----2-----2---2-----|G |-------0-------0-------0-------0---|-------0-------0-------0-------0---|D |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|A |---8-------7-------5-------3-------|---1-------1-------0-------0-------|E |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| + . + . + . + . + . + . + . + . Black - bird, fly, into the
#29 2/4 D7(Am7)E |----------------------|B |---1-----1---1----1---|G |-------0-------0------|D |---0-------0----------|A |----------------------|E |----------------------| + . + . light of a dark, black
#30 3/4 G Am7 G 4/4 GE |---------------------------|-----------------------------------|B |---0-------1-------3-------|---12----12--12----12----12--12----|G |---------------------------|-------0-------0-------0-------0---|D |---------------------------|-----------------------------------|A |-----------0-------2-------|-----------------------------------|E |---3-----------------------|---10------10------10------10------|
+ . + . + . + . + . + . + . night. #31 GE |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|B |---12----12--12----12----12--12----|---12----12--12----12--------------|G |-------0-------0-------0-------0---|-------0-------0---0---------------|D |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|A |---10------10------10------10------|---10------10------10--------------|E |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| + . + . + . + . + . + . + . + . molto rit.
#34 3/4 G Am7 G 3/4 C G A7E||------------------------------|---------------------------|B||------0-------1-------3-------|---5-------3-------2-------|G||----------0-------0-------0---|-------0-------0-------0---|D||------------------------------|---------------------------|A||--------------0-------2-------|---3-------2-------0-------|E||---10\3-----------------------|---------------------------| + . + . + . + . + . + . slide down a tempo
#36 2/4 Am7/DE |------------------|B |--1-----1---1-----|G |------0-------0---|D |--0-------0-------|A |------------------|E |------------------| + . + .
#37 3/4 G Am7 G 4/4 GE||---------------------------|-----------------------------------|B||---0-------1-------3-------|---12----12--12----12----12--12----|G||.------0-------0-------0---|-------0-------0-------0-------0---|D||.--------------------------|-----------------------------------|A||-----------0-------2-------|---10------10------10------10------|E||---3-----------------------|-----------------------------------| + . + . + . + . + . + . + . Blackbird singing in the dead of night
#39 C A7 D7 B7 Em CmE |-----------3---------------5-------|-----------------------------------|B |---5------(8)alt---7------(10)alt--|---8-----8---8-----8-----8---8-----|G |-------0-------0-------0-------0---|-------0-------0-------0-------0---|D |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|A |---3-------4-------5-------6-------|---7-------7-------6-------6-------|E |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| + . + . + . + . + . + . + . + . Take these broken wings and learn to fly; Note: alternate notes easier for longer fingers – keep finger on same strings
#413/2 G A7 Am7 CmE |-----------3----------------------------------------|B |---7------(8)alt---5-----5---5------4-----4---4-----|G |-------0-------0-------0-------0--------0-------0---|D |----------------------------------------------------|A |---5-------4-------3-------3--------3-------3-------|E |----------------------------------------------------| + . + . + . All your life Note: alternate notes easier for longer fingers – keep finger on same strings
#42 4/4 G A7 Am7 GE||-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||B||---3-----3---3-----2-----2---2-----|---1-----1---1-----0-----------5---||G||-------0-------0-------0-------0---|-------0-------0---0--------------.||D||-----------------------------------|---0-------0----------------------.||A||---2-------2-------0-------0-------|-------------------------------3---||E||-----------------------------------|-------------------3---------------|| + . + . + . + . + . + . + . + . You were only waiting for this moment to a-rise.
#43 4/4 G A7 Am7 GE||-----------------------------------|-------------------------------15--||B||---3-----3---3-----2-----2---2-----|---1-----1---1-----0-------12(H)---||G||-------0-------0-------0-------0---|-------0-------0-------0---12(H)--.||D||-----------------------------------|---0-------0---------------12(H)--.||A||---2-------2-------0-------0-------|-----------------------------------||E||-----------------------------------|-------------------3---------------|| + . + . + . + . + . + . + . + . You were only waiting for this moment to a-rise. (H) = Harmonic
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