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Blackbird
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RingtoneGuitar Tab for Blackbird
Performed by: The Beatles. Composed by: John Lennon, Paul McCartney.
This song is published by SONY/ATV TUNES LLC DBA ATV (NORTHERN SONGS CATALOG), EMI BLACKWOOD MUSIC COLLECTING AGENT-LENNON/MCCARTNEY WRITERS and displayed here with permission. All rights reserved.
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Blackbird
by The Beatles
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G Am G
Blackbird singing in the dead of night
C D Em
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
D C
All your life
G A D G
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these sunken eyes and learn to see
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to be free.
F Dm C
Black-bird, Fly
F Dm C A
Black-bird, Fly
D G
Into the light of the dark black night
Blackbird fly Blackbird fly
Into the light of the dark black night.
G Am G
Blackbird singing in the dead of night
C D Em
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
D C
All your life
G A D G
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
You were only waiting for this moment to arise.
[Note timing changes throughout]
#1 #2
3/4 G Am7 G 4/4 G
E{|---------------------------|-----------------------------------|
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 G
E||---------------------------|-----------------------------------|
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 Cm
E |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B |---5-------8-------7-------10------|---8-----8---8-----8-----8---8-----|
G |-------0-------0-------0-------0---|-------0-------0-------0-------0---|
D |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A |---3-------7-------5-------9-------|---7-------7-------6-------6-------|
E |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
+ . + . + . + . + . + . + . + .
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
Take these sunken eyes and learn to see
#7
3/2 G A7 Am7 Cm
E |----------------------------------------------------|
B |---7-------8-------5-----5---5------4-----4---4-----|
G |-------0-------0-------0-------0--------0-------0---|
D |----------------------------------------------------|
A |---5-------7-------3-------3--------3-------3-------|
E |----------------------------------------------------|
+ . + . + .
All your life
All your life
#8
G A7 Am7 D7
E |----------------------------------------------------|
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.
... ----------------- -------------------
|| 2. |
#11 || |
2/2 G
E |--------------------||-------------------|
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 C
E |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
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 A7
E |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
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 G
E |---------------------------|-----------------------------------|
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 Cm
E |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B |---5-------8-------7-------10------|---8-----8---8-----8-----8---8-----|
G |-------0-------0-------0-------0---|-------0-------0-------0-------0---|
D |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A |---3-------7-------5-------9-------|---7-------7-------6-------6-------|
E |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
+ . + . + . + . + . + . + . + .
#22
3/2 G A7 Am7 Cm
E |----------------------------------------------------|
B |---7-------8-------5-----5---5------4-----4---4-----|
G |-------0-------0-------0-------0--------0-------0---|
D |----------------------------------------------------|
A |---5-------7-------3-------3--------3-------3-------|
E |----------------------------------------------------|
+ . + . + .
#23 #24
G A7 D7(Am7) 2/4 G
E |----------------------------------------------------|---------------|
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 C
E |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
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 A7
E |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
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 G
E |---------------------------|-----------------------------------|
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
G
E |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
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 A7
E||------------------------------|---------------------------|
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/D
E |------------------|
B |--1-----1---1-----|
G |------0-------0---|
D |--0-------0-------|
A |------------------|
E |------------------|
+ . + .
#37
3/4 G Am7 G 4/4 G
E||---------------------------|-----------------------------------|
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 Cm
E |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B |---5-------8-------7-------10------|---8-----8---8-----8-----8---8-----|
G |-------0-------0-------0-------0---|-------0-------0-------0-------0---|
D |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A |---3-------7-------5-------9-------|---7-------7-------6-------6-------|
E |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
+ . + . + . + . + . + . + . + .
Take these broken wings and learn to fly;
#41
3/2 G A7 Am7 Cm
E |----------------------------------------------------|
B |---7-------8-------5-----5---5------4-----4---4-----|
G |-------0-------0-------0-------0--------0-------0---|
D |----------------------------------------------------|
A |---5-------7-------3-------3--------3-------3-------|
E |----------------------------------------------------|
+ . + . + .
All your life
#42
4/4 G A7 Am7 G
E||-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
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---------------||
+ . + . + . + . + . + . + . + .
You were only waiting for this moment to a-rise.
#44
C G A7 Am7 D7 G
E |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||}
B |---5-------3-------2-----2---2-----|---1-----1---1-----3---------------||}
G |-------0-------0-------0-------0---|-------0-------0---0---------------||}
D |-----------------------------------|---0-------0-------0---------------||}
A |---3-------2-------0-------0-------|-----------------------------------||}
E |-----------------------------------|-------------------3---------------||}
+ . + . + . + . + . + . + . + .
You were only waiting for this moment to a-rise.
-------------------------
>Blackbird by John Lennon and Paul McCartney
> E-------------------- |--------------------------------------------|
> B---0-----1-----3---- |12-----12------12-----12-----12------12-----|
>3 G------0-----0-----0- 4|----0--------------0------0--------------0--|
>4 D-------------------- 4|--------------------------------------------|
> A---------0-----2---- |10---------10---------10---------10---------|
> E---3---------------- |--------------------------------------------|
> ||-------------------- |--------------------------------------------|
> ||---0-----1-----3---- |12-----12------12-----12-----12------12-----|
>3 ||.-----0-----0-----0- 4|----0--------------0------0--------------0--|
>4 ||.------------------- 4|--------------------------------------------|
> ||---------0-----2---- |10---------10---------10---------10---------|
> ||---3---------------- |--------------------------------------------|
> E---0-----3-----2-----5-----3------3-----3-----3----3-----3---------|
> B-------------------------------------------------------------------|
>4 G------0-----0-----0-----0------0-----------0-----0----------0------|
>4 D---------------0------------2--------2--------1-------1------------|
> A---3-----4-----------6---------------------------------------------|
> E-------------------------------------------------------------------|
> E---2-----3--------------------------------------|
> B---------------5----5-----5----4----4----4------|
>3 G------0-----0-----0---------0-----0---------0---|
>2 D---0--------------------------------------------|
> A---------4-----3-------3-------3------3---------|
> E------------------------------------------------|
> E--------------------------------------------------------------|
> B---3------3-----3----2----2-----2----1----1---1---------------|
>3 G--------0---------0-----0---------0-----0-------0-------------|
>2 D-------------------------------------0------0-----------------|
> A---2---------2-------0-------0--------------------------------|
> E--------------------------------------------------------------|
> E-------------------0------------------------------------------|
> B---0----0-----0----------3-----2----2---2----1-----1-----1----|
>4 G------0---------0-----0-----0-----0-------0-----0-----------0-|
>4 D---------------------------------------------0--------0-------|
> A-------------------3-----2-----0------0-----------------------|
> E---3-------3--------------------------------------------------|
> E-------------------|| ----------------- -5-----3-----1----------|
> B--0----0-----0-----|| --0----0-----0--- -------------------5----|
>2 G-----0---------0--.||2 -----0---------0- 4 ----0-----0-----0-----0-|
>4 D------------------.||4 ----------------- 4 -3-----2-----0----------|
> A-------------------|| ----------------- -------------------3----|
> E--3-------3--------|| --3-------3------ ------------------------|
> E--------------------------------|-5-----3-----1---------------|
> B--3---------3-----5---------5---|-------------------5---------|
> 4 G-------0---------------0------0-|----0-----0-----0-----0------|
> 4 D-----0---------0-----0----------|-3-----2-----0---------------|
> A--1------1--------3------3------|-------------------3---------|
> E--------------------------------|-----------------------------|
> E-------------------------------- ---------------------------|
> B--3---------3-----3---------2--- --1-----1-----1------------|
> 4 G-------0---------------0------0- 2 -----0-----------0---------|
> 4 D-----0---------0-----0---------- 4 --0--------0---------------|
> A--1------1--------0------0------ ---------------------------|
> E-------------------------------- ---------------------------|
> (one blank 3/4 measure, one blank 4/4, and one blank 2/4)
> E--------------------|
> B--0-----1-----3-----|
> 3 G-----0-----0-----0--|
> 4 D--------------2-----|
> A--------0-----------|
> E--3-----------------|
> E---------------------------|---------------------------------|
> B--12---12--12---12---------|-12-----------12-----------------|
> 4 G-----0--------0----0-/-/-/-|----/-/-/-/-/-----/-/-/-/-/------|
> 4 D---------------------|-|-|-|----|-|-|-|-|-----|-|-|-|-|------|
> A--10-----10-----10---|_|_|-|-10-|_|_|_|_|-10--|_|_|_|_|------|
> E---------------------------|---------------------------------|
> (tie to 10, brush strokes on G)
> E-----------------------------|
> B--12-----12-----12-----------|
> 4 G------/------/------/---/-/--|
> 4 D------|------|------|---|-|--|
> A--10__|--10__|--10__|---|_|--|
> E-----------------------------|
> E--------------------|--0----------------| ---------------------|
> B--0-----1-----3-----|--------3-----2----| --1----1-----1-------|
> 3 G-----0-----0-----0--|-----0-----0-----0-| 2 -----0---------0-----|
> 4 D--------------------|-------------------| 4 ---------------------|
> A--------0-----2-----|--3-----2-----0----| --0-------0----------|
> E--3-----------------|-------------------| ---------------------|
> (blank 3/4 measure, blank 3/2)
> E-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
> B--3----3---3----2----2---2---|-1-----1---1-----0----0-----0---|
> 4 G-----0-------0-----0-------0-|----0---------0-----0---------0-|
> 4 D-----------------------------|-0-------0----------------------|
> A--2------2------0------0-----|--------------------------------|
> E-----------------------------|-----------------3-------3------|
> ||---0----------------------------|-----------------------------||
> ||---------3-----2-----2-----2----|-1----1---1----0----0----0---||
> 4 ||.-----0-----0-----0-----------0-|----0-------0-----0--------0.||
> 4 ||.-------------------------------|-0------0-------------------.||
> ||---3-----2-----0--------0-------|-----------------------------||
> ||--------------------------------|---------------3-------3-----||
> E--------------------------------||
> B--1----1----1-------------------||
> G-----0--------0---/------/------||
> D--0------0--------|------|------||
> A------------------|------|------||
> E--------------------------------||
> (brush strokes on G chord)
--------------------------------
BLACKBIRD
E--------------------------------------------------------------|
B----0----1---3----12---12-----12--12----12----12--------------|
G------0----0---0-----0-----0----------0-----0-----------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------|
A---------0---2----10--------------10--------------------------|
E----3---------------------------------------------------------|
same thing again..
E--------------------------------------------------------------|
B----0----1---3----12---12-----12--12----12----12--------------|
G------0----0---0-----0-----0----------0-----0-----------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------|
A---------0---2----10--------------10--------------------------|
E----3---------------------------------------------------------|
E---0----3---2---5---3---3---3-3---3---3-2---3-----------------|
B-----0----0---0---4---0---0-----0---0-----0---5---5---5-------|
G------------------------------------------------0---0---------|
D--------2---0---4---2---------1---------0---------------------|
A---3----------------------------------------2-3---------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------------|
B---4---4---4--3---3---3--2---2---2-1---1---1-0---0---0--------|
G-----0---0------0---0------0---0-----0---0-----0---0----------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------|
A---3----------2----------0---------2--------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------3----------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------------|
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---------3--------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------|
B---10----8-----6----5----3---3---3-2---2---1---1---1-0---0---0-|
G------0-----0-----0---0----0---0-----0---0---0---0-----0---0---|
D---------------------------------------------------------------|
A---8-----7-----5----3----1---------0---------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------2---------3---------|
Then it starts again.
The song consists of these parts in a mix I can't remember
exactly right now but listen to the recording and I think
you will find out.
As always, the timing isn't in the tab, just the fingering.
B Bend
R Release
/ slide up
\ slide down
H hammer-on
P pull-off
~ vibrato
+ harmonic
x Mute note
. - play note like a dot in standard notation
^ - ties two notes together
(. Pause
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