Blackbird
Words & Music by:
John Lennon & Paul McCartney
This is fully transcribed (and I mean fully) in the
July/August 2008 issue of Guitar Edge.
[Women might want to play this capo 2 for
singability. Intro = first 3
chords of basic lick]
Blackbird singing in the dead of night.
Take these broken wings and learn to fly.
All your life -- -- you were only waiting for this moment to
arise.
[transition = last 5 chords of the basic guitar lick]
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.
BRIDGE:
F C Dm C1 Bdim C2
Black -- bird -- fly ------
F C Dm C1 Bdim A7
D7
G Am7 A
Black -- bird -- fly -- into the light of a dark black night.
[transition = entire basic guitar lick]
BRIDGE:
[go directly from the G into the opening lick. (no Am7 or
A). Play 1st four
chords & noodle on high G chord, slide down to C, then lick up & down
to original G]
Blackbird singing in the dead of night.
Take these broken wings and learn to fly.
All your life -- you were only waiting for this moment to
arise.
C2 G A7
D7 G
You were only waiting for this moment to arise.
You were only waiting for this moment to arise.
BRIDGE CHORDS:
F = X X 7 5 6 5 Em = X X 5 4
5 3
Dm = X X 0 3 4 1 C1 = X X 2 0
1 0
Bdim = X 2 0 0 3 Z C2 = X 3 0 0
5 X
A7 = X 0 0 0 2 X D7(add4)
= X 0 0 0 1 X