Blackbird
The White Album
(Lennon/McCartney)

 Last Updated 12/01/96

General Rules On Chord Charts

Verse Part
Blackbird singin’ in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arrive
Verse Ending

Blackbird singin’ 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
Blackbird fly

Blackbird fly into the light of the dark black night

Blackbird singin’ in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arrive
You were only waiting for this moment to arrive
You were only waiting for this moment to arrive


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Verse Part
(^) Slide Up  () Slide Down  (h) Hammer On  (p) Pull Off  (b) Bend



E-----------------------------------------------------------
B----0---------1-------------3^-------12------12---12-----12
G---------0---------0----------------------0-----------0----
D-----------------------------------------------------------
A--------------0-------------2^-------10-----------10-------
E----3------------------------------------------------------
    Blackbird singin' in the dead of night

E---------------3----------------5--------------------------
B----5--------------0---7-------------0---8------8---8-----8
G---------0------------------0----------------0---------0---
D---------------5----------------7--------------------------
A----3------------------5-----------------7----------6------
E-----------------------------------------------------------
    Take these broken wings and learn to fly, ummm
    Take these sunken eyes  and learn to see, ummm

E----------3------------------------------------------------
B-----7---------5--------5----4--------4--------------------
G--------------------0-------------0------------------------
D----------5------------------------------------------------
A-----5---------3-------------3-----------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------
     All your life

E-----------------------------------------------------------
B-----3-------3-----2-----------2----1--------1---0---------
G---------0----------------0--------------0-----------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------
A-----2-------------0----------------0----------------------
E-------------------------------------------------3---------
     You were only waiting for this moment to arrive
     You were only waiting for this moment to be free

Return To Base


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Verse Ending
(^) Slide Up  () Slide Down  (h) Hammer On  (p) Pull Off  (b) Bend


After the first verse, do this staff (skip it after the 2nd)

E----------------------------------------------3------------
B-----5---3---2------2---1------1----0------0---------------
G-----------------0----------0-----------0------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------
A-----3---2---0----------0----------------------------------
E------------------------------------3----------------------

Return To Base


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Bridge
(^) Slide Up  () Slide Down  (h) Hammer On  (p) Pull Off  (b) Bend



E-----------------------------------------------------------
B---10---8---7---5---3-------3-------5------5---------------
G------------------------0---------------0------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------
A---9----6---5---3---1-----------1---3----------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------
   Bla -ack bi- rd  fly

E-----------------------------------------------------------
B---10---8---7---5---3-------3-------2------2---------------
G------------------------0--------------0-------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------
A---9----6---5---3---1-----------1---0----------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------
   Bla -ack bi- rd  fly                 into the

E----------------------------------------3------------------
B-----1-----------1----0------------0-----------------------
G------------0----------------0-----------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------
A-----0-----------------------------------------------------
E----------------------3------------------------------------
    light of the dark brown night