Title: Blackbird

Composers: John Lennon and Paul McCartney

Group: The Beatles
Arranger: Doug French, dfrench@site.gmu.edu

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.

dfrench@site.gmu.edu

From: indigo@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Adam Schneider)

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)

From: momotaro@cwis.unomaha.edu (Bryan Stack)

Subject: Blackbird bridge

Blue Eyes writes:

I've known the fingering for Blackbird for some years.

But the middle part always fouls me up (yuck yuck).
You know the part.....'blackbird fly, blackbird fly
into the dark of the dark black night.."
Thanks. //Gary
I know there are tabs for Blackbird at Nevada, but as I recall, I
don't
entirely agree with the one in normal tuning, and the one in open G
seemed
harder than the normal version, for me at least. Anyway, this is how
I
play the part in question. Normal tuning.

8 10 7 8 5 6 3 5 1 3 3 5
-|-|-|-|- -|-|-|- -|-|-|- -|-|-|-|- |-|-|-|- -|-|-|-|-
-|-|-|*|- -|-|*|- -|-|*|- -|-|-|*|- |-|-|*|- -|-|-|*|-
-|-|-|-|- -|-|-|- -|-|-|- -|-|-|-|- |-|-|-|- -|-|-|-|-
-|-|-|-|- -|-|-|- -|-|-|- -|-|-|-|- |-|-|-|- -|-|-|-|-
-|*|-|-|- -|*|-|- -|*|-|- -|*|-|-|- |*|-|-|- -|*|-|-|-
-|-|-|-|- -|-|-|- -|-|-|- -|-|-|-|- |-|-|-|- -|-|-|-|-

Black - - - - bird - - - - - fly

8 10 7 8 5 6 3 5 1 3 0 2
-|-|-|-|- -|-|-|- -|-|-|- -|-|-|-|- |-|-|-|- |-|-|-
-|-|-|*|- -|-|*|- -|-|*|- -|-|-|*|- |-|-|*|- |-|*|-
-|-|-|-|- -|-|-|- -|-|-|- -|-|-|-|- |-|-|-|- |-|-|-
-|-|-|-|- -|-|-|- -|-|-|- -|-|-|-|- |-|-|-|- |-|-|-
-|*|-|-|- -|*|-|- -|*|-|- -|*|-|-|- |*|-|-|- *|-|-|-
-|-|-|-|- -|-|-|- -|-|-|- -|-|-|-|- |-|-|-|- |-|-|-

Black - - - - bird - - - - - fly into the

0 1 0 3 0 1 1 3 10 12
|-|- |-|-|-|- |-|- |-|-|-|- -|-|-|-|-
|*|- *|-|-|-|- |*|- |-|-|*|- -|-|-|*|-
|-|- |-|-|-|- |-|- |-|-|-|- -|-|-|-|-
*|-|- |-|-|-|- |-|- |-|-|-|- -|-|-|-|-
|-|- |-|-|-|- *|-|- |*|-|-|- -|*|-|-|-
|-|- |-|-|*|- |-|- |-|-|-|- -|-|-|-|-

light of a dark black night

Etc. instrumentally through one verse, then repeat bridge, playing

four
measures of the last chord (10/12), slowing tempo each measure. Rub a
wound string (A or D) with the tips of your thumb and forefinger to
simulate a European blackbird chirping. Then:

1 10 0 3 0 1 1 3 3 5
|-|- -|-|- |-|-|-|- |-|- |-|-|-|- -|-|-|-|-
|-|- -|-|- *|-|-|-|- |*|- |-|-|*|- -|-|-|*|-
|-|- -|-|- |-|-|-|- |-|- |-|-|-|- -|-|-|-|-
|-|- -|-|- |-|-|-|- |-|- |-|-|-|- -|-|-|-|-
|*|<-slide down-|*|- |-|-|-|- *|-|- |*|-|-|- -|*|-|-|-
|-|- -|-|- |-|-|*|- |-|- |-|-|-|- -|-|-|-|-

2 3 0 2 0 1
-|-|-|- |-|-|- |-|-
-|-|*|- |-|*|- |*|-
-|-|-|- |-|-|- |-|-
-|-|-|- |-|-|- *|-|-
-|*|-|- *|-|-|- |-|-
-|-|-|- |-|-|- |-|-

And back into the last verse.

By the way, listen to Blackbird and then I'll Follow the Sun. Aren't
they
really just variations on the same song? For that matter, how about
Lady
Madonna and Get Back? Any other recycled Beatles songs?

-- Bryan

From: e83lp@tde.lth.se (Lars Persson)

BLACKBIRD (written down in Lund, Sweden Dec 5, 1994)

(The corrected version)

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.

PS Please write back when you have received this

I would like to exchange more mails DS

So long, Lars