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Beatles - Blackbird Tab

1. The document provides a guitar tab for the Beatles song "Blackbird" that improves upon existing tabs by including an important chromatic bass line in the verses. 2. The tab is presented across 27 measures with notation for the guitar strings and fingering to play the song. 3. The tab aims to accurately capture the timing and all notes of the song in an easy to follow format.

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Beatles - Blackbird Tab

1. The document provides a guitar tab for the Beatles song "Blackbird" that improves upon existing tabs by including an important chromatic bass line in the verses. 2. The tab is presented across 27 measures with notation for the guitar strings and fingering to play the song. 3. The tab aims to accurately capture the timing and all notes of the song in an easy to follow format.

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Beatles - Blackbird tab

John Lennon and Paul McCartney


The Beatles

TAB by: Robb Anagnostis


Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002

The existing TABs are close but some miss the timing, others leave out notes.
The TAB by Douglas French from 1995 (which this tab is greatly based on) is very good but
misses the very important chromatic bass line through the verses (only 3 notes...but
important). Others that have the bass line show a really wierd fingering for it. Try this one
out. It's really pretty easy. Check out measure #5 where the chromatic bass notes all stay on
the A string.

#1 #2
3/4 G Am7 G/B 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/B 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/C# D B7/D# Em Cm/Eb
E |-----------3---------------5-------|-----------------------------------|
B |---5--(5)----------7--(7)----------|---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 (notes in () not played 2nd verse)

#7
3/2 D A7/C# C Cm
E |-----------3----------------------------------------|
B |---7---------------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

#8
G/B A7 C/D
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 C/D
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 |-----------------------------------|-------------------0-----0---0-----|
B |---10------8-------6-------5-------|---3-----3---3---------------------|
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 C/D
E |----------------------|
B |---1-----1---1----1---|
G |-------0-------0------|
D |---0-------0----------|
A |----------------------|
E |----------------------|
+ . + .
light of a dark blackc

#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-----------|
D |---------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A |-----------0-------2-------|---10------10------10------10------|
E |---3-----------------------|-----------------------------------|
+ . + . + . + . + . + . + .
night.
#20
C A7/C# D7 B7/D# Em * Cm/Eb
E |-----------3---------------5-------|-----------------------------------|
B |---5---5-----------7---7-----------|---8-----8-----8---8-----8---8-----|*note small
G |-------0-------0-------0-------0---|-------0-----0---------0-------0---| change in
D |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| picking pattern
A |---3-------4-------5-------6-------|---7-------7-------6-------6-------| here
E |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
+ . + . + . + . + . + . + . + .

#22
3/2 D A7/C# C Cm
E |-----------3----------------------------------------|
B |---7---------------5-----5---5------4-----4---4-----|
G |-------0-------0-------0-------0--------0-------0---|
D |----------------------------------------------------|
A |---5-------4-------3-------3--------3-------3-------|
E |----------------------------------------------------|
+ . + . + .

#23 #24
G A7 C/D 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 |-----------------------------------|-------------------0-----0---0-----|
B |---10------8-------6-------5-------|---3-----3---3---------------------|
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---|
D |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A |---8-------7-------5-------3-------|---1-------1-------0-------0-------|
E |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
+ . + . + . + . + . + . + . + .
Black - bird, fly, into the

#29
2/4 C/D
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/B 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---------12/--|
G |-------0-------0-------0-------0---|-------0-------0---0---------------|
D |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A |---10------10------10------10------|---10------10------10---------10/--|
E |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
+ . + . + . + . + . + . + . + .
molto rit.

#34
3/4 G Am7 G/B 3/4 C G/B A7
E||------------------------------|---0-----------------------|
B||------0-------1-------3-------|-----------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 C/D
E |------------------|
B |--1-----1---1-----|
G |------0-------0---|
D |--0-------0-------|
A |------------------|
E |------------------|
+ . + .

#37
3/4 G Am7 G/B 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/C# D B7/D# Em Cm/Eb
E |-----------3---------------5-------|-----------------------------------|
B |---5---------------7---7-----------|---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;

#41
3/2 D A7/C# C * Cm *
E |-----------3----------------------------------------|
B |---7---------------5---5-------5----4---4-------4---| * note change in
G |-------0-------0---------0---0------------0---0-----| picking pattern here
D |----------------------------------------------------|
A |---5-------4-------3-------3--------3-------3-------|
E |----------------------------------------------------|
+ . + . + .
All your life
#42
4/4 G/B A7 C/D 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/B A7 C/D 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.

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