The Beatles - Blackbird
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Autoscroll
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Tuning: E A D G B E
Blackbird ver. 5 does a perfect job of transcribing the exact
guitar notes from the original recording - learn it from there.
https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/t/the_beatles/blackbird_ver5_tab.htm
Once you know it, this tab makes it much easier to follow along and sing
by using a shorthand to describe repeating finger picking sections.
When you see a single dash after a note, you should play that followed
by the repeating open G:
e|--| e|----|
B|0-| B|0---|
G|--| becomes G|--0-|
D|--| D|----|
A|--| A|----|
E|3-| E|3---|
When you see a double dash after a note:
e|----| e|----------------|
B|12--| B|12----12--12----|
G|----| becomes G|----0-------0---|
D|----| D|----------------|
A|10--| A|10------10------|
E|----| E|----------------|
[Intro] [Verse]
e|--------------|---------------(3)-(5)--------(3)------------------|
B|0-1-3/12--12--|0-1-3/12--12--5-8-7-10-8--8--7-8-5--4--3--2--1--0--|
G|--------------|---------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------|---------------------------------------------0-----|
A|--0-2/10--10--|--0-2/10--10--3-4-5-6 -7--6--5-4-3--3--2--0--------|
E|3-------------|3-----------------------------------------------3--|
Blackbird ... dead of night
Take these broken ... learn to fly
All your ... you were only ... moment to arise
[Fill] [Verse]
e|--------------|---------------(3)-(5)--------(3)------------------|
B|-5-3-2--1--0--|0-1-3/12--12--5-8-7-10-8--8--7-8-5--4--3--2--1--0--|
G|--------------|---------------------------------------------------|
D|--------0-----|---------------------------------------------0-----|
A|-3-2-0--------|--0-2/10--10--3-4-5-6 -7--6--5-4-3--3--2--0--------|
E|-----------3--|3-----------------------------------------------3--|
Blackbird ... dead of night
Take these sunken ... learn to see
All your ... you were only ... moment to be free
[Chorus]
e|---------------------------------|
B|10-8-6-5-3--5--10-8-6-5-3--2--1--|
G|---------------------------------|
D|------------------------------0--|
A|8 -7-5-3-1--3--8 -7-5-3-1--0-----|
E|---------------------------------|
Blackbird fly ... light of the dark black night
[Verse - solo guitar]
e|---------------(3)-(5)--------(3)------------------|
B|0-1-3/12--12--5-8-7-10-8--8--7-8-5--4--3--2--1--0--|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------0-----|
A|--0-2/10--10--3-4-5-6 -7--6--5-4-3--3--2--0--------|
E|3-----------------------------------------------3--|
[Chorus]
e|---------------------------------|
B|10-8-6-5-3--5--10-8-6-5-3--2--1--|
G|---------------------------------|
D|------------------------------0--|
A|8 -7-5-3-1--3--8 -7-5-3-1--0-----|
E|---------------------------------|
Blackbird fly ... light of the dark black night
[Verse - solo guitar]
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|0-1-3/12--12--12--12--12-12-12-12~12\0-1-3-5-3-2-1--|
G|--------------------------------0~------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------0--|
A|--0-2/10--10--10--10--10-10-10-10~10\--0-2-3-2-0----|
E|3------------------------------------3--------------|
[Verse]
e|---------------(3)-(5)--------(3)------------------|
B|0-1-3/12--12--5-8-7-10-8--8--7-8-5--4--3--2--1--0--|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------0-----|
A|--0-2/10--10--3-4-5-6 -7--6--5-4-3--3--2--0--------|
E|3-----------------------------------------------3--|
Blackbird ... dead of night
Take these broken ... learn to fly
All your ... you were only ... moment to arise
e|-----------------------------|
B|5-3-2--1--0--5-3-2--1--0---0~|
G|-----------------------0---0~|
D|-------0------------0--0---0~|
A|3-2-0--------3-2-0---------2~|
E|----------3------------3-----|
You were only ... moment to arise
You were only ... moment to arise
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