Blackbird chords by Alkaline Trio

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
E minorEm C majorC B minorBm
       x2
E minorEm A augmentedA G+G

Verse:
E minorEm
She's black and red and built just like a spy plane
E minorEm
Extracting information from my mind
D MajorD                   C majorC
The photograph she takes into her mainframe
E minorEm                    D MajorD
For your eyes only lonely cold war time (of mine)

Pre-Chorus:
D MajorD
Now after all the city falls just like the night or an angel does

Chorus:
G+G
Leave me here alone to collect my things
C majorC                   E minorEm
She sees music in the terror she brings
      D MajorD      C majorC
And like a technicolor dream
       E minorEm        D MajorD
The light in your eyes blinded me
D MajorD
From the perch she softly smiled
          E minorEm
My blackbird softly smiled


E minorEm C majorC B minorBm
       x2
E minorEm A augmentedA G+G

Verse:
E minorEm
She's built for speed and made for keeping secrets
E minorEm
Stalking dark and in these skies
D MajorD                  C majorC
From miles above no other ones can detect her
E minorEm                 D MajorD
My blackbird blows a kiss that ends mankind

Pre-Chorus:
D MajorD
And all this time there is no crime of treason that she hasn't seen

Chorus:
G+G
Leave me here alone to collect my things
C majorC                   E minorEm
She sees music in the terror she brings
      D MajorD      C majorC
And like a technicolor dream
       E minorEm        D MajorD
The light in your eyes blinded me
D MajorD
From the perch she softly smiled
          E minorEm
My blackbird softly smiled

Bridge:
E minorEm C majorC E minorEm C majorC A minorAm

E minorEm C majorC G+G         A minorAm   E minorEm
SR71 blackbird from the heavens above
     C majorC     G+G  D MajorD       E minorEm
She's the only one, only spy I ever loved

     G+G     D MajorD
She's the only spy I ever loved

Pre-Chorus:
D MajorD
Now after all the city falls just like the night or an angel does

Chorus:
G+G
Leave me here alone to collect my things
C majorC                   E minorEm
She sees music in the terror she brings
      D MajorD      C majorC
And like a technicolor dream
       E minorEm        D MajorD
The light in your eyes blinded me
D MajorD
From the perch she softly smiled
          E minorEm
My blackbird softly smiled

Outro:
E minorEm C majorC G+G
E minorEm C majorC G+G
D MajorD E minorEm C majorC

E minorEm C majorC G+G         A minorAm   E minorEm
SR71 blackbird from the heavens above
     C majorC     G+G  D MajorD       E minorEm
She's the only one, only spy I ever loved

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