Blackbird chords by Alter Bridge

Chords with lyrics (Ver. 2)

• Capo on 2nd

Intro E minorEm D MajorD B minorBm C majorC

E minorEm           D MajorD
The willow it weeps today
B minorBm              G/BG/B
A augmentedA breeze from the distance is calling your
D MajorD
name
E minorEm             D MajorD
Unfurl your black wings and wait
B minorBm          G/BG/B    D MajorD
Across the horizon's coming to sweep you
 E minorEm  D MajorD B minorBm
away
   G/BG/B    D MajorD     E minorEm
It's coming to sweep you away
D MajorD B minorBm G/BG/B D MajorD

    C majorC       B minorBm
Let the wind carry you home
D MajorD     A augmentedA
Blackbird fly away
    C majorC    B minorBm   E minorEm
May you never be broken again

D MajorD B minorBm G/BG/B D MajorD

E minorEm          D MajorD
The fragile cannot endure
  B minorBm            G/BG/B
The wrecked and the jaded, a place so
 D MajorD
unpure
  E minorEm          D MajorD
The static of this cruel world
   B minorBm        G/BG/B     D MajorD
Cause some birds to fly long before they've
      E minorEm D MajorD B minorBm
seen their day
G/BG/B     D MajorD         E minorEm
Long before they've seen their day
D MajorD B minorBm G/BG/B D MajorD

    C majorC       B minorBm
Let the wind carry you home
D MajorD     A augmentedA
Blackbird fly away
    C majorC    B minorBm   E minorEm F# minorF#m G+G D MajorD
May you never be broken again
      C majorC        B minorBm
Beyond the suffering you've known
 D MajorD    A augmentedA
I hope you find your way
    C majorC    G+G   B minorBm
May you never be broken again

E minorEm 2x

E minorEm
Ascending you find your resistance
  C majorC
You know that you've made such a difference
  G/BG/B       D MajorD
In all you leave behind, you'll live to the
E minorEm
end
E minorEm
The cycle of suffering goes on
    C majorC
But the memories of you stay strong
  G/BG/B      D MajorD         E minorEm
Someday I too will fly, and find you again

E minorEm

   C majorC       B minorBm
Let the wind carry you home
D MajorD     A augmentedA
Blackbird fly away
    C majorC    B minorBm   E minorEm F# minorF#m G+G D MajorD
May you never be broken again
      C majorC        B minorBm
Beyond the suffering you've known
 D MajorD    A augmentedA
I hope you find your way
    C majorC    B minorBm   E minorEm  D MajorD B minorBm
May you never be broken again
    G/BG/B   D MajorD    E minorEm  D MajorD B minorBm
May you never be broken again

G/BG/B D MajorD E minorEm

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