Blackbird Easy tab by The Beatles

• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Song: Blackbird (Lennon/McCartney)
Artist: The Beatles
Album: The Beatles (White Album) 1968


Intro:

E|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-0-----1-----3-----12---------12--12--------12-|
G|----0-----0-----0-----0--------------0---------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-------0-----2-----10-----10------10-----10----|
E|-3---------------------------------------------|

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>From now on play Part I singing just the #1 lyrics
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Part I:

E|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-0-----1-----3-----12---------12--12--------12-|
G|----0-----0-----0-----0--------------0---------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-------0-----2-----10-----10------10-----10----|
E|-3---------------------------------------------|

1. Blackbird singing in the....night
2. Blackbird singing in the....night

E|--------------------------------|------------------|
B|-5-----8-----7-----10-----8-----|---8--8-------8---|
G|----0-----0-----0------0-----0--|---------0--------|
D|--------------------------------|------------------|
A|-3-----4-----5-----6------7-----|7-----6-----6-----|
E|--------------------------------|------------------|

1. Take these broken wings...fly  |
2. Take these sunken eyes...see   |

E|-------------------------------------|
B|-7-----8-----5-------5--4--------4---|
G|----0-----0-----0----------0---------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-5-----7-----3-----3----3-----3------|
E|-------------------------------------|

1. All your life...
2. All your life...

E|-------------------------------------------|
B|-3--------3--2--------2--1--1--------1--0--|
G|----0-----------0--------------0-----------|
D|-------------------------0--0-----0--------|
A|-2-----2-----0-----0-----------------------|
E|----------------------------------------3--|

1. You were only waiting...arise
2. You were only waiting...be free

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When you get here repeat Part I singing just the #2 lyrics
Then you move on to Part II
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Part II:
                                        **************
E|-------------------------------------||------------|| You will play
B|-10-----8-----6-----5-----3--------3-||-5-------5--|| it two times,
G|-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-------||----0-------|| but ingnore
D|-------------------------------------||------------|| this second
A|-8------7-----5-----3-----1-----1----||-3-----3----|| measure when
E|-------------------------------------||------------|| you repeat it.

1. Blackbird fly                       ||
2. Blackbird fly                       ||


Part III:

E|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-2--------2--1--------1--0--5--3--2--------2--1--------1--0-|
G|----0-----------0--------------------0-----------0----------|
D|-------------0-----0--------------------------0-----0-------|
A|-1-----1--------------------3--2--0-----0-------------------|
E|-------------------------3--------------------------------3-|

1. Into the light of...black night

Part IV:

E|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-0-----1-----3-----12---------12--12-------12--|
G|----0-----0-----0-----0--------------0---------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-------0-----2-----10-----10------10----10-----|
E|-3---------------------------------------------|

E|---------------------------------------|
B|12-----12-----12----12-----12----------| After these bar
G|---0------0------0------0--------------| take a short
D|---------------------------------------| break of
A|10-----10-----10----10-----------------| 5 seconds...
E|-------------------------------11\0----|

E|---------------------------------------------|
B|-0-----1-----3-----5-----3-----2-----1-----0-|
G|----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----|
D|-------------------------------------0-------|
A|-------0-----2-----3-----2-----0-------------|
E|-3-----------------------------------------3-|

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When finished go back to Part I and sing the #1 lyrics again
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Song structure:

Intro (1x)
Part I (2x)
Part II (2x)
Part III (1x)
Part IV (1x)
Part I (1x)