Blackbird - PAUL MCCARTNEY - UNPLUGGED - THE OFFICIAL BOOTLEG (1991) BLACKBIRD (co-written with John Lennon) (c) 1968 Northern Songs Ltd. Chords used: EADGBE [see tablature] INTRO: G Am7 G/B G G Am7 G/B G E:---------------------------------------------------- B:--0-----1-----3s12----12----12---12---12----12------ G:-----0-----0--------0----------0----0----------0---- D:---------------------------------------------------- A:--------0-----2s10-------10------10------10--------- E:--3------------------------------------------------- G Am7 G/B G Blackbird singing in the dead of night C A7/C# D B7/D# Em Em7/Eb Take these broken wings and learn to fly D A7/C# C Cm All your life G/B A7 D7 G C G/B A7 D7 G You were only waiting for this moment to arise Blackbird singing in the dead of night Take these sunken eyes and learn to see All your live You were only waiting for this moment to be free G Am7 G/B G E:---------------------------------------------------- B:--0-----1-----3s12----12----12---12---12----12------ G:-----0-----0--------0----------0----0----------0---- D:---------------------------------------------------- A:--------0-----2s10-------10------10------10--------- E:--3------------------------------------------------- C A7/C# D B7/D# Em Em7/Eb E:--0-----3-----2-----5-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3- B:---------------------------------------------------- G:-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----------0-----0---- D:-----------------------------------2--------1------- A:--3-----4-----0-----6-----2------------------------- E:---------------------------------------------------- D A7/C# C Cm E:-----3-----2-----3---------------------------------- B:-----------------------5----5---5---4---4---4------- G:-------0------0-----0-----0-------0---0-------0----- D:--1--------0---------------------------------------- A:-----------------4-----3------3-----3-----3--------- E:---------------------------------------------------- G/B A7 D7 G E:--3------------------------------------------------------- B:--------3-----3----2----2-----2-----1----1---1----0---0--- G:-----0----------0-----0---------0------0-------0----0----- D:------------------------------------0------0-------------- A:--2-------2--------0-------0----------------------3------- E:--------------------------------------------------------3- C G/B A7 D7 G E:-------0---------------------------------------------------- B:--0----------3-----2----2---2----1----1---1----0---0---0---- G:----0-----0-----0-----0-------0-----0-------0----0-------0-- D:---------------------------------0------0------------------- A:-------3-----2-----0------0--------------------------------- E:-----------------------------------------------3-----3------ F C/E Dm C Bb6 C Blackbird, fly F C/E Dm C Bb6 A7 Blackbird, fly D7 G Am7 G/B G Into the light of a dark black night F C/E Dm C Bb6 C E:--10--------------------------------------------------- B:--------8-----6-----5-----3----3---3---5---5---5------- G:-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-------0---0-------0----- 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E:--------------- INSTRUMENTAL VERSE Blackbird, fly Blackbird, fly D7 G Am7 G/B G Into the light of a dark black night G E:------------------------------------------------------------- B:--12---12----12---12---12----12----12---12---12---12--12s---- G:-----0----------0----0----------0-----0----0----0------------ D:------------------------------------------------------------- A:--10------10------10------10-------10---10---10---10--10s---- E:------------------------------------------------------------- [Slide to INTRO, which is followed by this final verse:] Blackbird singing in the dead of night Take these sunken eyes and learn to see All your live You were only waiting for this moment to be free C G/B A7 D7 G You were only waiting for this moment to be free C G/B A7 D7 G You were only waiting for this moment to be free C G/B A7 D7 G E:------------------------------------------------------------ B:-------5-----3-----2----2---2----1----1---1----0---0---0---- G:----------0-----0-----0-------0-----0-------0----0-------0-- D:---------------------------------0------0------------------- A:-------3-----2-----0------0--------------------------------- E:-----------------------------------------------3-----3------ C G/B A7 D7 G E:--------------------------------------------------3--3------ B:-------5-----3-----2----2---2----1----1---1----0--0--0------ G:----------0-----0-----0-------0-----0-------0-----0--0------ D:---------------------------------0------0---------0--0------ A:-------3-----2-----0------0--------------------------------- E:-----------------------------------------------3------------ NOTE: "I had in mind a black woman, rather than a bird. Those were the days of the civil-rights movement, which all of us cared passionately about, so this was really a song from me to a black woman experiencing these problems in the States: 'Let me encourage you to keep trying, keep your faith, there is hope.'" (Paul McCartney, 1997)