Blackbird by The Beatles

This is one of my favorite songs to play. I never noticed until I wrote this tab out but the rhythm of pretty tricky with spattering of random 2/4 and 3/4 lead-ins.

Intro:
             G       Am7     Bm6          G(8va)
         e|----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
         B|--0-------1-------3---/-----|--12--------------12-----------------|
         G|--0-------0-------0---------|--0-----0---0-----0-----0---0--------|
         D|------0-------0-------------|-------------------------------------|
         A|----------0-------2---/-----|--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10-----|
         E|--3-------------------------|-------------------------------------|
             |   |   |   |   |   |        |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |

Verse 1:
             G       Am7     Bm6          G(8va)
         e|----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
         B|--0-------1-------3---/-----|--12--------------12-----------------|
         G|--0-------0-------0---------|--0-----0---0-----0-----0---0--------|
         D|------0-------0-------------|-------------------------------------|
         A|----------0-------2---/-----|--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10-----|
         E|--3-------------------------|-------------------------------------|
             |   |   |   |   |   |        |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
             Blackbird       dead of      night
                     singin in the

    C       C#7b5   D       Eb(b5)        Em              Em/Eb
e|--0-------3-------2-------5----------|--3---------------3------------------|
B|--1-------0-------3-------0----------|--0-----0---0-----0-----0---0--------|
G|------0-------0-------0-------0------|------0-------0-------0-------0------|
D|------------------0------------------|--2-------2-------1-------1----------|
A|--3-------4---------------6----------|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |         |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
   Take these broken wings and learn to   fly 

                    D       C#7b5        C               Cm
                e|--2-------3----------|--0----------------------------------|
                B|--3-------0----------|--1-----1---1-----4------------------|
                G|------0-------0------|------0-------0---5-----5---5--------|
                D|--0------------------|----------2-----------5-------5------|
                A|----------4----------|--3---------------3-------3----------|
                E|---------------------|-------------------------------------|
                    |   |   |   |         |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
                    All    your        life

    Bm6             A7                    D7              G
e|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|--3---------------2------------------|--1---------------0------------------|
G|--0-----0---0-----0-----0---0--------|--2-----2---2-----0-----0---0--------|
D|------0-------0-------2-------2------|--0---0-------0-------0-------0------|
A|--2-------2-------0-------0----------|----------0--------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|------------------3-------3----------|
    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |         |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
    You were only waiting for this        moment  to     arise

Turnaround:
    C       Bm6     A7                    D7              G
e|--0----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|--1-------3-------2------------------|--1---------------0------------------|
G|----------0-------0-----0---0--------|--2-----2---2-----0-----0---0--------|
D|----------------------2-------2------|--0---0-------0-------0-------0------|
A|--3-------2-------0-------0----------|----------0--------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|------------------3-------3----------|
    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |         |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |

Verse 2:

G          Am7            Bm6     G(8va)
Black bird singing in the dead of night

C          C#7b5  D        Eb(b5)   Em     Em/Eb
Take these sunken eyes and learn to see

D   C#7b5 C     Cm
All your  life

Bm6           A7               D7           G
You were only waiting for this moment to be free

Chorus:

    F       Eb      Dm(sus) C             Bb6             C
e|--5-------3-------1------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------5----------|--3---------------5------------------|
G|------0-------0-------0-------0------|--------0---0---------0---0----------|
D|--3-------1-------0------------------|------0-------0-----5-------5--------|
A|--------------------------3----------|--1-------1-------3-----3------------|
E|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |         |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
    Black   -   bird            fly

    F       Eb      Dm(sus) C             Bb6             A7
e|--5-------3-------1------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------5----------|--3---------------2------------------|
G|------0-------0-------0-------0------|--------0---0---------0---0----------|
D|--3-------1-------0------------------|------0-------0-----2-------2--------|
A|--------------------------3----------|--1-------1-------0-----0------------|
E|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |         |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
    Black   -   bird            fly                             into the

    D7
e|---------------------|
B|--1------------------|
G|--2-----2---2--------|
D|--0---0-------0------|
A|----------0----------|
E|---------------------|
    |   |   |   |    
    light of a dark black night

Verse (no lyrics):

                G       Am7     Bm6     G(8va)
                |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |

C       C#7b5   D       Eb(b5)  Em              Em/Eb
|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |

                D       C#7b5   C               Cm
                |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |

Bm6             A7              D7              G
|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |

Repeat Chorus

Breakdown:

             G       Am7     Bm6          G(8va)
         e|----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
         B|--0-------1-------3---/-----|--12--------------12-----------------|
         G|--0-------0-------0---------|--0-----0---0-----0-----0---0--------|
         D|------0-------0-------------|-------------------------------------|
         A|----------0-------2---/-----|--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10-----|
         E|--3-------------------------|-------------------------------------|
             |   |   |   |   |   |        |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |

    G(8va)                                         rit; hold rest for a second
e|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|--12--------------12-----------------|--12------12------12------12---------|
G|--0-----0---0-----0-----0---0--------|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|------0-------0-------0-------0------|
A|--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10-----|--10------10------10------10---------|
E|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |         |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |

    G       Am7     Bm6     C             Bm6     A7      D7
e|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|--0-------1-------3-------5----------|--3-------2-------1------------------|
G|--0-------0-------0-------0----------|--0-------0-------2-----2---2--------|
D|------0-------0-------0-------0------|------0-------2---0---0-------0------|
A|----------0-------2-------3----------|--2-------0---------------0----------|
E|--3----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |         |   |   |   |   |   |   |

Repeat Verse 1

Outro (repeat 3x)
    C       Bm6     A7                    D7              G
e|--0----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|--1-------3-------2------------------|--1---------------0------------------|
G|----------0-------0-----0---0--------|--2-----2---2-----0-----0---0--------|
D|----------------------2-------2------|--0---0-------0-------0-------0------|
A|--3-------2-------0-------0----------|----------0--------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|------------------3-------3----------|
    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |         |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
    You were only   waiting for this      moment to      arise

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