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-------------------------|-------------------------------------|
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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-------------------------|-------------------------------------|
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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|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
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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|---------------------|-------------------------------------|
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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----------|
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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----------|
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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|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
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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|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
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Black - bird fly into the
D7
e|---------------------|
B|--1------------------|
G|--2-----2---2--------|
D|--0---0-------0------|
A|----------0----------|
E|---------------------|
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light of a dark black night
Verse (no lyrics):
G Am7 Bm6 G(8va)
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C C#7b5 D Eb(b5) Em Em/Eb
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D C#7b5 C Cm
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Bm6 A7 D7 G
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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-------------------------|-------------------------------------|
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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|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
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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----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
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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----------|
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You were only waiting for this moment to arise