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The song "Blackbird" by The Beatles is a folk-inspired song from their 1968 album The White Album. The song features verses with lyrics about taking broken wings and learning to fly, and a refrain section where the lyrics are "Blackbird fly into the light of a dark black night." The song structure alternates between the verses and the refrain and features Paul McCartney on vocals and acoustic guitar.

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The song "Blackbird" by The Beatles is a folk-inspired song from their 1968 album The White Album. The song features verses with lyrics about taking broken wings and learning to fly, and a refrain section where the lyrics are "Blackbird fly into the light of a dark black night." The song structure alternates between the verses and the refrain and features Paul McCartney on vocals and acoustic guitar.

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The song "Blackbird" by The Beatles is a folk-inspired song from their 1968 album The White Album. The song features verses with lyrics about taking broken wings and learning to fly, and a refrain section where the lyrics are "Blackbird fly into the light of a dark black night." The song structure alternates between the verses and the refrain and features Paul McCartney on vocals and acoustic guitar.

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The song "Blackbird" by The Beatles is a folk-inspired song from their 1968 album The White Album. The song features verses with lyrics about taking broken wings and learning to fly, and a refrain section where the lyrics are "Blackbird fly into the light of a dark black night." The song structure alternates between the verses and the refrain and features Paul McCartney on vocals and acoustic guitar.

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BLACKBIRD

(Lennon/McCartney)
The Beatles
The White Album (1968)

Intro:
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|--0-----1-----3-----/12-----12---12----12-----12---12----|
|-----0-----0-----0-------0----------0------0----------0--|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|--------0-----2-----/10-------10-------10-------10-------|
|--3------------------------------------------------------|

Verse 1 and 2:
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|--0-----1-----3-----/12-----12---12----12-----12---12----|
|-----0-----0-----0-------0----------0------0----------0--|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|--------0-----2-----/10-------10-------10-------10-------|
|--3------------------------------------------------------|

1. Blackbird singing in the dead of night


2. Blackbird singing in the dead of night

|--------3-----------5---------------------------------|
|--5-----------7---------8-----8---8----8-----8---8----|
|-----0-----0-----0---------0--------0-----0--------0--|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|--3-----4-----5-----6---7-------7------6-------6------|
|------------------------------------------------------|

1. Take these broken wings and learn to fly


2. Take these sunken eyes and learn to see

|--------3-------------------------------------|
|--7-------------5-----5---5----4-----4---4----|
|-----0-----0-------0--------0-----0--------0--|
|----------------------------------------------|
|--5-----4-------3-------3------3-------3------|
|----------------------------------------------|

1. All your life


2. All your life

|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|--3-----3---3-----2-----2---2----1-----1---1----0-----0---0-----|
|-----0--------0------0--------0-----0--------0-----0---------0--|
|---------------------------------0-------0----------------------|
|--2-------2-------0-------0-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------3-------3-------|

1. You were only waiting for this moment to arrive.


2. You were only waiting for this moment to be free. (To B section)
(Only after first verse)
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|--5-----3----2-----2---2----1-----1---1----0-----0---0-----|
|-----0----0-----0--------0-----0--------0-----0---------0--| (Now to verse 2)
|----------------------------0-------0----------------------|
|--3-----2----0-------0-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------3-------3-------|

B Section:

|------------------------------------------------------|
|-10-----8-----6-----5-----3----3---3----5----5---5----|
|-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-------0-----0-------0--|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|--8-----7-----5-----3-----1------1------3------3------|
|------------------------------------------------------|

Black bird fly

|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-10-----8-----6-----5-----3----3---3----2----2---2----1-----1---1----|
|-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-------0-----0-------0-----0--------0--|
|------------------------------------------------------0-------0------|
|--8-----7-----5-----3-----1------1------0------0---------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

Black bird fly into the light of a dark black night

[Instrumental: Played same as verse 2]

[Repeat B Section]

Modified Intro:

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0---1---3---/12---12--12---12---12--12---12---12--12---12---12---12---12-|
|---0---0---0-----0--------0----0--------0----0--------0----0----0----0----|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----0---2---/10-----10-----10-----10-----10-----10-----10---10---10------|
|-3---------------------------------------------------------------------10-|

Kick it up again:

|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|--12\---0-----1----3-----5-----3-----2-----1-----1---1-----|
|-----------0----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0---------0--|
|-------------------------------------------0-------0-------|
|--10\---------0----2-----3-----2-----0---------------------|
|--------3--------------------------------------------------|

[Repeat verse 1]

Outro (slowing the tempo):

|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|--5-----3------2-----2---2----1-----1---1----0-----0---0-----|
|-----0-----0------0--------0-----0--------0-----0---------0--|
|------------------------------0-------0----------------------|
|--3-----2------0-------0-------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------3-------3-------|

You were only waiting for this moment to arrive.

|-----------------------------------------------3--|
|--5-----3-----2-----2---2----1-----1---1-------0--|
|-----0-----0-----0--------0-----0--------0-----0--|
|-----------------------------0-------0------------|
|--3-----2-----0-------0---------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------3-----|

You were only waiting for this moment to arrive.

transcribed by Chris Sears


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