Blackbird by The Beatles

Blackbird tab by The Beatles

Guitar tabs

Title:   Blackbird
Composers: John Lennon and Paul McCartney
Group:   The Beatles

Note timing changes throughout.

 #1             #2
 3/4 G    Am7   G    4/4 G
E{|---------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B{|---0-------1-------3-------|---12----12--12----12----12--12----|
G{|-------0-------0-------0---|-------0-------0-------0-------0---|
D{|---------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A{|-----------0-------2-------|---10------10------10------10------|
E{|---3-----------------------|-----------------------------------|
   +  .  +  .  +  .    +  .  +  .  +  .  +  .

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 3/4 G    Am7   G    4/4 G
E||---------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B||---0-------1-------3-------|---12----12--12----12----12--12----|
G||.------0-------0-------0---|-------0-------0-------0-------0---|
D||.--------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A||-----------0-------2-------|---10------10------10------10------|
E||---3-----------------------|-----------------------------------|
   +  .  +  .  +  .    +  .  +  .  +  .  +  .
  1. Blackbird singing ...
  2. Blackbird singing ...


 #5
   C    A7   D7   B7     Em       Cm
E |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B |---5-------8-------7-------10------|---8-----8---8-----8-----8---8-----|
G |-------0-------0-------0-------0---|-------0-------0-------0-------0---|
D |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A |---3-------4-------5-------6-------|---7-------7-------6-------6-------|
E |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
   +  .  +  .  +  .  +  .    +  .  +  .  +  .  +  .
   Take these broken ...
   Take these sunken ...


 #7
 3/2 G    A7   Am7       Cm
E |----------------------------------------------------|
B |---7-------8-------5-----5---5------4-----4---4-----|
G |-------0-------0-------0-------0--------0-------0---|
D |----------------------------------------------------|
A |---5-------4-------3-------3--------3-------3-------|
E |----------------------------------------------------|
   +    .    +    .    +    .
   All   your  ...
   All   your  ...


 #8
   G        A7        Am7   D7
E |----------------------------------------------------|
B |---3-----3---3-----2-----2---2------1-----1---1-----|
G |-------0-------0-------0-------0--------0-------0---|
D |------------------------------------0-------0-------|
A |---2-------2-------0-------0------------------------|
E |----------------------------------------------------|
   +    .    +    .    +    .
   You were only ...
   You were only ...


-----------------------------------------------------------------------...
 | 1.
 #9
 4/4 G        C    G      A7       D7(Am7)
E |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B |---0-----0---0-----5-------3-------|---2-----2---2-----1-----1---1-----|
G |-------0-------0-------0-------0---|-------0-------0-------0-------0---|
D |-----------------------------------|-------------------0-------0-------|
A |-------------------3-------2-------|---0-------0-----------------------|
E |---3-------3-----------------------|-----------------------------------|
   +  .  +  .  +  .  +  .    +  .  +  .  +  .  +  .
   rise.

 ... ----------------- -------------------
            || 2.        |
 #11         ||          |
 2/2 G
E |--------------------||-------------------|
B |---0-----0---0------||---0-----0---0-----|
G |-------0-------0---.||-------0-------0---|
D |-------------------.||-------------------|
A |--------------------||-------------------|
E |---3-------3--------||---3-------3-------|
   +  .  +  .     +  .  +  .
               free.

 #13
 4/4 F    Em   Dm   C      Bb       C
E |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B |---10------8-------6-------5-------|---3-----3---3-----5-----5---5-----|
G |-------0-------0-------0-------0---|-------0-------0-------0-------0---|
D |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A |---8-------7-------5-------3-------|---1-------1-------3-------3-------|
E |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
   +  .  +  .  +  .  +  .    +  .  +  .  +  .  +  .
   Black   -   ...


 #15
 4/4 F    Em   Dm   C      Bb       A7
E |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B |---10------8-------6-------5-------|---3-----3---3-----2-----2---2-----|
G |-------0-------0-------0-------0---|-------0-------0-------0-------0---|
D |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A |---8-------7-------5-------3-------|---1-------1-------0-------0-------|
E |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
   +  .  +  .  +  .  +  .    +  .  +  .  +  .  +  .
   Black   -   bird...

 #17
 2/4 D7(Am7)
E |----------------------|
B |---1-----1---1----1---|
G |-------0-------0------|
D |---0-------0----------|
A |----------------------|
E |----------------------|
   +  .  +  .
   light ...

 #18
 3/4 G    Am7   G    4/4 G
E |---------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B |---0-------1-------3-------|---12----12--12----12----12--12----|
G |-------0-------0-------0---|-------0-------0-------0-------0---|
D |---------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A |-----------0-------2-------|---10------10------10------10------|
E |---3-----------------------|-----------------------------------|
   +  .  +  .  +  .    +  .  +  .  +  .  +  .
   night.


 #20
   C    A7   D7   B7     Em       Cm
E |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B |---5-------8-------7-------10------|---8-----8---8-----8-----8---8-----|
G |-------0-------0-------0-------0---|-------0-------0-------0-------0---|
D |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A |---3-------7-------5-------9-------|---7-------7-------6-------6-------|
E |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
   +  .  +  .  +  .  +  .    +  .  +  .  +  .  +  .


 #22
 3/2 G    A7   Am7       Cm
E |----------------------------------------------------|
B |---7-------8-------5-----5---5------4-----4---4-----|
G |-------0-------0-------0-------0--------0-------0---|
D |----------------------------------------------------|
A |---5-------4-------3-------3--------3-------3-------|
E |----------------------------------------------------|
   +    .    +    .    +    .


 #23                         #24
   G        A7        D7(Am7)     2/4 G
E |----------------------------------------------------|---------------|
B |---3-----3---3-----2-----2---2------1-----1---1-----|---0-----------|
G |-------0-------0-------0-------0--------0-------0---|---0-----------|
D |------------------------------------0-------0-------|---------------|
A |---2-------2-------0-------0------------------------|---------------|
E |----------------------------------------------------|---3-----------|
   +    .    +    .    +    .      +    .


 #25
 4/4 F    Em   Dm   C      Bb       C
E |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B |---10------8-------6-------5-------|---3-----3---3-----5-----5---5-----|
G |-------0-------0-------0-------0---|-------0-------0-------0-------0---|
D |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A |---8-------7-------5-------3-------|---1-------1-------3-------3-------|
E |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
   +  .  +  .  +  .  +  .    +  .  +  .  +  .  +  .
   Black   -   ...

 #27
 4/4 F    Em   Dm   C      Bb       A7
E |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B |---10------8-------6-------5-------|---3-----3---3-----2-----2---2-----|
G |-------0-------0-------0-------0---|-------0-------0-------0-------0---|
D |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A |---8-------7-------5-------3-------|---1-------1-------0-------0-------|
E |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
   +  .  +  .  +  .  +  .    +  .  +  .  +  .  +  .
   Black   -   ...

 #29
 2/4 D7(Am7)
E |----------------------|
B |---1-----1---1----1---|
G |-------0-------0------|
D |---0-------0----------|
A |----------------------|
E |----------------------|
   +  .  +  .
  light of a ...


 #30
 3/4 G    Am7   G    4/4 G
E |---------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B |---0-------1-------3-------|---12----12--12----12----12--12----|
G |---------------------------|-------0-------0-------0-------0---|
D |---------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A |-----------0-------2-------|-----------------------------------|
E |---3-----------------------|---10------10------10------10------|
   +  .  +  .  +  .    +  .  +  .  +  .  +  .
   night.


 #31
   G
E |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B |---12----12--12----12----12--12----|---12----12--12----12--------------|
G |-------0-------0-------0-------0---|-------0-------0---0---------------|
D |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A |---10------10------10------10------|---10------10------10--------------|
E |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
   +  .  +  .  +  .    +  .  +  .  +  .  +  .  +  .
                molto rit.


 #34
 3/4  G    Am7   G    3/4 C    G    A7
E||------------------------------|---------------------------|
B||------0-------1-------3-------|---5-------3-------2-------|
G||----------0-------0-------0---|-------0-------0-------0---|
D||------------------------------|---------------------------|
A||--------------0-------2-------|---3-------2-------0-------|
E||---10\3-----------------------|---------------------------|
     +  .  +  .  +  .   +  .  +  .  +  .
 slide down
    a tempo


 #36
 2/4 Am7/D
E |------------------|
B |--1-----1---1-----|
G |------0-------0---|
D |--0-------0-------|
A |------------------|
E |------------------|
   +  .  +  .

 #37
 3/4 G    Am7   G    4/4 G
E||---------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B||---0-------1-------3-------|---12----12--12----12----12--12----|
G||.------0-------0-------0---|-------0-------0-------0-------0---|
D||.--------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A||-----------0-------2-------|---10------10------10------10------|
E||---3-----------------------|-----------------------------------|
   +  .  +  .  +  .    +  .  +  .  +  .  +  .
  Blackbird singing ...
 #39
   C    A7   D7   B7     Em       Cm
E |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B |---5-------8-------7-------10------|---8-----8---8-----8-----8---8-----|
G |-------0-------0-------0-------0---|-------0-------0-------0-------0---|
D |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A |---3-------7-------5-------9-------|---7-------7-------6-------6-------|
E |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
   +  .  +  .  +  .  +  .    +  .  +  .  +  .  +  .
   Take these ...


 #41
 3/2 G    A7   Am7       Cm
E |----------------------------------------------------|
B |---7-------8-------5-----5---5------4-----4---4-----|
G |-------0-------0-------0-------0--------0-------0---|
D |----------------------------------------------------|
A |---5-------4-------3-------3--------3-------3-------|
E |----------------------------------------------------|
   +    .    +    .    +    .
   All   ...


 #42
 4/4 G        A7         Am7       G
E||-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
B||---3-----3---3-----2-----2---2-----|---1-----1---1-----0---------------||
G||.------0-------0-------0-------0---|-------0-------0---0--------------.||
D||.----------------------------------|---0-------0----------------------.||
A||---2-------2-------0-------0-------|-----------------------------------||
E||-----------------------------------|-------------------3---------------||
   +  .  +  .  +  .  +  .    +  .  +  .  +  .  +  .
   You were only  ...

 #44
   C    G    A7         Am7   D7   G
E
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||}
B
|---5-------3-------2-----2---2-----|---1-----1---1-----3---------------||}
G
|-------0-------0-------0-------0---|-------0-------0---0---------------||}
D
|-----------------------------------|---0-------0-------0---------------||}
A
|---3-------2-------0-------0-------|-----------------------------------||}
E
|-----------------------------------|-------------------3---------------||}
   +  .  +  .  +  .  +  .    +  .  +  .  +  .  +  .
   You were only  ...

Blackbird tab

The Beatles tabs for Blackbird Blackbird was recorded June 1968 in EMI Studios and is a solo performance by Paul McCartney. The song is in the G, with bass and guitar progressing mostly in parallel. You can see this is the Beatles Blackbird tabs below. McCartney used a Martin D 28 acoustic guitar for the song.

The song is a good finger exercise as it is played with a special McCartney combination of picking and finger-strumming The bass notes are always played by the thumb on the downbeat. Keep this in mind when playing these Beatles Blackbird guitar tabs. Paul wrote the song in 1968 while he was in Scotland. It is not about birds but about racial tensions escalating in USA at the time. Paul later told that the guitar accompaniment was inspired by J.S. Bach's Bourrée in E minor, a piece he and George Harrison learned as kids. The song was first released on their White album

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