From: “Classic Coffeehouse Hits”

Blackbird
by

JOHN LENNON and PAUL MCCARTNEY

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 BLACKBIRD
Words and Music by JOHN LENNON
and PAUL McCARTNEY
Slowly and smoothly
F Gm F/A F F Gm7 F/A
xx xo xx xx xo
3 3

G b 34 · 44 · : 34 Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï 44
Black-bird sing-ing in the dead of night,
Black-bird sing-ing in the dead of night,

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Fb3 4 Ï ÏÏÏ Ï Ï ÏÏÏ Ï :3 44
4 Ï Ï Ï 4 4 Ï Ï Ï
Bb G7/B C7 A7/C # Dm B bm/D b
x x ooo x o x xxo x x
4

G b 44 w Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï nÏ Ï ú . Î 23
take these bro-ken wings_ and learn to fly;
take these sun-ken eyes_ and learn to see;

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x x ooo x x xo ooo x x o

G b 23 Ï Ï Ï ú Ï Î Ï Ï . Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï 44
all your life you were on - ly wait - ing for this mo - ment to a -
all your life you were on - ly wait - ing for this mo - ment to be

G b 23 ÏÏ ÏÏ Ï úú Î Ïú Ï . Ï Ï n n Ïúú Ï Ï Ï b ÏÏÏ Ï ÏÏÏ Ï 44

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2 1. F F/A G7 C7 F
xx x xo ooo x o xx

G b 44 w · 24 · 34 :
rise.

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3 3 4 3 3

G b 24 ú 44 Ï . j j Ï. j j
Ï Ï. Ï w Ï Ï. Ï
free. Black - bird, fly, black - bird, fly,

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Gb ú Ï 4 bÏ bÏ 34 ú . 44
in - to the light of a dark, black night

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 Fmaj7/C G7/B Gm7/B b B bm F/A G7 C7 F Eb B b/D Cm Bb 3
x o x ooo x x xo ooo x o xx x xxo x x
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Ï Ï. Ï
Black - bird, fly,

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Gb w Ï Ï. Ï ú Î 4
black - bird, fly, in - to the

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bÏ Ï Ï Ï bÏ ·
G b 24 bÏ 34 ú Î 44
light of a dark, black night.
bÏ
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molto rit. a tempo
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4 Ï Ï Ï
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 4 Gm7/C F Gm7 F/A F
x xx xo xx
3

G b 24 · 34 Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï 44 w
Black-bird sing-ing in the dead of night,

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x x ooo x o x xxo x x x x ooo x x
4

G b Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï nÏ Ï ú . Î 23 Ï Ï Ï ú Ï Î 44
take these bro-ken wings_ and learn to fly; all your life

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ú
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2 n Ï bú ú
F b Ï nÏ Ï #Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï bÏ Ï 23 Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï 4
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F/A G7 Gm7/C C7 F Bb F/A G7
xo ooo x x o xx x xo ooo

G b 44 Ï Ï . Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï ú Ï Ï. Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï
you were on - ly wait- ing for this mo-ment to a - rise. You were on - ly wait- ing for this

G b 44 Ïú Ï . Ï Ï n Ïú Ï Ï Ï ÏÏ Ï ÏÏÏ ÏÏ úú ÏÏÏ Ï . ÏÏ Ï n Ïúú Ï Ï Ï

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4 Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï
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x x o xx x xo ooo x x o xx

;
Gb Ï Ï Ï Ï ú Ï Ï. Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï ú
;
mo - ment to a - rise. You were on - ly wait - ing for this mo - ment to a - rise.

G b ÏÏ Ï ÏÏÏ ÏÏ úú ÏÏÏ Ï . ÏÏ Ï n Ïúú Ï Ï Ï b ÏÏÏ Ï ÏÏÏ ÏÏÏ úú

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