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The Beatles - Blackbird Chords

Chord reference G, Am, C, C#, D, D#, Em, Cm, A, Dm, Bb
Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑

[G] [Am] [G] [G] [G]Blackbird [Am]singing in the [G]dead of [G]night [C]Take these [C#]broken [D]wings and [D#]learn to [Em]fly [Em] [D]All [C#]your [C]li[Cm]fe, [G]you were only [A]waiting for this [D]moment to ar[G]ise

[C] [G] [A] [D] [G]

Blackbird sin[G]ging in th[Am]e dead of night[G] [G] [C]Take these [C#]sunken [D]eyes and [D#]learn to [Em]see [Em] [D]All [C#]your [C]li[Cm]fe, [G]you were only [A]waiting for this [D]moment to be [G]free

[F][C]Black [Dm]bird [C] fly[Bb] [C] [F][C]Black [Dm]bird [Bb]fly [A] Into the [D]light of a dark [G]black night

[G] [Am] [G] [G] [C] [C#] [D] [D#] [Em] [Em] [D] [C#] [C] [Cm] [G] [A] [D] [G] [F][C]Black [Dm]bird [C] fly[Bb] [C] [F][C]Black [Dm]bird [C] [Bb]fly [A] Into the [D]light of a dark [G]black night

[G] [Am] [G] [G] [G] [G] [G] [Am] [G] [C] [G] [A] [D] [G]Blackbird [Am]singing in the [G]dead of [G]night [C]Take these [C#]broken [D]wings and [D#]learn to [Em]fly [Em] [D]All [C#]your [C]li[Cm]fe, [G]you were only [A]waiting for this [D]moment to [G]arise

[C]You were [G]only [A]waiting for this [D]moment to [G]arise [C]You were [G]only [A]waiting for this [D]moment to [G]arise

Artist The Beatles
Album The Beatles
Genres Country, Pop, Pop Rock, Rock
Year 1968
Key G

How to Play Blackbird on Guitar?

The Beatles - Blackbird can be played in the key of G using the G, Am, C, C#, D, D#, Em, Cm, A, Dm, Bb chords.

  • For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.
  • For Am, To play Am, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute D, G.
  • For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
  • For C#, To play C# | Db, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 1 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the B string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the high E string with finger 2, mute A, D.
  • For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B.
  • For D#, To play D# | Eb, press fret 3 on the low E string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the D string with finger 2, press fret 3 on the high E string with finger 3, let G ring open, mute A, B.
  • For Em, To play Em, let low E, G, B, high E ring open, mute A, D.
  • For Cm, To play Cm, press fret 3 on the low E string with finger 3, press fret 3 on the A string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the D string with finger 2, press fret 3 on the high E string with finger 3, let G ring open, mute B.
  • For A, To play A, press fret 2 on the D string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute G, B.
  • For Dm, To play Dm, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 1 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute G, B.
  • For Bb, To play A# | Bb, barre fret 1 from the low E string to the A string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the high E string with finger 4, let D ring open, mute G, B.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play Blackbird with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.