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Bye bye blackbird Ray Henderson / Mort Dixon
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Tabbed by: Mike Lydiat
E-mail: mike@docsworkshop.co.uk
You can hear these chords on this Sound Cloud page:
https://soundcloud.com/toffee-music/sets/tapas-and-taliots/
Tuning:EADGBE
VERSE CHORD SHAPES
[Dm] [Faug] [Dm7] [G9] [Gm] [Cmaj7] [Bbdim] [D5] [C#7] [Asus4] [C5] [C7] [Bbm] [F] [C#7] [C7]
e|--5--5----5---x--6--x-----6-----5--x---x-------3--6--6---5--x---x---|
B|--6--6----6---10-8--5-----5-----5--6---3-------3--5--6---6--4---5---|
G|--7--6----5---10-7--4-----6-----7--4---2-------5--5--6---5--6---3---|
D|--7--7----7---9--8--5-----5-----7--6---2-------5--5--8---7--4---5---|
A|--5--5----5---10-x--3-----x-----5--4---0-------3--x--8---8--6---3---|
E|--5--x----x---10-x--x-----x-----0--x---x-------3--x--6---x--x---x---|
CHORUS CHORD SHAPES
[F] [Fmaj7] [Bb] [Gm7] [C7] [F#aug] [Am7b5] [D#7] [C#7]
e|-1--0-----1--3---3--2-----3-----x---4---|
B|-1--1-----3--3---5--3-----1-----4---6---|
G|-2--2-----3--3---3--3-----0-----6---4---|
D|-3--3-----3--3---5--4-----1-----5---6---|
A|-3--3-----1--5---3--x-----0-----6---4---|
E|-1--1-----1--3---3--x-----x-----x---4---|
VERSE 1
[Dm] [Faug] [Dm7] [G9] [Gm] [Cmaj7] [Bbdim] [Dm] [D5]
Blackbird black - bird singing the blues all day
[Gm] [C#7] [A] [Dm] [D5] [A7sus4] [A7]
Right out-side my door
[Dm] [Faug] [Dm7] [G9] [Gm] [Cmaj7] [Bbdim] [Dm] [D5]
Blackbird black-bird why do you sit and say
[Gm] [C#7] [A] [Dm] [D5]
“There's no sun-shine in store”?
[C5] [C7] [Bb] [Bbm] [F]
All through the winter you hung a - round
[C5] [C7] [Bb] [Bbm] [A7sus4] [A7]
Now I be-gin to feel homeward bound
[Dm] [Faug] [Dm7] [G9] [Gm] [Cmaj7] [Bbdim] [Dm] [D5]
Blackbird black-bird gotta be on my way
[G] [G7] [C7] [C#7] [C7]
Where there's sunshine galore.
CHORUS
[F] [Fmaj7] [Bb] [F] [Gm7] [C7] [F]
Pack up all my care and woe, Here I go singing low
[F] [Gm7] [C#7] [C7] [C#7] [C7]
Bye bye black-bird
[Gm7] [F#aug] [Bb] [C] [C7]
Where somebody waits for me, Sugar's sweet so is she
[Gm7] [C7] [F] [E] [F]
Bye bye blackbird
[Am7b5] [D#7] [D7]
No one here can love or under-stand me
[Gm7] [C#7] [C7]
Oh what hard luck stories they all hand me
[F] [Fmaj7] [Bb] [F] [Fmaj7] [Gm7] [D#7] [D7]
Make my bed and light the light, I'll a-rrive late tonight
[Gm] [Gm7] [C] [C7] [F]
Blackbird bye bye.
VERSE 2
[Dm] [Faug] [Dm7] [G9] [Gm] [Cmaj7] [Bbdim] [Dm] [D5]
Blue-bird blue-bird calling me far a - way
[Gm] [C#7] [A] [Dm] [D5] [A7sus4] [A7]
I've been longing for you
[Dm] [Faug] [Dm7] [G9] [Gm] [Cmaj7] [Bbdim] [Dm] [D5]
Blue-bird blue-bird what do I hear you say?
[Gm] [C#7] [A] [Dm] [D5]
“Skies are turn-ing blue”
[C5] [C7] [Bb] [Bbm] [F]
I'm like a flower that's fa – ding here
[C5] [C7] [Bb] [Bbm] [A7sus4] [A7]
Where ev'ry hour is one long tear
[Dm] [Faug] [Dm7] [G9] [Gm] [Cmaj7] [Bbdim] [Dm] [D5]
Blue-bird blue-bird this is my lu - cky day
[G] [G7] [C7] [C#7] [C7]
Now my dreams will come true.
CHORUS 2
[F] [Fmaj7] [Bb] [F] [Fmaj7] [Gm7] [D#7] [D7]
Make my bed and light the light, I'll a-rrive late tonight
[Gm] [Gm7] [C] [A7] [D7] [Gm] [Gm7] [C] [C7] [F]
Blackbird bye bye Blackbird bye bye.
