Beatles
"White Album"
Tab For "Blackbird"
Transcribed by Kevin Gipe
I took a look at various tabs for this song, and I have it a little different.
This version matches the White Album recording, and requires a less movement abo
Nothing formal - just the way I learned it by ear...
E-------------7---7-7-|
B-0---1---3-----0-----|
G---0---0---0--0------|
D-------------5--55-5-|
A-----0---2-----------|
E-3-------------------|
E-------------7---7-7-|
B-0---1---3-----0-----|
G---0---0---0--0------|
D-------------5--55-5-|
A-----0---2-----------|
E-3-------------------|
1) Blackbird singing in the dead of night
2) Blackbird singing in the dead of night
E-0---3---2---5---3---3---3---3---|
B---------------------------------|
G---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-|
D-----------------2-------1-------|
A-3---4---5---6-------------------|
E---------------------------------|
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
Take these sunken eyes and learn to see
(note the C,C#,D,D#,E progression - this is as it is on the White Album)
E-2---3-------------------|
B---------5---5---4---4---|
G---0---0---0---0---0---0-|
D-0-----------------------|
A-----4---3-------3-------|
E-------------------------|
**
All your life
All your life
E-----------------------------| (1st vrs) E-------------------------------|
B-3---3--2---2--1---1---0---0-| B-5---3---2---2---1---1---0---0-|
G---0--0---0--0---0---0---0---| G---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|
D---------------0-------------| D-----------------0-------------|
A-2------0--------------------| A-3---2---0---------------------|
E-----------------------3-----| E-------------------------3-----|
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
You were only waiting for this moment to be free
E-5---3---1-----------------------|
B-------------5---3---3---5---5---|
G---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-|
D-3---2---0-----------------------|
A-------------3---2-------3-------|
E---------------------------------|
Blackbird fly...
E-5---3---1-----------------------|
B-------------5---3---3---2---2---|
G---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-|
D-3---2---0-----------------------|
A-------------3---2-------0-------|
E---------------------------------|
Blackbird fly... into the
E---------------------7---7-7-|
B-1---1---0---1---3-----0-----|
G---0---0---0---0---0--0------|
D-0-------------------5--55-5-|
A-------------0---2-----------|
E---------3-------------------|
light of a dark black night
(and then the rest can be derived from the parts described above...)
Of course, there is some more sophisticated picking going on in the background t
-Kevin