{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1778340,"song":"Blackbirds","artist":"Gretchen Peters","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11389846-blackbirds-chords-by-gretchen-peters/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1778340?type=chord","rating":4.88699,"votes":13,"content":"Album: Blackbirds\r\n \r\n\r\nOn the album track the predominant guitar is electic, and reminiscent\r\n \r\nonly guitar:\r\n\r\nCAPO: 2nd fret (Will then sound in the recorded key of F#m)\r\n\r\n[tab]Here's the passing hammer-on riffs:\r\n      [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]Esus4[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]Em/A[/ch] [ch]Em/B[/ch]\r\ne |---0--0---0----0--0--0---|      e |---0--0---0------|\r\nB |---0--0---0----0--0--0---|      B |---0--0---0------|\r\nG |---0--0---0-h2-2--2-p0---|      G |---0--0---0------|\r\nD |---2--2---2----------2---|      D |---2--2---2------|\r\nA |---2--2------------------|      A |---2--2---0-h2---|\r\nE |---0--0------------------|      E |---0--0----------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Cadd2[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]Fsus2[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\ne |---0--0---0--0---|       e |---1--1---1--1---|\r\nB |---1--1---1--1---|       B |---1--1---1--1---|\r\nG |---0--0---0--0---|       G |---2--2---0-h2---|\r\nD |---2--2---0-h2---|       D |---3--3---3--3---|\r\nA |---3--3---3--3---|       A |---3--3---3--3---|\r\nE |---3--3---3--3---|       E |---1--1---1--1---|[/tab]\r\n\r\nh = Hammer-on note   p = Pull -off note\r\n\r\nChord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]    = 022000    [ch]F[/ch]     = 133211   [ch]Em/B[/ch]   = x22000\r\n[ch]Esus4[/ch] = 022200    [ch]Fsus2[/ch] = 133011   [ch]Dsus2[/ch]  = xx0230\r\n[ch]C[/ch]     = 332010    [ch]D[/ch]     = xx0232   [ch]Emadd9[/ch] = 022002\r\n[ch]Cadd2[/ch] = 330010    [ch]Em/A[/ch]  = x02000   \r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]Esus4[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]Esus4[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n||: /  /  /   /__/  |  /  /  /   /__/  :|| [x2][/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]Cadd2[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe blackbirds came at dusk, and they roosted in the cane,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]Fsus2[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Cadd2[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n   Raised such a ruckus,         that it shook my windowpane,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Cadd2[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I’m covered up in dirt, and I stink of kerosene,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]Esus4[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]Esus4[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd no matter what I do, I can’t get clean         | /  /  /   /__/ |[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]Cadd2[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLast thing I remember was your footsteps in the hall,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]Fsus2[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Cadd2[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhiskey in your voice,          and a shotgun on the wall,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Em[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Cadd2[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow there’s shadows in the shadows, there’s trouble in the cane,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd there’s things you do that you just ...can’t ex - plain[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nUn - easy lies the head, un - faithful is the heart,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nUn - grateful, and un - lucky, and un - true,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]Em/A[/ch]  [ch]Em/B[/ch]\r\nAnd no one saw me come, and no one saw me go,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]Esus4[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n   Only the blackbirds,    ...and you[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]Cadd2[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCome harvest in the cane fields the sky turns black with smoke,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]Fsus2[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Cadd2[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo I took our father’s gun,         and a heavy piece of rope,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]Cadd2[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I left you lying there, like rotten fruit upon the ground,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd I lit a torch, and I burned the whole thing down[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nUn - easy lies the head, un - faithful is the heart,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]Emadd9[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nUn - grateful, and un - lucky, and un - true,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]Em/A[/ch]  [ch]Em/B[/ch]\r\nAnd no one saw me come, and no one saw me go,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]Esus4[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n   Only the blackbirds,    ...and you![/tab]\r\n\r\n[Break]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\n    Ah, ah, ah---!     Ah, ah - ah, ah---![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\n    Ah, ah, ah---!     Ah, ah - ah---![/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]E4[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]E4[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n|  /  /  /  /__/  |  /  /  /  /__/  |[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]Cadd2[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOur father was a farmer, he planted fields of cane,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                            [ch]Fsus2[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Cadd2[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n   He planted seeds of evil,         and we harvested the shame,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Cadd2[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh, but I’m the last one standing, there’s no one left to tell,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd when it’s my time I’ll see you both in hell[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nUn - easy lies the head, un - faithful is the heart,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]Emadd9[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nUn - grateful, and un - lucky, and un - true,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]Em/A[/ch]  [ch]Em/B[/ch]\r\nAnd no one saw me come, and no one saw me go,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]Esus4[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n   Only the blackbirds,    ...and you![/tab]\r\n\r\n[Coda]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]Cadd2[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]Em/A[/ch]  [ch]Em/B[/ch]\r\nAnd no one saw me come,          and no one saw me go,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]Esus4[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n   Only the blackbirds   ...and you-----![/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]Esus4[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]Esus4[/ch]   [ch]Emadd9[/ch]\r\n|  /  /  /  /__/  |  /  /  /  /  |   /  ||[/tab]","plain_text":"Album: Blackbirds\n \n\nOn the album track the predominant guitar is electic, and reminiscent\n \nonly guitar:\n\nCAPO: 2nd fret (Will then sound in the recorded key of F#m)\n\n\n\n\n\nh = Hammer-on note   p = Pull -off note\n\nChord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:\nEm    = 022000    F     = 133211   Em/B   = x22000\nEsus4 = 022200    Fsus2 = 133011   Dsus2  = xx0230\nC     = 332010    D     = xx0232   Emadd9 = 022002\nCadd2 = 330010    Em/A  = x02000   \n\n\n[Intro]\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Break]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Coda]","chords":["F#m","Em","Esus4","Em/A","Em/B","B","G","D","A","E","C","Cadd2","F","Fsus2","Dsus2","Emadd9","E4"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Dsus2":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,2,0],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"Esus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,2,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]}}}