{"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":2506218,"song":"Blackbird","artist":"Gordon Bok","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11509671-blackbird-chords-by-gordon-bok/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2506218?type=chord","rating":0.18579,"votes":0,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBlackbird, Blackbird, flyin' late[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGrease in the pot and ash in the grate[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey barred the door and they shut the gate[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey got no place for me[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe bottle's empty and my head is sore[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI don't know where I've been before[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBar your gate and shut your door[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe Blackbird's flying free[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D7[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhere have I been to? I don't know[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBroken fiddle and crooked bow[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHoles in my boots and I'm walkin' slow[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAs the last long shadows fall[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe boat I sailed, laid down in the tide[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe horse I stole, got lame and died[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]                                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI don't need a friend and I don't want a bride[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe Blackbird knows it all[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhat's this song the Blackbird hears?[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI sowed my days and I reaped my years[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA basket of sins and a bucket of tears[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I can't come in to stay[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy life's a tale that I don't tell[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI did my worst and I did it well[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI never get to heaven, but I stayed out of hell[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd still I'm on my way[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhere am I goin' to sleep tonight?[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI can't turn left, and I won't turn right[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhere the road goes on in the cold moonlight[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the lonely Blackbird cries[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm going to sleep in a lonely bed[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith white and whiter linen spread[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA cold grey stone at my foot and head[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd pennies on my eyes[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm going to sleep in a lonely bed[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith white and whiter linen spread[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA cold grey stone at my foot and head[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd pennies on my eyes[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nC  G  Am  G  F  C   F C G\nC  G  Am  G  F  C   F G C\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nF  C  D7  G\nF  C  F  C\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nC  G  Am  G  F  C   F G C\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nC  F   C  F  C   F\nC F C F C G C\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 8]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nC    Dm  F  C  F    G  C\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["C","G","Am","F","D7","A","Dm"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}