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BLACKBIRD - Fat Freddy's Drop 
Tuning: Standard (EADGBE)
Gm Bb Eb D (Make the Eb in the 6th Fret so you can slide to D)
[Verse 1]
GmThere was one before
BbAnd now are maEbnyD  Gm  
And as the days go by
BbI see them mulEbtiplyD  Gm  
GmI can't eat
GmI can't sleepEb  
Because I know they'll be wEbatching mDe
GmDescending on the breeze
Their Bbshadows keep faEblling down 
Don meGm  
[Chorus]
There's a blackbird
In my garden
Oh
(x2)
[Verse 2]
Where there was one before
Now there are many
What are they’re waiting for?
Food I have not any
I can't eat
I can't sleep
Because I know they'll be watching me
With yellow eyes that see right through
I don’t know what I’m supposed to do
[Chorus]
All these blackbirds
In my garden
Oh!
Blackbird
In my garden
Oh!

All chords in this song (4)

Barre (Em shape)

355333

Minor chord - Sad, melancholic sound

✕ Mute Open Press3 Fret

Skill · find home

G minor

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Blackbird

by Fat Freddy's Drop

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Chords in this song · guitar

BLACKBIRD - Fat Freddy's Drop

Tuning: Standard (EADGBE)

Gm Bb Eb D (Make the Eb in the 6th Fret so you can slide to D)

[Verse 1]

There was one before

Bb Eb D Gm

And now are many

And as the days go by

Bb Eb D Gm

I see them multiply

I can't eat

Gm Eb

I can't sleep

Eb D

Because I know they'll be watching me

Descending on the breeze

Bb Eb

Their shadows keep falling down

D Gm

on me

[Chorus]

There's a blackbird

In my garden

(x2)

[Verse 2]

Where there was one before

Now there are many

What are they’re waiting for?

Food I have not any

I can't eat

I can't sleep

Because I know they'll be watching me

With yellow eyes that see right through

I don’t know what I’m supposed to do

[Chorus]

All these blackbirds

In my garden

Oh!

Blackbird

In my garden

Oh!

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