Blackbird Chords by Third Day
Tempo:
77 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
C
F
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D]
Blackbird, why you wearing that brown?
Don't [G] you know Jesus loves you [B] and me?
I'm a preacher on TV, I put him [D] down.
Blackbird, how I love to hear your songs.
Like a spindle of my [G] time in the shade of the trees,
I could listen all day [C] long.
[D] Oh [C] yeah, [D]
I could listen [C] all [D] day long.
[D] Oh, but [F] you'll [C] never hear it, never understand it,
[G] never see [D] it, not perceive it.
And your heart is gonna [F] tell you it's
[C] when a storm has washed away.
[G] Won't you fly to heaven and receive [D] the day?
Blackbird, now you've broken your wings.
You [G] try to fly high, but you know that you can't go anywhere.
You can't do [D] anything.
Blackbird, who put you in your cage?
Tell me, was [G] it God or was it you or was it me?
Well, I guess it don't matter [C] anyway.
[D] Well, now, [C] now, [D]
it don't [Am] matter.
[D] You're not [G] anyway.
[D]
Oh, but [F] you'll [C] never hear it, never understand it,
[G] never see [D] it, not perceive it.
And your heart is gonna [F] tell you it's
[C] when a storm has washed away.
[G] Won't you fly to heaven and receive [D] the day?
[G] Oh, [D] yeah,
[G] [D] [G] Blackbird, [A] yeah.
[G] [D] [G] [D]
[Am] [D]
[F] [C]
[A] [D] [G] [D]
[C] [G]
[A] [Dm] [D]
You say you need a remedy [Dm] for the thorn in your eye.
[D] I think it's [G] such a tragedy that [Dm] you have [D] left me behind.
You say you like your candle, but your love light doesn't shine.
You say you [G] talk to angels.
Well, I say [D] it's such a lie.
Yeah, [G] [D] yes, it is [G] now [D] such a lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie.
Oh, but you'll [C] never hear it, never understand it,
never see [D] it, not perceive it.
And your heart is gonna tell you it's
[C] when a storm has washed away.
[G] Won't you fly to heaven and receive the day?
Oh, yeah, Blackbird, yeah.
[D]
Blackbird, why you wearing that brown?
Don't [G] you know Jesus loves you [B] and me?
I'm a preacher on TV, I put him [D] down.
Blackbird, how I love to hear your songs.
Like a spindle of my [G] time in the shade of the trees,
I could listen all day [C] long.
[D] Oh [C] yeah, [D]
I could listen [C] all [D] day long.
[D] Oh, but [F] you'll [C] never hear it, never understand it,
[G] never see [D] it, not perceive it.
And your heart is gonna [F] tell you it's
[C] when a storm has washed away.
[G] Won't you fly to heaven and receive [D] the day?
Blackbird, now you've broken your wings.
You [G] try to fly high, but you know that you can't go anywhere.
You can't do [D] anything.
Blackbird, who put you in your cage?
Tell me, was [G] it God or was it you or was it me?
Well, I guess it don't matter [C] anyway.
[D] Well, now, [C] now, [D]
it don't [Am] matter.
[D] You're not [G] anyway.
[D]
Oh, but [F] you'll [C] never hear it, never understand it,
[G] never see [D] it, not perceive it.
And your heart is gonna [F] tell you it's
[C] when a storm has washed away.
[G] Won't you fly to heaven and receive [D] the day?
[G] Oh, [D] yeah,
[G] [D] [G] Blackbird, [A] yeah.
[G] [D] [G] [D]
[Am] [D]
[F] [C]
[A] [D] [G] [D]
[C] [G]
[A] [Dm] [D]
You say you need a remedy [Dm] for the thorn in your eye.
[D] I think it's [G] such a tragedy that [Dm] you have [D] left me behind.
You say you like your candle, but your love light doesn't shine.
You say you [G] talk to angels.
Well, I say [D] it's such a lie.
Yeah, [G] [D] yes, it is [G] now [D] such a lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie.
Oh, but you'll [C] never hear it, never understand it,
never see [D] it, not perceive it.
And your heart is gonna tell you it's
[C] when a storm has washed away.
[G] Won't you fly to heaven and receive the day?
Oh, yeah, Blackbird, yeah.
[D]
Key:
D
G
C
F
A
D
G
C
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Blackbird, why you wearing that brown?
Don't [G] you know Jesus loves you [B] and me?
I'm a preacher on TV, I put him [D] down.
Blackbird, how I love to hear your songs.
Like a spindle of my [G] time in the shade of the trees,
I could listen all day [C] long.
[D] _ Oh [C] yeah, [D] _
I could listen [C] all [D] _ day long.
[D] Oh, but [F] you'll [C] never hear it, never understand it,
[G] never see [D] it, not perceive it.
And your heart is gonna [F] tell you it's
[C] when a storm has washed away.
[G] Won't you fly to heaven and receive [D] the day?
Blackbird, now you've broken your wings.
You [G] try to fly high, but you know that you can't go anywhere.
You can't do [D] anything.
Blackbird, who put you in your cage?
Tell me, was [G] it God or was it you or was it me?
Well, I guess it don't matter [C] anyway.
[D] _ Well, now, [C] now, [D]
it don't [Am] matter.
[D] _ You're not [G] anyway.
[D] _
Oh, but [F] you'll [C] never hear it, never understand it,
[G] never see [D] it, not perceive it.
And your heart is gonna [F] tell you it's
[C] when a storm has washed away.
[G] Won't you fly to heaven and receive [D] the day?
[G] _ Oh, [D] yeah, _
[G] _ _ [D] _ [G] Blackbird, [A] yeah. _
_ _ [G] _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ [D] _
_ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [A] _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ [D] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ You say you need a remedy [Dm] for the thorn in your eye.
[D] I think it's [G] such a tragedy that [Dm] you have [D] left me behind.
You say you like your candle, but your love light doesn't shine.
You say you [G] talk to angels.
Well, I say [D] it's such a lie.
Yeah, [G] _ [D] yes, it is [G] now [D] such a lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie. _
Oh, but you'll [C] never hear it, never understand it,
never see [D] it, not perceive it.
And your heart is gonna tell you it's
[C] when a storm has washed away.
[G] Won't you fly to heaven and receive the day?
Oh, yeah, _ _ Blackbird, _ _ yeah.
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Blackbird, why you wearing that brown?
Don't [G] you know Jesus loves you [B] and me?
I'm a preacher on TV, I put him [D] down.
Blackbird, how I love to hear your songs.
Like a spindle of my [G] time in the shade of the trees,
I could listen all day [C] long.
[D] _ Oh [C] yeah, [D] _
I could listen [C] all [D] _ day long.
[D] Oh, but [F] you'll [C] never hear it, never understand it,
[G] never see [D] it, not perceive it.
And your heart is gonna [F] tell you it's
[C] when a storm has washed away.
[G] Won't you fly to heaven and receive [D] the day?
Blackbird, now you've broken your wings.
You [G] try to fly high, but you know that you can't go anywhere.
You can't do [D] anything.
Blackbird, who put you in your cage?
Tell me, was [G] it God or was it you or was it me?
Well, I guess it don't matter [C] anyway.
[D] _ Well, now, [C] now, [D]
it don't [Am] matter.
[D] _ You're not [G] anyway.
[D] _
Oh, but [F] you'll [C] never hear it, never understand it,
[G] never see [D] it, not perceive it.
And your heart is gonna [F] tell you it's
[C] when a storm has washed away.
[G] Won't you fly to heaven and receive [D] the day?
[G] _ Oh, [D] yeah, _
[G] _ _ [D] _ [G] Blackbird, [A] yeah. _
_ _ [G] _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ [D] _
_ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [A] _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ [D] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ You say you need a remedy [Dm] for the thorn in your eye.
[D] I think it's [G] such a tragedy that [Dm] you have [D] left me behind.
You say you like your candle, but your love light doesn't shine.
You say you [G] talk to angels.
Well, I say [D] it's such a lie.
Yeah, [G] _ [D] yes, it is [G] now [D] such a lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie. _
Oh, but you'll [C] never hear it, never understand it,
never see [D] it, not perceive it.
And your heart is gonna tell you it's
[C] when a storm has washed away.
[G] Won't you fly to heaven and receive the day?
Oh, yeah, _ _ Blackbird, _ _ yeah.
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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