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Old 07-31-2003, 04:29 PM
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4/4 F Em Dm C Bb A7
E |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B |---10------8-------6-------5-------|---3-----3---3-----2-----2---2-----|
G |-------0-------0-------0-------0---|-------0-------0-------0-------0---|
D |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A |---8-------7-------5-------3-------|---1-------1-------0-------0-------|
E |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
+ . + . + . + . + . + . + . + .
Black - bird, fly, into the

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2/4 D7(Am7)
E |----------------------|
B |---1-----1---1----1---|
G |-------0-------0------|
D |---0-------0----------|
A |----------------------|
E |----------------------|
+ . + .
light of a dark, black


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3/4 G Am7 G 4/4 G
E |---------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B |---0-------1-------3-------|---12----12--12----12----12--12----|
G |---------------------------|-------0-------0-------0-------0---|
D |---------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A |-----------0-------2-------|-----------------------------------|
E |---3-----------------------|---10------10------10------10------|
+ . + . + . + . + . + . + .
night.


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G
E |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B |---12----12--12----12----12--12----|---12----12--12----12--------------|
G |-------0-------0-------0-------0---|-------0-------0---0---------------|
D |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A |---10------10------10------10------|---10------10------10--------------|
E |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
+ . + . + . + . + . + . + . + .
molto rit.


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3/4 G Am7 G 3/4 C G A7
E||------------------------------|---------------------------|
B||------0-------1-------3-------|---5-------3-------2-------|
G||----------0-------0-------0---|-------0-------0-------0---|
D||------------------------------|---------------------------|
A||--------------0-------2-------|---3-------2-------0-------|
E||---10\3-----------------------|---------------------------|
+ . + . + . + . + . + .
slide down
a tempo


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2/4 Am7/D
E |------------------|
B |--1-----1---1-----|
G |------0-------0---|
D |--0-------0-------|
A |------------------|
E |------------------|
+ . + .

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3/4 G Am7 G 4/4 G
E||---------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B||---0-------1-------3-------|---12----12--12----12----12--12----|
G||.------0-------0-------0---|-------0-------0-------0-------0---|
D||.--------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A||-----------0-------2-------|---10------10------10------10------|
E||---3-----------------------|-----------------------------------|
+ . + . + . + . + . + . + .
Blackbird singing in the dead of night


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C A7 D7 B7 Em Cm
E |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B |---5-------8-------7-------10------|---8-----8---8-----8-----8---8-----|
G |-------0-------0-------0-------0---|-------0-------0-------0-------0---|
D |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A |---3-------7-------5-------9-------|---7-------7-------6-------6-------|
E |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
+ . + . + . + . + . + . + . + .
Take these broken wings and learn to fly;




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3/2 G A7 Am7 Cm
E |----------------------------------------------------|
B |---7-------8-------5-----5---5------4-----4---4-----|
G |-------0-------0-------0-------0--------0-------0---|
D |----------------------------------------------------|
A |---5-------7-------3-------3--------3-------3-------|
E |----------------------------------------------------|
+ . + . + .
All your life


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4/4 G A7 Am7 G
E||-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
B||---3-----3---3-----2-----2---2-----|---1-----1---1-----0---------------||
G||.------0-------0-------0-------0---|-------0-------0---0--------------.||
D||.----------------------------------|---0-------0----------------------.||
A||---2-------2-------0-------0-------|-----------------------------------||
E||-----------------------------------|-------------------3---------------||
+ . + . + . + . + . + . + . + .
You were only waiting for this moment to a-rise.


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C G A7 Am7 D7 G
E |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||}
B |---5-------3-------2-----2---2-----|---1-----1---1-----3---------------||}
G |-------0-------0-------0-------0---|-------0-------0---0---------------||}
D |-----------------------------------|---0-------0-------0---------------||}
A |---3-------2-------0-------0-------|-----------------------------------||}
E |-----------------------------------|-------------------3---------------||}
+ . + . + . + . + . + . + . + .
You were only waiting for this moment to a-rise.
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Old 07-31-2003, 07:13 PM
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Well, I haven't been playing that long, maybe since 1968, but I also just learned it this year. I felt pretty proud of myself when I learned it. The hard part is singing it and playing it simultaneously.
I'm more fortunate than you. Nobody, including myself, would want me to sing. So, I just concentrate on playing.
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Funny thing, I never learned this song until I saw that it was a GC (or others) specialty. I had never heard anyone play it. I have big hands so I learned the stretch version and it is relatively easy to play and sounds good. Playing and singing it is a little tougher. I don't play it out much, don't want the look coming from my fellow guitar testers....
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It's about the fifth song my teacher taught me and it's a great way to develop "the stretch". Still working on getting down the full progression of the song even though I know all the parts quite well by now, but it's fun to work on.
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Thanks to The Old Hacker and Jmintzer (James) for helping me with the two versions of this - the work starts tonight !.
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Old 08-01-2003, 02:34 AM
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I play it. There's a sign in Buffalo Bros. indicating it is forbidden to play it there, unless you are Paul McCartney!
There's also a sign next to the "No Blackbird" sign that says no singing allowed. One time they pissed off my friend with their snobby attitude and we about to play Blackbird AND sing it.
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When I get to the top of the neck, I just sort of noodle around on those three notes free form...trying to imitate the sound of a blackbird, as I think McCartney was trying to do.

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I meant the general picking pattern used up and down the fretboard, thus:

E |-------------------
B |---x-----x------x--
G |-------x------x----
D |-------------------
A |---x-------x-------
E |-------------------

TheStugots' tab, and every other tab I've seen, shows it IMHO incorrectly as:

E |-------------------
B |---x-----x---x-----
G |-------x-------x---
D |-------------------
A |---x-------x-------
E |-------------------

Also the last bar is wrong. It should be:

E |-----------------------------------||
B |---1-----1-----1---0-0-------------||
G |-------0-----0-----0-0-------------||
D |---0-------0-----------------------||
A |-----------------------------------||
E |-------------------3-3-------------||
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Anybody know the capoed version?
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Old 08-01-2003, 03:51 AM
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Blackbird was also done by Kenny Rankin...even Paul McCartney thought it was better than he did it himself (I don't quite agree, but it's worth a listen). It was done on an album called "Silver Morning", which isn't on CD, for some strange reason...however, Kenny did the song on other releases...great jazz voice, and the guitar was pretty good, too.

I finally learned it this year, after having the Hal Lenard Easy version for many years...I think it's the correct way, because it was the only song in the so-called easy book that I couldn't play---it was such a rush to finally get it!!! (Now, if I could only do it at tempo!!)
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Originally posted by The Old Hacker

I meant the general picking pattern used up and down the fretboard, thus:

E |-------------------
B |---x-----x------x--
G |-------x------x----
D |-------------------
A |---x-------x-------
E |-------------------

TheStugots' tab, and every other tab I've seen, shows it IMHO incorrectly as:

E |-------------------
B |---x-----x---x-----
G |-------x-------x---
D |-------------------
A |---x-------x-------
E |-------------------

Also the last bar is wrong. It should be:

E |-----------------------------------||
B |---1-----1-----1---0-0-------------||
G |-------0-----0-----0-0-------------||
D |---0-------0-----------------------||
A |-----------------------------------||
E |-------------------3-3-------------||
I have the Hal Leonard score for the recorded version that the Beatles did and Stugot's tab for the general picking pattern is the correct "recorded" version. It's a bit harder of a picking pattern than the one that shows up in most tab versions.

I've looked at the tab versions on this thread and they're also wrong in a few places - if you're trying to do the "recorded" version. I don't know how to attach a tab here. If I did, I'd be more than happy to send it out. Can anyone help me out? Thanks!
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Old 08-01-2003, 04:46 PM
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Well, now I have no excuse. If I want to consider myself an acoustic guitarist I'd better learn this.

How cool would it be to write a song that would become "the" standard for acoustic guitarists? When I think of acoustic guitar, I think of Blackbird and Tears in Heaven.
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I've also played that one on and off for 30 years. My favorite version is still the original by Paul but CSN's is fantastic. Great harmonies and then you can hear Crosby just walk out of the studio at the end like he couldn't care less. I think Crosby and Stills spent half their time hassling each other back then. Well worth a listen ... it's on their box set.
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If that was back in the bad old days, the Cros was probably keen to get back to his peace pipe
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I've seen a lot of versions of Blackbird. TheStugots has it real close - just a few mistakes. Now, here's the correct "recorded" version....

E---0----------3-------------2------------5-----------l
B-------------------------------------------------------l
G--------0------------0------------0------------0----l
D-----------------------------0------------------------l
A---3----------4---------------------------6----------l
E-------------------------------------------------------l
take these broken wings and learn to

E----3------3------3----------3----------3-----3-------l
B---------------------------------------------------------l
G---------0------------0--------------0--------------0-l
D----2----------2-------------1-------------1----------l
A--------------------------------------------------------l
E--------------------------------------------------------l
fly .............

E----2-----------3-------l---------------------------------------------l
B-------------------------l----5-----5-----5------4-----4-----4------l
G----------0---------0---l-------0-----------0-------0-----------0---l
D----0-------------------l----------------------------------------------l
A----------------4-------l----3---------3---------3--------3---------l
E-------------------------l---------------------------------------------l
all your life........

Let me know what 'ya think. I welcome any thoughts or suggestions!
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Old 08-04-2003, 12:09 PM
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great song. it was my third learned fingerpicked song after dust in the wind and landslide.
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