10 Chords used in the song: G, Am7, C, C#dim, D, D#dim, Em, Cm7, A7, D7

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INTRO:
G
Am7
G
G
Am7
G
G
VERSE 1: Blackbird singing in the dead of night
C
C#dim
D
D#dim
Em
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
D
C#dim
C
Cm7
G
A7
All your life, you were only waiting
D7
G
for this moment to arise
(C
G
A7
G)
G
Am7
G
G
VERSE 2: Blackbird singing in the dead of night
C
C#dim
D
D#dim
Em
Take these sunken eyes and learn to see
D
C#dim
C
Cm7
G
A7
All your life, you were only waiting
D7
G
for this moment to be free
F
C
Bb6 (
C)
CHORUS: Black - bird fly
F
C
Bb6 (
A7)
Black - bird fly
D7
G
into the light of a dark black night
LINK 2: (G
Am7
G) (
C
C#dim
D
D#dim
Em)
(D
C#dim (
C
Cm7) (
G
A7
D7
G)
F
C
Bb6 (
C)
CHORUS: Black - bird fly
F
C
Bb6 (
A7)
Black - bird fly
D7
G
into the light of a dark black night
LINK 3: (G
Am7
G)
(G
Am7
G) (
C
G
A7
D7)
G
Am7
G
VERSE 3: Blackbird singing in the dead of night
C
C#dim
D
D#dim
Em
take these broken wings and learn to fly
D
C#dim
C
Cm7
G
A7
all your life, you were only waiting for this
D7
G
moment to arise
C
G
A7
D7
G
you were only waiting for this moment to arise
C
G
A7
D7
G
you were only waiting for this moment to arise
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About this song: Blackbird
Blackbird was written by Paul McCartney, but credited as usual to Lennon/McCartney. McCartney was inspired to write this while in Scotland as a reaction to racial tensions escalating in America in the spring of 1968, and (according to Sony/ATV Songs LLC 1968) McCartney stated that he had a black woman in mind when he wrote the song ('bird' being British slang for a woman). The first night Linda Eastman, who would later become his wife, slept over, McCartney played it to the fans camped outside his house.