Blackbird Chords

by Spells and Curses
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Simplified version of how to play Spells and Curses' song "Blackbird" with simpler chords and no capo.Was this info helpful?
Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: F
Capo: no capo
Author Rorshamandias [a] 730. Last edit on Jul 23, 2020

Chords

F
Am
Bb
C
Dm7
Dm
D
A

Strumming

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Note: this is a very simplified version of the song, as the original involves a capo on the 5th fret
and some interesting chord voicings. however if you follow these chord tones you’ll be fine. 3/4th time.
 
[Instrumental Intro]
F / Am / Bb / C / F
F / Dm7 / Am / Bb / C x2
F
 
 
[Intro 2]
F  Dm7  Am
F  Dm  Dm7  Am
F  Dm7  Am
Bb C
F
 
 
[Verse]
  F    Dm7   Am
A blackbird singing
      F   Dm Dm7    Am
On a moss upholstered stone
F   Dm7   Am
Bluebells swinging
Bb      C      F
Shadows wildly blow
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
F
A song in the wood
   F   Dm Dm7 F
A ship on the sea
Bb                C  D
The song for you
F
And the ship was for me
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
  F    Dm7  Am
A blackbird singing
   Dm       C         Bb
I hear in my troubled mind
Bb   C    Dm
Bluebells swinging
  Bb        C      Dm
I see in a distant wind
 
 
[Pre-Chorus 2]
    F
But sorrow and silence
F      Dm  Dm7      F
Are the wood's threnody
    Bb
The silence for you
C    D         F
And the sorrow for me
 
 
[Bridge]
F  Dm7  Am
 
       Bb          C            F
Oh the sorrow, the sorrow's for me
 Dm7  Am
Yeaa, oooo
Bb    C
 
 
[Pre-Chorus 3]
F
F     Dm  Dm7    F
And I have all I need
Bb
This song for you
C   D   F
And the memory for me
 
 
[Outro]
F  Dm  A
 
 
F         Dm       A
Black--- bird--- sinigng
F
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Blackbird – Spells and Curses
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