Blackbird Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays497

Blackbird by Cassandra Wilson is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G6, Am7, G, C, A7, D7, D#dim, Em, Cm, Bbdim, Am, Gdim, F, Dm, Bb and Dm7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
G
Text
16
Speed
  			G6                    Am7              G  
Blackbird singing in the dead of night 
  C               A7     Am7  D7    D#dim     Em Cm   
Take these broken wings and learn to fly 
  G   Bbdim Am Cm  
All  your     life 
  G                       Gdim             Am7            D7  
You were only waiting for this moment to arise 
G6                Am7              G  
Blackbird singing in the dead of night 
  C                A7     Am7 D7  D#dim      Em Cm  
Take these sunken eyes and learn to see 
  G   Bbdim Am Cm  
All your life 
  G                       Gdim             Am7            D7  
You were only waiting for this moment to be free 
  F  Em Dm   C   Bb C  
 Blackbird,   fly 
  F Em Dm   C    
 Blackbird,   fly 
 Bb    A7    D7        Dm7            G  C G C G  
 Into the light of a dark, black night 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

--
Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante