Gordon Bok – Blackbird (Guitar)

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[Intro] C G Am G F C F C G C G Am G F C F G C [Verse 1]
                      G
Blackbird, Blackbird, flyin' late

Am                    G
Grease in the pot and ash in the grate

     F                                 C
They barred the door and they shut the gate

            F         G
They got no place for me
[Verse 2]
    C                     G
The bottle's empty and my head is sore

  Am                    G
I don't know where I've been before

F                 C
Bar your gate and shut your door

    F           G      C
The Blackbird's flying free
[Instrumental] F C D7 G F C F C [Verse 3]
                      G
Where have I been to? I don't know

Am                G
Broken fiddle and crooked bow

F                         C
Holes in my boots and I'm walkin' slow

                 F       G
As the last long shadows fall
[Verse 4]
    C                   G
The boat I sailed, laid down in the tide

    Am                 G
The horse I stole, got lame and died

  F                                      C
I don't need a friend and I don't want a bride

    F         G        C
The Blackbird knows it all
[Instrumental] C G Am G F C F G C [Verse 5]
                     G
What's this song the Blackbird hears?

  Am                  G
I sowed my days and I reaped my years

  F                    C
A basket of sins and a bucket of tears

                 F     G
And I can't come in to stay
[Verse 6]
   C                  G
My life's a tale that I don't tell

  Am                 G
I did my worst and I did it well

  F                          C
I never get to heaven, but I stayed out of hell

    F         G     C
And still I'm on my way
[Instrumental] C F C F C F C F C F C G C [Verse 7]
                    G
Where am I goin' to sleep tonight?

  Am                     G
I can't turn left, and I won't turn right

          F                   C
Where the road goes on in the cold moonlight

               F         G
And the lonely Blackbird cries
[Verse 8]
C                       G
I'm going to sleep in a lonely bed

     Am               G
With white and whiter linen spread

  F                     C
A cold grey stone at my foot and head

    F       G     C
And pennies on my eyes
[Instrumental] C Dm F C F G C [Outro]
                        G
I'm going to sleep in a lonely bed

     Am               G
With white and whiter linen spread

  F                     C
A cold grey stone at my foot and head

    F       G     C
And pennies on my eyes