Verse : 1
E
Black bird, why you wearin' that frown?
AA/G
Well, don't ya know Jesus loves you and me
and the preacher on TV your puttin' down?
E
Blackbird, how I love to hear your songs.
AA/G
Well, I could spend all my time in the shade of a tree
And listen all day long.
A-G-E
Whoa yeah
A-G-E
I could listen
A-G-E
All day long
A-G-EChorus :
GD
Whoa but your ever hearing, never understanding,
AE
Yea I see you're not percieving and your heart has grown calloused
GD
You're in a storm and lost your way,
A
Won't you fly to heaven and be saved today.
Verse : 2
E
Blackbird, now you've broken your wings.
A
You try to fly high, but you know that
A/G
You can't go anywhere, you can't do anything.
E
Blackbird, who put you in your cage?
A
Tell me was it God or was it you
A/G
Or was it me, well I guess it don't matter anyway.
AGE
Whoa no no
AGE
It don't matter
AGE
No no anyway
AGEChorus :
EA
Whoa yeah
EAEA
Blackbird
Guitar Solo : (I'm sorry...I don't know this!)
AGE X5
GAAGEAGE
You say you need a rememdy,
For the thorn in your pride
A
I think it's such a tragedy
AGE
That you left Him behind!
You say you light your candle
But your love light doesn't shine.
A
You say you talk to angels
AGE
Well, I say that's such a lie.
AGE
Yes it is now
AGEAGEAGE
such a lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie.
Chorus :
EA
Whoa yeah
EAEA
Blackbird
AGEAGE
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