Verse 1 
E        
Black bird, why you wearin' that frown? 
                     A                  A/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.  
                     A                  A/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-E 
 
Chorus 
                G                  D 
Whoa but your ever hearing, never understanding,  
       A                                  E 
Yea I see you're not percieving and your heart has grown calloused 
G                       D 
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. 
 
A G E 
     Whoa no no 
A G E 
     It don't matter 
A G E 
     No no anyway 
A G E 
 
Chorus 
 
E A 
   Whoa yeah 
E A        E A 
   Blackbird 
 
Guitar Solo (I'm sorry...I don't know this!) 
 
A G E X5 
 
G A 
 
A G E 
A G E 
 
You say you need a rememdy, 
 
For the thorn in your pride 
                          A 
I think it's such a tragedy 
          A    G     E 
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 
        A           G      E 
Well, I say that's such a lie. 
 
A G E 
     Yes it is now 
A G E           A G E                     A G E 
     such a lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie. 
 
Chorus 
 
E A 
   Whoa yeah 
E A         E A 
   Blackbird 
 
A G E 
A G E