Bye Bye Blackbird Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays451

Bye Bye Blackbird by Cassandra Wilson is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords D9, E7, A, F#7, Bm5-/7, A4/7, E6, E, A9, E7/13, A7M, C#7, C#m5-/7, G7, B7 and F7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
A
Text
16
Speed
  			Intro: D9 E7 A F#7 D9 Bm5-/7 E7 A E7     

A             A4/7          A 
Pack up all my cares and woe 
E6     E    A9      A 
Here I go, singin' low  
A  Bm5-/7  A   E7 
Bye bye      blackbird 
E7 
Where somebody waits for me 
E7       E7/13             E7 
Sugar's sweet, and so is she 
E7  E7/13  E7    A   A7M 
Bye bye  blackbird 

Bridge 

C#7            C#m5-/7  C#7    G7   F#7      
No one here can love or understand me 
B7                Bm5-/7    B7       F7  E7 
Oh what hard luck stories they all hand me. 
A              A4/7          A 
Make my bed and light the light 
E7/13    E7   F#7 
I'll arrive late tonight  
D9        E7     A   F#7  D9       Bm5-/7  E7  A      
Blackbird,   bye bye,    blackbird,      bye bye 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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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