Red-winged Blackbird Chords
Red-winged Blackbird by James Keelaghan is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F with a capo on the 6st fret. It uses the chords C, F, G, Dm and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
th Fret
Intro: C F C F C G C F C F C G C
F C Dm F C Dm F C Dm C
F C
Thought I heard a red-winged blackbird
F C G
Red-winged blackbird down my road
C F C
Thought I heard a red-winged blackbird
F C G C
Red-winged blackbird down my road
He'll be there beside the river
G
When winter finally breaks its bones
C Am
He'll be king among the rushes
F ~ ~ C
He'll be master of his home
F C
Thought I heard a red-winged blackbird
F C G
Red-winged blackbird down my road
C F C
Thought I heard a red-winged blackbird
F C G C
Red-winged blackbird down my road
Safe as Moses in the rushes
G
Makes his home on the river wide
C Am
Every time I hear him singing
F ~ ~ C
Makes me feel like spring inside
F C
Thought I heard a red-winged blackbird
F C G
Red-winged blackbird down my road
C F C
Thought I heard a red-winged blackbird
F C G C
Red-winged blackbird down my road
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