Down Came a Blackbird Chords
by Lila McCann
Down Came a Blackbird by Lila McCann is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, G, D, Dsus, Em and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Tabbed by: Gerry Watkins
Down came a blackbird, set on a fence, talkin' in riddles, makin' no sense
C F C G
She's gone, you're baby's gone,
G
Down came a blackbird, perched on pole, took out a mirror, and said, "Son,
behold"
C F C D Dsus
Cause she's gone, your baby's gone Wooooooo!
CHORUS:
G (throughout)
Gone like a dollar spent on a drink, head hangin' over the kitchen sink
Gone like the wind through a cabin door, never gonna blow that way no more
Gone like the song of a mockingbird, laughing at every little thing he heard
Gone like a dream in a puff of smoke, she ain't comin' back and it ain't no
joke
C F C D Dsus
She's gone, you're baby's gone
Down came a blackbird, set by the fire,
Said "the future's comin' at you like a freight train
And you're walkin' the wire"
Cause she's gone, you're baby's gone Wooooooo!
Gone like a dollar spent on a drink, head hangin' over the kitchen sink
Gone like a dream in a puff of smoke, she ain't comin' back and it ain't no
joke
She's gone, you're baby's gone
BRIDGE:
Em (strum)
She says she doesn't want a man who hangs around the house
Am (strum)
Who doesn't say a word unless he's shootin' off his mouth
Em C
There's got to be a better way to be a lovin' wife
D
If she stays here she'll end up his waitress for life
Down came a blackbird, set on a fence,
Talkin' in riddles, and makin' absolutely perfect sense
Cause she's gone, you're baby's gone, Wooooooo!
Down came a blackbird
Down came a blackbird