Down Came a Blackbird Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays395

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.

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  			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  
    	

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