Bye Bye Blackbird Chords

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Bye Bye Blackbird by Nina Simone is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of F. It uses the chords F, D7, Gm7, C9, F/A, Abdim7, C7, Gm, Fm7, F7, Am7(b5), Eb7, Dm7, Bb, Bbm6 and F6. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
F
Text
16
Speed
  			F	D7 
Pack up all my cares and 	woe, 
Gm7	C9	F 
here I 	go 	singing low, 
F/A	Abdim7	Gm7	C7 
Bye 	Bye 	Black	bird. 
Gm	Gm7 
Where somebody 	waits for me 
Gm7	C7 
sugar's sweet, 	so is she. 
Gm7	C7	Fm7	F7 
Bye 	Bye 	Black	bird. 
F7	Am7(b5)	D7 
No one here can love and under	stand 	me, 
Gm	Gm7	C7 
o, what hard luck stories thay all 	hand 	me. 
F 
make my bed and light the light, 
Eb7	D7 
I'll arrive 	late tonight, 
Gm7	C7	F	Dm7	Gm7	C7 
Blackbird, 	bye 	bye. 
	F	D7 
Pack up all my cares and 	woe, 
Gm7	C9	F 
here I 	go 	singing low, 
F/A	Abdim7	Gm7	C7 
Bye 	Bye 	Black	bird. 
Gm	Gm7 
Where somebody 	waits for me 
Gm7	C7 
sugar's sweet, 	so is she. 
Gm7	C7	Fm7	F7 
Bye 	Bye 	Black	bird. 
F7	Am7(b5)	D7 
No one here can love and under	stand 	me, 
Gm	Gm7	C7 
o, what hard luck stories thay all 	hand 	me. 
F 
make my bed and light the light, 
Eb7	D7 
I'll arrive 	late tonight, 
Gm7	C7	F	Bb	Bbm6	F6 
Blackbird, 	bye 	bye. 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante