Bye Bye Blackbird 2 Verses in C
Music- Ray Henderson
Key: C
Lyrics-Mort Dixon
Copyright 1926

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File Created 11/21/2014
File Edited 03/22/2022

Verse 1:

Am         Am7
Blackbird, blackbird
Bm7-5                 Am
Singing the blues all day
Bm7-5    E7          Am  Bm7-5E7
Right out-side of my door

Am         Am7
Blackbird, blackbird,
Bm7-5              Am
Why do you sit and say,
Bm7-5       E7          Am
"There's no sunshine in store?"

G7                      C
All thru the winter you hung around
G7                  C             Bm7-5E7
Now I begin to feel homeward bound

Am         Am7
Blackbird, blackbird
Bm7-5          Am
Gotta be on my way
D7                        G7  DbdimG7G7+
Where there's sunshine ga-lore

Chorus:

C              F        C
Pack up all my care and woe,
Dm7    G7
Here I go
Dm7     C
singing low
    EbdimDm7   G7   Dm7G7
Bye bye black bird.

Dm             Aaug
Where somebody waits for me,
Dm7           G7
Sugar's sweet so is she
Dm7 G7  C         C6
Bye bye blackbird.

C               C6             Bb7   A7
No one here can love and under stand me
Dm7                                Ab7  G7
Oh what hard luck stories they all hand me.

C               F         C
Make my bed and light the light,
Dm7     G7   Gm      A7
I'll ar-rive late to-night

Dm7       G7  C  G7
Blackbird bye bye

Verse 2:

Am        Am7
Bluebird, bluebird,
Bm7-5            Am
Calling me far a-way
Bm7-5     E7          Am E7
I've been longing for you

Am        Am7
Bluebird, bluebird
Bm7-5              Am
What do I hear you say
Bm7-5     E7      Am
Skies are turning blue

G7                       C
I'm like a flower that's fading here
G7                  C            Bm7-5E7
Where ev'ry hour is one long tear

Am        Am7
Bluebird, bluebird
Bm7-5             Am
 This is my lucky day
D7                      G7   DbdimG7G7+
Now my dreams will come true

Chorus Repeat:

End With:

Dm7        G7Em7        A7
Blackbird, blackbird,
Dm7        G7  C   FmC6
blackbird, bye bye.
    
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