• Song:

    Blackbird

  • Artist:

    Alter Bridge

  • Album:

    Blackbird

Key: A

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Intro: F#m -- C#/F -- E -- A - E/G# - x2

Plucking:
        F#m               C#/F               E       
    A      E/G#
e | ---------------- | ----------------- | ----------------- | ------- | ------- | 
B | ----2-------2--- | ----2----4--2---- | ----------------- | ------- | ------- | 
G | -2----2--1----2- | -1----1--------1- | -1----2----2p1--- | ------- | ------- | 
D | ---------------- | ----------------- | ---------------4- | -----4- | ---2-4- | 
A | ---------------- | ----------------- | ----------------- | ---4--- | ------- | 
E | -2-------2------ | -1--------------- | -0--0----0------- | -5----- | -4----- | 


Verse 1:
    F#m               C#/F
The willow it weeps today
  E
A breeze from a distance
   A            E/G#
Is calling your name
  F#m                       C#/F
Unfurl your black wings and wait
 E                  A
Across the horizons coming
    E/G#      F#m C#/F E
to sweep you away
    A         E/G#       F#m C#/F 
A E/G#
Its coming to sweep you away


Distortion: F#m -- E/G# -- F -- A -- E -- A -- A -- E/G# - x2


Chorus 1:
        D              C#m
Let the wind carry you home
E         Bm
Blackbird fly away
        D        C#m
May you never be broken again


Interlude: F#m -- C#/F -- E -- A - E/G# - x2

Tremonti Semi Solo:
e | -2--2--2--2--5--2--2- | 
B | --------------------- | 
G | --------------------- | 
D | --------------------- | 
a | --------------------- | 
E | --------------------- | 


Verse 2:
    F#m               C#/F
The fragile can not endure
    E
The wrecked and the and
        A          E/G#
jaded a place so impure
     F#m                 C#/F
The static of this cruel world
      E                 A
Cause some birds to fly long
       E/G#               F#m C#/F E
before they've seen their day
A           E                  F#m C#/F 
A E/G#
long before they've seen their day


Chorus 2:
        D              C#m
Let the wind carry you home
E         Bm
Blackbird fly away
        D        C#m     F#m E/G# A
May you never be broken again
Bm         D                C#m
Beyond the suffering you?ve known
  E        Bm
I hope you find your way
        D        A/C#    C#m  D - C#m D - C#m
May you never be broken again


Interlude: C#m -- C#m - D - E - F - E - D -
C#m  D - C#m D - C#m
C#m -- C#m - D - E - A - G#m - Bm -


Guitar Solo:

Silence: F#m -- D -- A - E/G# - F#m -- x2

Tremonti:
e | ----------14-------12- | 
B | -14-14-14----14-14---- | 
G | ---------------------- | 
D | ---------------------- |  repeat many times
A | ---------------------- | 
E | ---------------------- | 

Guitar 2: Solo Guitar
                   F#m                                    D
e | ------------------------------------- | ----------------------------0------- | 
B | ----0-0-0-2----0h2-----0-0-0-3-2-0h2- | ----0-0-0-2----0h2----0-0-0---3-2h3- | 
G | ------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------ | 
D | -4-----------4------4---------------- | -0-----------0------0--------------- | 
A | ------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------ | 
E | ------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------ | 

             A                      E/G#
e | ----------------------- | ------------------------ | 
B | ----------------------- | ------------------------ | 
G | ------2----2h4--2--1--- | ------1-----2h4--2--1--- | 
D | ----2----2-----------2- | ----2----2------------2- | 
A | -0--------------------- | ------------------------ | 
E | ----------------------- | -4---------------------- | 

                   F#m
e | ------------------------------------- | 
B | ----0-0-0-2----0h2-----0-0-0-3-2-0h2- | 
G | ------------------------------------- | 
D | -4-----------4------4---------------- | 
A | ------------------------------------- | 
E | ------------------------------------- | 


Bass Solo:
G | -14-13-11---------------------------- | 
D | ----------14-12-11------------------- | 
A | -------------------14-12-11---------- | 
E | ----------------------------14-12-10- | 


Bridge:
  F#m
Ascend may you find no resistance
D
Know that you've made
such a difference
A               F
All you leave behind will
            F#m E/G#
live to the end
    F#m
The cycle of suffering goes
           D
on But the memories
of you stay strong
    A              F
Someday I too will fly
              F#m E/G#
and find you again


Real Guitar Solo:

Tremonti did a Very fast Sweeping and shredding here!!!

F#m -- D -- A - F - F#m - E/G ------------------- |  x2,

D -- C#m -- E -- Bm -- D -- C#m -- F#m - E/G# - A - Bm -- | 

D -- C#m -- E -- Bm -- D -- C#m -- F#m - E/G# - A - Bm -- | 


Chorus 3:
        D              C#m
Let the wind carry you home
E         Bm
Blackbird fly away
        D        C#m     F#m E/G# A
May you never be broken again
Bm         D                C#m
Beyond the suffering you?ve known
  E        Bm
I hope you find your way
        D        C#m     F#m -- E/G# -- F -- A -- E -- A -- A -- E/G# -
May you never be broken again
        A        E/G#    F#m -- E/G# -- F -- A -- E -- A -- A -- E/G# -
May you never be broken again


F#m -- E/G# -- F -- A -- E -- A -- A -- E/G# - x2


Outro: 
F#m -- C#/F -- E -- A - E/G# - x4, F#m (hold)

Plucking:
        F#m               C#/F               E       
    A      E/G#
e | ---------------- | ----------------- | ----------------- | ------- | ------- | 
B | ----2-------2--- | ----2----4--2---- | ----------------- | ------- | ------- | 
G | -2----2--1----2- | -1----1--------1- | -1----2----2p1--- | ------- | ------- | 
D | ---------------- | ----------------- | ---------------4- | -----4- | ---2-4- | 
A | ---------------- | ----------------- | ----------------- | ---4--- | ------- | 
E | -2-------2------ | -1--------------- | -0--0----0------- | -5----- | -4----- |
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