• Song:

    Blackbird

  • Artist:

    Alter Bridge

  • Album:

    Blackbird

Key: A5

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Intro: F#5 -- C#5 -- E5 -- A5 - E5 - x2

Plucking:
        F#5               C#5               E5       
    A5      E5
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#5               C#5
The willow it weeps today
  E5
A breeze from a distance
   A5            E5
Is calling your name
  F#5                       C#5
Unfurl your black wings and wait
 E5                  A5
Across the horizons coming
    E5      F#5 C#5 E5
to sweep you away
    A5         E5       F#5 C#5 
A5 E5
Its coming to sweep you away


Distortion: F#5 -- E5 -- F5 -- A5 -- E5 -- A5 -- A5 -- E5 - x2


Chorus 1:
        D5              C#5
Let the wind carry you home
E5         B5
Blackbird fly away
        D5        C#5
May you never be broken again


Interlude: F#5 -- C#5 -- E5 -- A5 - E5 - x2

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


Verse 2:
    F#5               C#5
The fragile can not endure
    E5
The wrecked and the and
        A5          E5
jaded a place so impure
     F#5                 C#5
The static of this cruel world
      E5                 A5
Cause some birds to fly long
       E5               F#5 C#5 E5
before they've seen their day
A5           E5                  F#5 C#5 
A5 E5
long before they've seen their day


Chorus 2:
        D5              C#5
Let the wind carry you home
E5         B5
Blackbird fly away
        D5        C#5     F#5 E5 A5
May you never be broken again
B5         D5                C#5
Beyond the suffering you?ve known
  E5        B5
I hope you find your way
        D5        A5    C#5  D5 - C#5 D5 - C#5
May you never be broken again


Interlude: C#5 -- C#5 - D5 - E5 - F5 - E5 - D5 -
C#5  D5 - C#5 D5 - C#5
C#5 -- C#5 - D5 - E5 - A5 - G#5 - B5 -


Guitar Solo:

Silence: F#5 -- D5 -- A5 - E5 - F#5 -- x2

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

Guitar 2: Solo Guitar
                   F#5                                    D5
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 | ------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------ | 

             A5                      E5
e | ----------------------- | ------------------------ | 
B | ----------------------- | ------------------------ | 
G | ------2----2h4--2--1--- | ------1-----2h4--2--1--- | 
D | ----2----2-----------2- | ----2----2------------2- | 
A | -0--------------------- | ------------------------ | 
E | ----------------------- | -4---------------------- | 

                   F#5
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#5
Ascend may you find no resistance
D5
Know that you've made
such a difference
A5               F5
All you leave behind will
            F#5 E5
live to the end
    F#5
The cycle of suffering goes
           D5
on But the memories
of you stay strong
    A5              F5
Someday I too will fly
              F#5 E5
and find you again


Real Guitar Solo:

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

F#5 -- D5 -- A5 - F5 - F#5 - E ------------------- |  x2,

D5 -- C#5 -- E5 -- B5 -- D5 -- C#5 -- F#5 - E5 - A5 - B5 -- | 

D5 -- C#5 -- E5 -- B5 -- D5 -- C#5 -- F#5 - E5 - A5 - B5 -- | 


Chorus 3:
        D5              C#5
Let the wind carry you home
E5         B5
Blackbird fly away
        D5        C#5     F#5 E5 A5
May you never be broken again
B5         D5                C#5
Beyond the suffering you?ve known
  E5        B5
I hope you find your way
        D5        C#5     F#5 -- E5 -- F5 -- A5 -- E5 -- A5 -- A5 -- E5 -
May you never be broken again
        A5        E5    F#5 -- E5 -- F5 -- A5 -- E5 -- A5 -- A5 -- E5 -
May you never be broken again


F#5 -- E5 -- F5 -- A5 -- E5 -- A5 -- A5 -- E5 - x2


Outro: 
F#5 -- C#5 -- E5 -- A5 - E5 - x4, F#5 (hold)

Plucking:
        F#5               C#5               E5       
    A5      E5
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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