(Verse)
C5                  G5
Like a broken basketball
        F5
on a dirty backyard court,
      C5                G5
I was unable to roll away
           F5
but I have air now
C5          G5            F5
Up this ladder, I keep climbing
   C5                        G5
trying to reach a little farther
         F5
dig my hands into the water

breaking up the storm
C5 G5 F5
                    C5
(and there she goes)

[chorus]
        G5          F5
Blackbird, fly away
A5       G5         F5
into the hollow sky
A5          G5          F5
Blackbird, take me with you
                    A5 
'cause I can't fly
       G5         F5
I'll hold on tightly
(but I can't fly)
A5 G5 F5

(Repeat Verse Chords)
Looking up , I reach out
stealing falling feathers
as they tumble to the ground
it's strange how they
work  so well for you
while slowing me down
(blackbird, I envy you)

(repeat chorus)

(BRIDGE)
          A5               G5
I could leave here on my own
        F5
if my heart was not so heavy
A5               G5
maybe you can teach me
         F5
how to swim in the sky

Blackbird, fly away
into the hollow sky
Blackbird, take me with you
'cause I can't fly
I'll hold on tightly

{Verse C5 G5 F5 x5
Biss C5 G5 F5 x1
      A5 G5 F5 x4
Bridge A5 G5 F5 x2}