Blackbird ver. 5 does a perfect job of transcribing the exact guitar notes from the original recording - learn it from there. https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/t/the_beatles/blackbird_ver5_tab.htm Once you know it, this tab makes it much easier to follow along and sing by using a shorthand to describe repeating finger picking sections. When you see a single dash after a note, you should play that followed by the repeating open G: e|--| e|----| B|0-| B|0---| G|--| becomes G|--0-| D|--| D|----| A|--| A|----| E|3-| E|3---| When you see a double dash after a note: e|----| e|----------------| B|12--| B|12----12--12----| G|----| becomes G|----0-------0---| D|----| D|----------------| A|10--| A|10------10------| E|----| E|----------------| [Intro] [Verse] e|--------------|---------------(3)-(5)--------(3)------------------| B|0-1-3/12--12--|0-1-3/12--12--5-8-7-10-8--8--7-8-5--4--3--2--1--0--| G|--------------|---------------------------------------------------| D|--------------|---------------------------------------------0-----| A|--0-2/10--10--|--0-2/10--10--3-4-5-6 -7--6--5-4-3--3--2--0--------| E|3-------------|3-----------------------------------------------3--| Blackbird ... dead of night Take these broken ... learn to fly All your ... you were only ... moment to arise [Fill] [Verse] e|--------------|---------------(3)-(5)--------(3)------------------| B|-5-3-2--1--0--|0-1-3/12--12--5-8-7-10-8--8--7-8-5--4--3--2--1--0--| G|--------------|---------------------------------------------------| D|--------0-----|---------------------------------------------0-----| A|-3-2-0--------|--0-2/10--10--3-4-5-6 -7--6--5-4-3--3--2--0--------| E|-----------3--|3-----------------------------------------------3--| Blackbird ... dead of night Take these sunken ... learn to see All your ... you were only ... moment to be free [Chorus] e|---------------------------------| B|10-8-6-5-3--5--10-8-6-5-3--2--1--| G|---------------------------------| D|------------------------------0--| A|8 -7-5-3-1--3--8 -7-5-3-1--0-----| E|---------------------------------| Blackbird fly ... light of the dark black night [Verse - solo guitar] e|---------------(3)-(5)--------(3)------------------| B|0-1-3/12--12--5-8-7-10-8--8--7-8-5--4--3--2--1--0--| G|---------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------0-----| A|--0-2/10--10--3-4-5-6 -7--6--5-4-3--3--2--0--------| E|3-----------------------------------------------3--| [Chorus] e|---------------------------------| B|10-8-6-5-3--5--10-8-6-5-3--2--1--| G|---------------------------------| D|------------------------------0--| A|8 -7-5-3-1--3--8 -7-5-3-1--0-----| E|---------------------------------| Blackbird fly ... light of the dark black night [Verse - solo guitar] e|----------------------------------------------------| B|0-1-3/12--12--12--12--12-12-12-12~12\0-1-3-5-3-2-1--| G|--------------------------------0~------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------0--| A|--0-2/10--10--10--10--10-10-10-10~10\--0-2-3-2-0----| E|3------------------------------------3--------------| [Verse] e|---------------(3)-(5)--------(3)------------------| B|0-1-3/12--12--5-8-7-10-8--8--7-8-5--4--3--2--1--0--| G|---------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------0-----| A|--0-2/10--10--3-4-5-6 -7--6--5-4-3--3--2--0--------| E|3-----------------------------------------------3--| Blackbird ... dead of night Take these broken ... learn to fly All your ... you were only ... moment to arise e|-----------------------------| B|5-3-2--1--0--5-3-2--1--0---0~| G|-----------------------0---0~| D|-------0------------0--0---0~| A|3-2-0--------3-2-0---------2~| E|----------3------------3-----| You were only ... moment to arise You were only ... moment to arise ************************************ | / slide up | \ slide down | ~ let it ring ************************************