"Blackbird" — Paul's fingerpicked acoustic meditation. A civil rights metaphor, written the morning after the 1968 urban riots. "You were only waiting for this moment to arise."
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Date: Sat, 22 Aug 92 17:14:21 MDT
From: The Mighty Tabster
Subject: The Beatles -- Blackbird
Well, in one of my fits of insanity, I arranged the Beatles` tune "Blackbird"
for bass. The following is the arrangement, which combines the vocal line
and the guitar line. I`ve worked on it on and off for about a week, and can
play it almost up to speed. You will notice that some of the rhythms don`t
add up per measure. This is due to some notes in the chords having different
lenghts, which I can`t show in tab. Also, `$` means "D.S. Sign" and `@` is
a fermata. The arrangement is in the original key (G), which means I
use 24 frets. If you don`t have 24 frets on your bass, just move everything
down a couple of frets.
Enjoy!
Erik
The Beatles: Blackbird
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$
q q q E s+s s e e e e e q e q s s s e e
+------------+-----------------+-------------+-------------------------19-+
|3:-17-17-17-|2:-19------------|-19----------|*3:-17-17-17-17-17-17-17----|
|4:-14-15-17-|4:-21------21----|----21----21-|*4:-14----15----------17----|
+---15-17-19-+---22-22------22-+-------22----+----15----17----------19----+
E s+s s e e e e e q e q e q q q e E s+s s e
+-19------------+-19----------+-16----14-14-+-14-14-17-19-+-16---------16-+
|---------------|-------------|-14-17-14----|-16----16----|-17------17----|
|-17------17----|----17----17-|-15----16----|-17----18----|-19-19---------|
+-15-15------15-+-------15----+-------------+-------------+---------------+
e e e e q q E s+s s s e e e e h e e e
+-16----------+-14-16-+-12---------12-+-12----------+-12-12-12-14-+
|-17-17----17-|-16-14-|-14------14----|-13-13----13-|-12----------|
|-18----18----|-17-16-|-15-15---------|-15----15----|-14----------|
+-------------+-------+---------------+-------------+-------------+
----------------------------------------
To Coda 1.
h e e e h e e e E s+s s e q q h q h q
+-16-14-------+-14----16-14-+---------------+-------+-------+-17----+
|-14----17-14-|-14-17-------|-17------------|-------|-17----|-17----|
|-16----------|-15----------|-14------14----|-15-14-|-16----|-17-17-|
+-------------+-------------+-15-15------15-+-------+-17-17-+-------+
----------------------------------
|2.
E s+s s e | E s+s s e c q e+h q q E s+s s e
+----------------+---------------+--17---------+-------+---------------+
|-17------------*|-17------------|*-------17---|-------|-17------------|
|-14------14----*|-14------14----|*-20-19------|-20-19-|-17------17----|
+-15-15------15--+-15-15------15-+-------------+-------+-18-18------18-+
e e e e c q e+h q q E s+s s e E s+s s e
+-------------+-17---------+-------+---------------+----24---22-19-+
|-17----------|-------17---|-------|-17------------|-17------------|
|-19-19----19-|-20-19------|-20-19-|-17------17----|-16------------|
+-20----20----+------------+-------+-18-18------18-+-17------------+
------------------------------------------------
1.
e s s e e q q q E s+s s e e e e e h q h q
+-22-19----17-15-+------------+---19------------+-19----------+-12----+-14----+
|-------19-------|3:-17-17-17-|2:-21------21----|----21----21-|-14----|-16----|
|----------------|4:-14-15-17-|4:-22-22------22-|-------22----|-15-16-|-17-18-|
+----------------+---15-17-19-+-----------------+-------------+-------+-------+
---------------------------------------------------------------------
E s+s s e e e c e q q E s+s s e e e e e
+-16------------+-16----------+-14-16-+-12------------+-12----------+
|-17------17----|-17-17----17-|-16-14-|-14------14----|-13-13----13-|
|-19-19------19-|-18----18----|-17-16-|-15-15------15-|-15----15----|
+---------------+-------------+-------+---------------+-------------+
------------------------------------------------------------------------
|2.
E s+s s e e e e e E s+s s e h q | E s+s s e
+-12------------+-12----------+-17------------+--------+-19------------+
|-12------12----|-11-11----11-|-17------17----|-17----*|-21------21----|
|-14-14------14-|-12----12----|-17-17------17-|-14----*|-22-22------22-|
+---------------+-------------+---------------+-15-15--+---------------+
@
e e e e E s+s s e e e e e q e q e q e q q s E
+-19----------+-19------------+-19----------+-19----19----+-19----19-+-----19-+
|----21----21-|-21------21----|----21----21-|-21----21----|-21----21-|-R-R-21-|
|-------22----|-22-22------22-|-------22----|-22-22-22-22-|-22-22-22-|-----22-|
+-------------+---------------+-------------+-------------+----------+--------+
rit. poco a poco
D.S al Coda|Coda
q q q q q q E s+s s e | E s+s s e q e q e
+-------+-------+-------+-17------------+---------------+-12-12-12-14-+
|-17-17-|-17-17-|-17-17-|-17------17----|-17------------|-14----12----|
|-14-15-|-17-19-|-17-16-|-17-17------17-|-14------14----|-15----14----|
+-15-17-+-19-20-+-19-17-+---------------+-15-15------15-+-------------+
q e e e q e e e E s+s s e q e q e q e e e
+-16-14-------+-14----16-14-+---------------+-12-12-12-14-+-16-14-------+
|-14----17-14-|-14-17-------|-17------------|-14----12----|-14----17-14-|
|-16----------|-15----------|-14------14----|-15----14----|-16----------|
+-------------+-------------+-15-15------15-+-------------+-------------+
@
q e e e h
+-14----16-14-+----+
|-14-17-------|-17-|
|-15----------|-14-|
+-------------+-15-+
==========================================================================
Created using the Bass Tab Creator
__ by Mario D`Alessio (motcid!marble!dalessio)
+|oo|+ modified by Erik Habbinga ([email protected])
+|oo|+ Notes: w = Whole h = Half q = Quarter
|| e = 8th s = 16th t = 32nd x = 64th
||
|| Capital durations are dotted notes
|| (equal to 1.5 times the duration value)
||
|| #
|| +----+ +----+
_ || _ |*--*+ = MEASURE |4:--| = TIME
\_||_// |*--*+ REPEATS |4:--| SIGNATURES
| [] | +----+ (#=Num Repeats) +----+
| || |
/ [] + = TIE ^ = TRIPLET > = BEND
\______/ H = HAMMER ON = SLIDE TO FRET R = Rest
P = PULL OFF X = SLIDE TO NOWHERE ~ = Trill
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Знаете ли вы, что...
- Written in spring 1968, inspired by news of the American civil rights struggle. The irregular 3/4-4/4 rhythm came from a Bach piece Paul was learning. From the White Album.