Blackbird (btab) — Beatles

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Date: Sat, 22 Aug 92 17:14:21 MDT From: The Mighty Tabster <[email protected]> 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 $ q q q E s+s s e e e e e q e q s s s e e

E s+s s e e e e e q e q e q q q e E s+s s e

e e e e q q E s+s s s e e e e h e e e

To Coda 1. h e e e h e e e E s+s s e q q h q h q

E s+s s e | E s+s s e c q e+h q q E s+s s e

e e e e c q e+h q q E s+s s e E s+s s e

1. e s s e e q q q E s+s s e e e e e h q h q

E s+s s e e e c e q q E s+s s e e e e e

E s+s s e e e e e E s+s s e h q | E s+s s e

@ e e e e E s+s s e e e e e q e q e q e q q s E 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

q e e e q e e e E s+s s e q e q e q e e e

@ q e e e h

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