This is only my second transcription done by ear. My ear isn't amazing, so please correct as needed.
-- NOTES --
- I've formatted all of the chords, so you can transpose this up/down for a capo'd equivalent.
- I think the chords in the *CHORUS* last half a bar (two beats).
- All other chords last a full bar (four beats). This includes the guitar solo.
-- CHORDS --
Chords: -- OR -- Alternative Dm Shape (sounds good in chorus):
Dm Bb F Am C Gm Dm
e|--1-----1-----1-----0-----0-----3--| e|--5-----|
B|--3-----2-----1-----1-----1-----3--| B|--6-----|
G|--2-----2-----2-----2-----0-----3--| G|--7-----|
D|--0-----2-----3-----2-----2-----5--| D|--7-----|
A|--x-----1-----3-----0-----3-----5--| A|--5-----|
E|--x-----x-----1-----x-----x-----3--| E|--x-----|
TUNING: STANDARD
NO CAPO
[Intro]
- The part before the lyrics is pretty much just a Dm chord with a hammer-on.
- This isn't a tab, I'm just giving you a basic idea here, you can figure out
the strumming in between.
Dm Dm
e|--0h1-1------1h3---3p1--------|
B|--3---3------3-----3----------|
G|--2---2------2-----2----------|
D|--0---0------0-----0----------|
A|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|
[Verse]
Dm Bb
There's a blackbird perched outside my window
F
I hear him calling
Am
I hear him sing
Dm Bb
He burns me with his eyes of gold to embers
F
He sees all my sins
Am
He reads my soul
[Pre-Chorus]
Gm Dm Am Bb
One day that bird, he spoke to me
Gm Dm
Like Martin Luther
Am Bb C
Like Pericles
[Chorus]
F C
Come join the murder
F C
Come fly with black
F C
We'll give you freedom
Bb C
From the human track
F C
Come join the murder
F C
Soar on my wings
F C
You'll touch the hand of God
Bb C
And He'll make you king
Bb C
And He'll make you king
[Verse]
Dm Bb
On a blanket made of woven shadows
F
Flew up to heaven
Am
On a raven's glide
Dm Bb
These angels have turned my wings to wax now
F Am
I fell like Judas from grace tonight
[Pre-Chorus]
Gm Dm Am Bb
On that day that he lied to me
Gm Dm
Like Martin Luther
Am Bb C
Like Pericles
[Chorus]
F C
Come join the murder
F C
Come fly with black
F C
We'll give you freedom
Bb C
From the human track
F C
Come join the murder
F C
Soar on my wings
F C
You'll touch the hand of God
Bb C
And He'll make you king
Bb C
And He'll make you king
F C
F C
F C
F C
F C
[Verse]
Dm Bb
I walk among the children of my fathers
F Am
The broken wings, betrayal's cost
Dm Bb
They call to me but never touch my heart, now
F
I am too far
Am
I'm too lost
[Pre-Chorus]
Gm Dm Am Bb
All I can hear is what he spoke to me
Gm Dm
Like Martin Luther
Am Bb C
Like Pericles
[Chorus]
F C
Come join the murder
F C
Come fly with black
F C
We'll give you freedom
Bb C
From the human track
F C
Come join the murder
F C
Soar on my wings
F C
You'll touch the hand of God
Bb C
And He'll make you king
Bb C
And He'll make you king
[Guitar Solo]
Yeah there's no way I'm getting this down by ear, so...here's some more chords
(tip: full bar per chord).
Dm Bb F Am
Dm Bb F C
[Verse]
Dm Bb
So now I curse that raven's fire
F Am
You made me hate, you made me burn
Dm Bb
He laughed aloud as he flew from Eden
F Am
You always knew, you never learn
[Pre-Chorus]
Gm Dm Am Bb
The crow no longer sings to me
Gm Dm
Like Martin Luther
Am Bb C
Or Pericles
[Chorus]
F C
Come join the murder
F C
Come fly with black
F C
We'll give you freedom
Bb C
From the human track
F C
Come join the murder
F C
Soar on my wings
F C
You'll touch the hand of God
Bb C
And He'll make you king
F C
Come join the murder
F C
Come fly with black
F C
We'll give you freedom
Bb C
From the human track
F C
Come join the murder
F C
Soar on my wings
F C
You'll touch the hand of God
Bb C
And He'll make you king
Bb C
And He'll make you king
[Outro]
(Quieter)
F C
F C
F C F (single/final strum)
