Gordon Bok - Blackbird Chords

[Intro]
C  G  Am  G  F  C   F C G
C  G  Am  G  F  C   F G C


[Verse 1]
                      G
Blackbird, Blackbird, flyin' late
Am                    G
Grease in the pot and ash in the grate
     F                                 C
They barred the door and they shut the gate
            F         G
They got no place for me


[Verse 2]
    C                     G
The bottle's empty and my head is sore
  Am                    G
I don't know where I've been before
F                 C
Bar your gate and shut your door
    F           G      C
The Blackbird's flying free


[Instrumental]
F  C  D7  G
F  C  F  C


[Verse 3]
                      G
Where have I been to? I don't know
Am                G
Broken fiddle and crooked bow
F                         C
Holes in my boots and I'm walkin' slow
                 F       G
As the last long shadows fall


[Verse 4]
    C                   G
The boat I sailed, laid down in the tide
    Am                 G
The horse I stole, got lame and died
  F                                      C
I don't need a friend and I don't want a bride
    F         G        C
The Blackbird knows it all


[Instrumental]
C  G  Am  G  F  C   F G C


[Verse 5]
                     G
What's this song the Blackbird hears?
  Am                  G
I sowed my days and I reaped my years
  F                    C
A basket of sins and a bucket of tears
                 F     G
And I can't come in to stay


[Verse 6]
   C                  G
My life's a tale that I don't tell
  Am                 G
I did my worst and I did it well
  F                          C
I never get to heaven, but I stayed out of hell
    F         G     C
And still I'm on my way


[Instrumental]
C  F   C  F  C   F
C F C F C G C


[Verse 7]
                    G
Where am I goin' to sleep tonight?
  Am                     G
I can't turn left, and I won't turn right
          F                   C
Where the road goes on in the cold moonlight
               F         G
And the lonely Blackbird cries


[Verse 8]
C                       G
I'm going to sleep in a lonely bed
     Am               G
With white and whiter linen spread
  F                     C
A cold grey stone at my foot and head
    F       G     C
And pennies on my eyes


[Instrumental]
C    Dm  F  C  F    G  C


[Outro]
                        G
I'm going to sleep in a lonely bed
     Am               G
With white and whiter linen spread
  F                     C
A cold grey stone at my foot and head
    F       G     C
And pennies on my eyes