Red-Winged Blackbird
David Francey (1999)


Intro
| [C] | [C] |
| [C] | [F] [C] | [F] | [G] |
| [C] | [F] [C] | [F] | [1/2G] | [C] | [C] |
| [F] | [G] | [F] | [G] |
| [F] | [G] | [F] | [G] | [C] | [C] |

Chorus
| [C] Thought I heard a | [F] red winged [C] blackbird, |
| [F] Red winged [C] blackbird | [G] down my road, |
| [C] Thought I heard a | [F] red winged [C] blackbird, |
| [F] Red winged [C] blackbird | [1/2G] down my | [C] road. | [C] |

| [C] He'll be there be- | side the river,
When | [C] winter finally | [C] breaks its [G] bones, |
| [C] He'll be king a- | [C] mong the [Am] rushes, |
| [F] He'll be [C] master | [G] of his [C] home. |

Chorus
| [C] Thought I heard a | [F] red winged [C] blackbird, |
| [F] Red winged [C] blackbird | [G] down my road, |
| [C] Thought I heard a | [F] red winged [C] blackbird, |
| [F] Red winged [C] blackbird | [1/2G] down my | [C] road. | [C] |

| [C] Safe as Moses | in the rushes, |
| [C] Builds his home on the | [C] river [G] wide, |
| [C] Every time I | [C] hear him [Am] singing, |
| [F] Makes me [C] feel like | [G] Spring in- [C] side. |

Chorus
| [C] Thought I heard a | [F] red winged [C] blackbird, |
| [F] Red winged [C] blackbird | [G] down my road, |
| [C] Thought I heard a | [F] red winged [C] blackbird, |
| [F] Red winged [C] blackbird | [1/2G] down my | [C] road. | [C] |

Instrumental
| [F] | [G] | [F] | [G] |
| [F] | [G] | [F] | [G] | [C] |
| [F] | [G] | [F] | [G] |
| [F] | [G] | [F] | [G] |
| [C] | [F] [C] | [F] | [G] |
| [C] | [F] [C] | [F] | [1/2G] | [C] | [C] |

| [C] He'll be in there | singing his heart out, |
| [C] He'll be telling me | [C] stories [G] too,
Of | [C] where he went to | [C] winter [Am] last year,
Of | [F] how he's [C] going | [G] back there [C] too. |

Chorus
| [C] Thought I heard a | [F] red winged [C] blackbird, |
| [F] Red winged [C] blackbird | [G] down my road, |
| [C] Thought I heard a | [F] red winged [C] blackbird, |
| [F] Red winged [C] blackbird | [G] down my [C] road. |

| [C] Thought I heard a | [F] red winged [C] blackbird, |
| [F] Red winged [C] blackbird | [G] down my road, |
| [C] Thought I heard a | [F] red winged [C] blackbird, |
| [F] Red winged [C] blackbird | [1/2G] down my | [C] road. | [C] |

Outro
| [F] | [G] | [F] | [G] |
| [F] [C] | [G] [C↓]

#Capo on 5th fret to play with original version.

#Last Updated 04/13/20 JJ
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