Bye Bye Blackbird
Composer: Ray Henderson
Lyrics: Mort Dixon
Note: If you play this instrumentally, the top note of each chord is the melody, although you will
need to fill in a few other melody notes.
[Chords]
DM7 x5767x
Em7-5 x7878x
C#m7-5 x4545x
Bm x2443x
Bdim7 x2313x
A7* 5x56xx
Em x7998x
F#m7-5 xx4555
EmM7 x7x88x
Em7 x7x78x
F#m7/E x7x67x
A7 x0565x
A13 x0567x
D6 x5443x
D7 x57575
F#dim7 xx4545
B7 x2424x
Ebdim7 x6757x
C#dim7 x4535x
Edim7 x7868x
D6/9 x5445x
Dmaj7add13 x57677
[Verse 1]
DM7 Em7-5 DM7
Packed up all my cares and woes
C#m7-5 Bm
Here I go sinking low
Bm C#m7-5 Bdim7 A7
Bye bye black-bird
[Verse 2]
Em F#m7-5 EmM7
Where somebody cares for me
Em7 F#m7/E A13 A7*
Sugar’s sweet, so is she
A7* A13 A7* D6
Bye bye black-bird
[Bridge]
D7 F#dim7 C#m7-5 B7
Here nobody cares or understands me
Em N.C. Bdim7 A7
Their hard luck stories they all hand me
[Verse 3]
DM7 Em7-5 DM7
Make my bed light the light
C#m7-5 Ebdim7 B7
I’ll be there, late to- night
C#dim7 Edim7 A7 D6 D6/9 DM7 Dmaj7add13
Black -bird bye bye