Bye Bye Blackbird

 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. 

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[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