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who can play this?

I can play just about every dave song pretty well but this song is kinda tough. I'm good with my fingers( :twisted: ) but this song play's soo much with E and B, or A and B it's difficult.
Any advice beyond constant practice(the obvious).
Thanks.
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Post by dmbguitar718 »

I can play it. It's kind of an akward position for your fingers, so just get used to that. Also, that constant ringing of the G is important. Let it riing. :)
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i can play it as well, just gotta get your fingers used to it, thats the trick.
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Post by dacanemadness »

Learned this one recently. Great song. Someone did a good powertab of it, you can slow it down and work up for practice.
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Post by Ranting Thespian »

I learned this song after 4 months of playing, and still play it all the time. It's simple fingerpicking, it's the pattern tha tyou have to get. Also there's a strum to it too. PM me and I'll set you up with some stuff.
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It's a great warmup too, good way to start the day.
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Hey someone hook me up with this song , i don't remember this ....
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Post by Ryeguy »

its definietly fun to mess round with it. blackbird is a great song for those who are just starting to learn to fingerpick.
Its like... getting two birds stoned at once. (Ricky-trailor park boys).
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Post by sacdeez »

can someone post a good link for the tab, i've tried playing this and can get it down but the tab i was using was kind of out of whack and more complicated than i've seen others play it
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I'll make an accurate one . . .
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Post by Ranting Thespian »

damn this took a long time:

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 Blackbird - the Beatles
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Tabbed from Back in the US dvd

Intro
e----------------------------------------------------------------------
B--0-----1-----3----/--12--12-12--12----12--12-12--12------------------
G-----0-----0----0----------0--0-----0-------0--0------0---------------
D--------0------------------x--x-------------x--x----------------------
A--------------2----/--10--10-10--------10--10-10----------------------
E--3-------------------------------------------------------------------
                            ^  v             ^  v
^= upstroke
v= downstroke

Verse
(continue from the intro 2nd time through)
e--------3-----------5---------------------------------------3---------
B--5-----------7-----------8--8-8--8-----8--8-8--8-----7---------------
G-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-0-----0-----0-0-----0-----0-----0------
D-----------------------------x-x-----------x-x------------------------
A--3-----4-----5-----6-----7--7-7--------6--7-7--------5-----4---------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------
                              ^ v           ^ v

e----------------------------------------------------------------------
B--5--5-5--5-----4--4-4--4-----3--3-3--3-----2--2-2--2-----1--1-1--1---
G-----0-0-----0-----0-0-----0-----0-0-----0-----0-0-----0-----0-0----0-
D-----x-x-----------x-x-----------x-x-----------0-0--------0--0-0------
A--3--3-3--------3--3-3--------2--2-2--------0--0-0--------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------
      ^ v           ^ v       *** ^ v           ^ v           ^ v

e----------------------------------------------------------------------
B--0-------0-----------------------------------------------------------
G-----0-------0--------------------------------------------------------
D-----0-0--------------------------------------------------------------
A-------x--------------------------------------------------------------
E--3----3--------------------------------------------------------------
      ^ v
^= upstroke
v= downstroke
***= goto from bridge

Brdige
e----------------------------------------------------------------------
B--10-----8-----6-----5-----3--3-3-3-----5--5-5--5---------------------
G------0-----0-----0-----0-----0-0----0-----0-0-----0------------------
D------------------------------x-x----------x-x------------------------
A---8-----7-----5-----3-----1--1-1-------3--3-3------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------
                       *       ^ v          ^ v
^= upstroke
v= downstroke
*= goto *** in verse

Outro
e----------------------------------------------------------------------
B--5-----3-----2--2-2--2-----1--1-1--1-----0-------0-------------------
G-----0-----0-----0-0-----0-----0-0-----0-----0-------0----------------
D-----------------0-0--------0--0-0-----------0-0--------repeat--------
A--3-----2-----0--0-0---------------------------x----------------------
E------------------------------------------3----3----------------------
                  ^ v           ^ v           ^ v
^= upstroke
v= downstroke
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Post by Locarius »

That version is different from the album version.
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Post by Ranting Thespian »

Locarius wrote:That version is different from the album version.
the arrangement of the sections is different on Back In the US, not the parts though. Plus, on the anthologies, you can see paul for a minute playing blackbird in the studio, and it's the same way tabbed, with the strum.
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