Chords for Kathy Mattea, Red Winged Blackbird

Tempo:
82.5 bpm
Chords used:

F

Bbm

Ab

Db

Bb

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Kathy Mattea, Red Winged Blackbird chords
Start Jamming...
It's part of the mystery of it all, you know.
A song will get written and it'll
get out in the world and have [B] this life of its own and sometimes a song gets
written in one time frame and comes [Ab] back around and that's sort of the [G] story with
this one.
This is a really beautiful piece of work.
This is a song written by
Billy Ed Wheeler.
[F]
[Bb] Oh can't [Db] you see that [Ab] pretty [F] little bird
[Bbm] [Ab] Singing with all [F] his heart and soul
[Bbm] He's [Db] got a blood red [Ab] spot [Bb] on his [F] wing
[Bbm] And [Ab] all the rest [C] of him's black as [F] coal
[Bbm] Of [Db] all the colors [Ab] I ever did [F] see
[Bb] [Fm] Red and black are the [C] ones I [Bb] [F] dread
[Bbm] Oh [Db] when a man [Ab] spills blood [F] on the coal
[Bbm] They carry [Ab] him down [F] from the coal mine
[Bb] [Bbm] [F] Oh [Bb]
[F] [Bbm] [Fm]
[F] [Ab]
[Eb] [F] [Bbm]
[Ab] [Bbm] [F]
[Bbm] [Db] fly away you [Ab] red [F] winged bird
[Bbm] Leave [Ab] behind [F] the miner's wife
[Bbm] She'll dream [Db] about you [Ab] when [F] you're gone
[Bbm] She'll [Ab] dream about [C] you [F] all her life
[Bbm] Oh [Db] can't you see [Ab] that pretty [F] little bird
[Bbm] [Ab] Singing with [F] all his heart and soul
[Bbm] He's got [Db] a blood red [Ab] spot [F] on his wing
[Bbm] And [Ab] all the rest of [Fm] him's [F] black as coal
[Bbm]
Key:  
F
134211111
Bbm
13421111
Ab
134211114
Db
12341114
Bb
12341111
F
134211111
Bbm
13421111
Ab
134211114
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To jam and learn Kathy Mattea - Red-Winged Blackbird chords, your primary focus should be mastering these chords sequence: Ab, Bb, Bbm, Ab, Db, Ab, Fm and Bb. A strategic approach would be to train at 81 BPM initially, and then accelerate to the song's tempo of 163. Tune your capo to accommodate your vocal range, referencing the song's key: F Minor.

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It's part of the mystery of it all, you know.
A song will get written and it'll
get out in the world and have [B] this life of its own and sometimes a song gets
written in one time frame and comes [Ab] back around and that's sort of the [G] story with
this one.
This is a really beautiful piece of work.
This is a song written by
Billy Ed Wheeler.
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] Oh can't [Db] you see that [Ab] pretty [F] little bird
_ _ _ [Bbm] [Ab] Singing with all [F] his heart and soul
_ _ [Bbm] He's [Db] got a blood red [Ab] spot [Bb] on his [F] wing
[Bbm] And [Ab] all the rest [C] of him's black as [F] coal _ _ _ _ _
[Bbm] Of [Db] all the colors [Ab] I ever did [F] see
_ _ [Bb] _ [Fm] Red and black are the [C] ones I [Bb] [F] dread
_ [Bbm] Oh [Db] when a man [Ab] spills blood [F] on the coal _
[Bbm] They carry [Ab] him down [F] from the coal mine _
[Bb] _ _ [Bbm] _ [F] Oh _ [Bb] _ _
[F] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bbm] _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] [Db] fly away you [Ab] red [F] winged bird _ _
[Bbm] Leave [Ab] behind [F] the miner's wife
_ _ [Bbm] She'll dream [Db] about you [Ab] when [F] you're gone
_ _ [Bbm] She'll [Ab] dream about [C] you [F] all her life
_ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] Oh [Db] can't you see [Ab] that pretty [F] little bird _ _
[Bbm] _ [Ab] Singing with [F] all his heart and soul
_ _ [Bbm] He's got [Db] a blood red [Ab] spot [F] on his wing
_ [Bbm] And [Ab] all the rest of [Fm] him's [F] black as coal
_ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _

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This song was featured on the Coal album.

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