Joe Cocker - Bye Bye Blackbird: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Bye Bye Blackbird" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

A#
Pack up all my cares and woes
F          A#
Feeling low, here I go
A#    C#dim   F7
Bye bye blackbird

Cm                         G/B
Where somebody waits for me
A#                   F#/A#
Sugar sweet, so is she
F             A#
Bye bye blackbird

A#                   G#        G
No one seems to love or understand me
Cm G/B                 A#  F#/A#
And all the hard luck stories
Cm7     F7/C D#m Fsus4
they keep handing me

A#
Where somebody shines the light
G#                 G
I'll be coming on home tonight
Cm  F         A# F
Bye bye blackbird

Nobody seems to love or understand me
And all the hard luck stories they keep on
handing me
Keep on handing me
I should've have somebody hide the light
Yes, I'm coming on home tonight
Bye bye blackbird


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A#

Guitar chord A#

B

Guitar chord B

C

Guitar chord C

C#dim

Guitar chord C#dim

Cm

Guitar chord Cm

Cm7

Guitar chord Cm7

D#m

Guitar chord D#m

F

Guitar chord F

F7

Guitar chord F7

F#

Guitar chord F#

Fsus4

Guitar chord Fsus4

G

Guitar chord G

G#

Guitar chord G#

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Bye Bye Blackbird" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Bye Bye Blackbird" by Joe Cocker.