Biography:
Ray Henderson (December 1, 1896 – December 31, 1970), was an American songwriter.
Born Raymond Brost in Buffalo, New York, Henderson moved to New York City and became a popular composer in Tin Pan Alley. He was one third of a successful songwriting and music publishing team with Lew Brown and Buddy De Sylva from 1925 through 1930, responsible for several editions of the revue called George White's Scandals and such book musicals as Good News, Hold Everything!, and Follow Thru.
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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
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
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