This song is great for fingerpicking. It seems quite hard and intimidating when you first look at the sheet, but if you break it down into section, it is much easier. This song is build into 5 parts. The 2nd part is the hardest, because it changes chords often and quickly. The best trick is to work on the bass line first, because it goes up chromatically from fret 3 to 7 and goes back down the same way. There are three types of chords, major (finger on the A string and B string with one fret in between), minor (same thing but no fret in between) and diminished (finger on A string and high E string with the latter string being one fret lower). If you look below in part two the first chord is Major, the second one is diminished and the first one of the following measure is minor. So, what I suggest is that you learn those shapes of chords and look at the bass line while playing this part, so it feels less all over the place. One more thing, if you notice there is a G string open in between every chord, so learn to change chords first then add the extra notes in between.
The Beatles have rereleased this song several times, so the ending of the song changes slightly depending on the version.
The Beatles - Blackbird P1
The Beatles - Blackbird P2
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