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- Blue Skies
- Words and Music
by Irving Berlin - 1927
| Verse: |
| G G7 |
C C7 |
G |
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| G G7 |
C G |
A7 |
- |
| Bm D |
F#7 |
D7 |
- |
| G G7 |
C C7 |
G |
- |
| Chorus: |
| Em |
B+ B7 |
G |
A9 Cm |
| G |
C9 D+ |
G |
- |
| Em |
B+ B7 |
G |
A9 Cm |
| G |
C9 D+ |
G |
- |
| G |
Cm G |
Cm G |
Cm G |
| G |
Cm G |
Cm G |
D7 G |
| Em |
B+ B7 |
G |
A9 Cm |
| G |
C9 D+ |
G |
- (repeat chorus) |
- 8-beat intro. Play 4-beats
for each cell, reading from left to right.
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- Verse:
- I was blue just as blue
as I could be,
- Ev'ry day was a cloudy day
for me,
- Then good luck came aknocking
at my door,
- Skies were gray but they're
not gray any more.
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- Chorus:
- Blue Skies Smiling at me,
- Nothing but Blue Skies do
I see,
- Bluebirds singing a song,
- Nothing but bluebirds all
day long.
- Never saw the sun shining
so bright, Never saw things going so right,
- Noticing the days hurrying
by, When you're in love my! how they fly.
- Blue days all of them gone,
- Nothing but blue skies from
now on.
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- Performer Links:
- (webpage)
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- Listen to Jim play "Blue
Skies" on the 5-string banjo (mp3)
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- Listen to the
WineLand Banjo Band perform "Blue Skies" (youtube,
timestamp 3:20)
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- Watch
the Hal Kemp Band with Eddie Peabody perform "Blue Skies"
(youtube timestamp 4:35)
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- Arranged by Jim Bottorff
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- email: jbott@ix.netcom.com