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Blue Skies

Words and Music by Irving Berlin - 1927

Verse:
G              G7	C             C7	G	-
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 cloud -y day for me,

Then good luck came a -knock -ing at my door,

Skies were gray but they're not gray an -y more.

 

Chorus:

Blue Skies Smil -ing at me,

Noth -ing but Blue Skies do I see,

Blue -birds sing -ing a song,

Noth -ing but blue -birds all day long.

Nev -er saw the sun shin -ing so bright, Nev -er saw things go -ing so right,

No -tic -ing the days hur -ry -ing by, When you're in love my! how they fly.

Blue days all of them gone,

Noth -ing but blue skies from now on.

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Sound Clip:   Listen to Jim play "Blue Skies" on the 5-string banjo (282k mp3)

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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