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BLUE SKIES

Words and Music by Irving Berlin - Copyright 1927 by Irving Berlin

Verse:-----------	------------------	------------------	------------------
G           G7	C          C7	G	-
G           G7	C          G     Gm	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
G	C9         D+	G	-
G	Cm        G	Cm         G	Cm        G
G	Cm        G	Cm         G	D7         G    B+
Em	B+         B7	G	A9                Cm
G	C9         D+	G	-    (to 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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