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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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