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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 cloudy day for me,
Then good luck came aknocking at my door,
Skies were gray but they're not gray any more.
 
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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Listen to Jim play "Blue Skies" on the 5-string banjo (mp3)
 
Listen to Jim and the WineLand Band play "Blue Skies" (youtube, timestamp 3:20)
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Arranged by Jim Bottorff
 
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