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Blue Skies
Words & Music by Irving Berlin, 1923
Recorded by Willie Nelson, 1978*
chords:
B+ : 021003
G6 : 320000
Em B+ Em7 A7
Blue skies..... smiling at me,
G D7 G B7
Nothing but blue skies....do I see.
Em B+ Em7 A7
Bluebirds......singin' a song,
G D7 G
Nothing but blue skies....from now on
BRIDGE
G G6 Cm G
Never saw the sun shining so bright,
C G D G
Never saw things going so right.
G G6 Cm G
Noticing the days hurrying by,
C G B7 Em B+
When you're in love, my, how they fly.
VERSE
Em B+ Em7 A7
Blue days,...all of them gone
G D7 G B7
Nothing but blue skies....from now on.
INSTRUMENTAL THROUGH ALL VERSES AND BRIDGE (IN FULL)
REPEAT VOCALLY
Em B+ Em7 A7
Blue skies..... smiling at me,
G D7 G B7
Nothing but blue skies....do I see.
Em B+ Em7 A7
Blue days,...all of them gone
G D7 G B7
Nothing but blue skies....from now on.
REPEAT VOCALLY ( AGAIN)
Em B+ Em7 A7
Blue skies....smiling at me,
G D7 G B7
Nothing but blue skies....do I see.
Em B+ Em7 A7
Blue days,...all of them gone
G D7 G B7
Nothing but blue skies....from now on.
REPEAT VOCALLY (AGAIN) AND END
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* Willie Nelson's #1 country hit in 1978 was but the latest in a long series of successful
versions of this standard. Introduced in the 1927 musical "Betsy" by Belle Baker, it
reached the charts no less than six times that year -- by Ben Selvin (#1); George Olsen
(#2); Vincent Lopez (#9); Johnny Marvin and Ed Smalle (also #9); Harry Richman (# 13);
and Vaughn Deleath. It Charted in 1941 by Johnny Long (#22), then again in 1946 by
both Count Basie (#8) and Benny Goodman (#9).
tab reworked for simplicity by: nemo
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This is a great song!!
Hey, great tab too!!
A bottle of Jack for cowboynemo!
-Fender69_4 | 2/18/2004 | I play it like this. This is a pretty common method in music. Instead of Em/B+/Em7th/A7, try this. It is what you hear on his recording (and easier too) Bm/B7th/B6th/BMaj7th Try it like this:
XX9777 = Bm
XX8777 = B7th
XX7777 = B6th
XX6777 = BMaj7th
Also try these:
XX9787 = G
XX777X = D
Also, the later part of the song is moved up one half step...so move every number I have put up one fret. Much easier huh?
-codydicken | 12/5/2004 | Congratulations to cowboynemo; not just for the song, but for giving credit to the writers. I think it would be great if all submitters would credit the writers, the people who created the music. Music is a work of art, and the artist that created it deserves to be recognized. As a struggling songwriter myself, I like to know who wrote it.
-kingston | 2/18/2005 |
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