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Blue Skies

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(Notice: Below you can find a much easier version for us average players.)
(The first is a complicated jazzy one, opposite to the usual Jim Reeves kind of style.)
{Intro}
|  Am|  F   E|  Am| 
(doo,oohooh,oohoo, oohoohoo)
{Verse}
AmBlue skies, smiling at me (oohoohooDhoo)
DmNothing but Cblue skies
      G      C|  E7|
  Do I see
AmBluebirds 
  G#Singing, a CsongD  
FmNothing but Cbluebirds 
         G       C|  C|
  All day long
{Chorus}
CI never saw the sun, Fmshining Cso bright
Fmnever saw Cthings, Ggoing so Cright
Noticing the days, Fmhurrying Cby
Fmwhen you're in Clove, my how they fly
{Bridge}
AmBlue days, (blue G#days) 
All of Cthem goneD  
FmNothing but Cblue skies 
          G     C|  C|
  From now on
{Interlude}
|  C|  Fm   F|  Fm   C|  G   C|  
|  C|  Fm   C|  Fm   C|  G   C| 
|  Am|  G#   E|     C| 
  D(nothin' but Cblue skies) 
|   G|     C|  E   E7| 
{Verse}
AmBlue skies, smiling at Cme (dooDhoo)
Nothing but Cblue skies 
     G7      C|  E7|
  Do I see
AmBluebirds
  ESinging, Ama song
 DThere's Dmnothing but Cbluebirds 
         G       C|  C|
  All day long
{Chorus}
CI never saw the sun, Fmshining so Cbright
Fmnever saw Cthings go-Going so Cright
Noticing the days, Fmhurrying Cby
Fmwhen you're in Clove, oh Gmy how they fly by
{Coda}
                           Am.
Blue days
  EAll of Cthem gone
  DNothing but Cblue-ue skiesss 
  G7From now Con
{Outro}
(Blue Fskies,   Cblue Fskies,  Cdoodoodoo, doodoop, doop)
(Easy version)
{Verse}
AmBlue skies, smiling at Cme
Nothing but blue skies,   G7do I Csee
AmBluebirds,  singing a Csong
Nothing but bluebirds,  G7all day Clong
{Chorus}
I never saw the sun, Fmshining so Cbright
Never saw things, Fmgoing so Cright
Noticing the days, Fmhurrying Cby
FmWhen you're in Clove,  G7oh my how they Cfly
{Bridge}
AmBlue days, all of them Cgone
Nothing but blue skies,  G7from now Con

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Blue Skies

by Jim Reeves

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

(Notice: Below you can find a much easier version for us average players.)

(The first is a complicated jazzy one, opposite to the usual Jim Reeves kind of style.)

{Intro}

Am F E Am

| | | |

(doo,oohooh,oohoo, oohoohoo)

{Verse}

Am D

Blue skies, smiling at me (oohoohoohoo)

Dm C

Nothing but blue skies

G C E7

| |

Do I see

Bluebirds

G# C D

Singing, a song

Fm C

Nothing but bluebirds

G C C

| |

All day long

{Chorus}

C Fm C

I never saw the sun, shining so bright

Fm C G C

never saw things, going so right

Fm C

Noticing the days, hurrying by

Fm C

when you're in love, my how they fly

{Bridge}

Am G#

Blue days, (blue days)

C D

All of them gone

Fm C

Nothing but blue skies

G C C

| |

From now on

{Interlude}

C Fm F Fm C G C

| | | | |

C Fm C Fm C G C

| | | | |

Am G# E C

| | | |

D C

(nothin' but blue skies)

G C E E7

| | | |

{Verse}

Am C D

Blue skies, smiling at me (doohoo)

Nothing but blue skies

G7 C E7

| |

Do I see

Bluebirds

E Am

Singing, a song

D Dm C

There's nothing but bluebirds

G C C

| |

All day long

{Chorus}

C Fm C

I never saw the sun, shining so bright

Fm C G C

never saw things go-oing so right

Fm C

Noticing the days, hurrying by

Fm C G

when you're in love, oh my how they fly by

{Coda}

Blue days

E C

All of them gone

D C

Nothing but blue-ue skiesss

G7 C

From now on

{Outro}

F C F C

(Blue skies, blue skies, doodoodoo, doodoop, doop)

(Easy version)

{Verse}

Am C

Blue skies, smiling at me

G7 C

Nothing but blue skies, do I see

Am C

Bluebirds, singing a song

G7 C

Nothing but bluebirds, all day long

{Chorus}

Fm C

I never saw the sun, shining so bright

Fm C

Never saw things, going so right

Fm C

Noticing the days, hurrying by

Fm C G7 C

When you're in love, oh my how they fly

{Bridge}

Am C

Blue days, all of them gone

G7 C

Nothing but blue skies, from now on

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