Blue Moon Chords

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Complete chords and lyrics for Elvis' 1954 recording at Sun / well-aligned and readable / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiY5auB3OWg.Was this info helpful?

Difficulty:	beginner
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Key:	C
Capo:	no capo

Author maguri [tm] 59,873.

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           Blue Moon – Elvis Presley
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Written by: Richard Rodgers/Lorenz Hart
Recorded in 1954
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiY5auB3OWg
 
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
 
Voicings for beginners to avoid the "great barre" F:
    E-A-D-G-B-e
F   x-x-3-2-1-1 ("small barre")
    x-x-3-2-1-x (no barre)
    X-3-3-2-1-x (no barre)
 
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[Intro]
| C Am | F G |
 
[Verse 1]
   |  C  Am  |
Blue moon,
F           G       |  C   Am  |
 You saw me standing alone.
F          G          |  C   Am  |
 Without a dream in my heart,
F          G        |  C    Am  |  F  G  |
 Without a love of my own.
 
[Verse 2]
   |  C  Am  |
Blue moon,
F              G          |  C       Am  |
 You knew just what I was there for,
F             G      |  C            Am  |
 You heard me saying a prayer for,
F          G          | C       Am  |  F  G  |
 Someone I really could care for.
 
[Verse 3]
   |  C    Am  |
Oooooooooh
F             G              |  C   Am  |
 Ooooh, oooh, oooh, oooh, ooh, ooh
F     G        |  C           Am  |
 Oooo-ooooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
F          G        |  C    Am  |  F  G  |
 Without a love of my own.
 
[Verse 4]
   |  C  Am  |
Blue moon,
F           G       |  C   Am  |
 You saw me standing alone.
F          G          |  C   Am  |
 Without a dream in my heart,
F          G        |  C    Am  |  F  G  |
 Without a love of my own.
 
[Verse 5]
C    Am   F    G      |  C           Am  |
Ooooooooo-ooooooooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
F          G            |  C            Am  |
 Wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah-wah-wah
F          G        |  C    Am  |  F  G  |
 Without a love of my own.
 
[Verse 6]
   |  C  Am  |
Blue moon,
| F  G         |  C   Am  |
     Blue-ue-ue-ue
F          G            |  C            Am  |
 Wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah-wah-wah
F          G        |  C    Am  |  F  G  |
 Without a love of my own.
 
[Verse 7]
| C  Am  | F      G                   |  C           Am  |
Blue,        wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah-wah-wah
| F            G       |  C   Am  |  F  G  |
   Hm, hm, hm, hm-hm, hm-hm
 
(fade out over last bars)
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4 comments

There something about the 50's big studio sound that fits this cover perfectly than anything else on the record IMO. Somehow the over-zealous amount of slapback delay, close and intimate feel of the ribbon mics, and wash of noise in the background really amplify the emotion. And great formatting by maguri, as always! 🙂 On my acoustic, this sounds great using entirely bar chords, to quickly mute them and get that percussive sound where the block hits, and to get the little slide from the root F to G.

Very good to play. I love it arpegging with classic chords without bar chords Root/4/2+3 and doing percussions with kicks and/or snares and like sad packfishes " using entirely bar chords, to quickly mute them and get that percussive sound where the block hits, and to get the little slide from the root F to G."

This is one of my favs!! Well done--