Blue Skies Chords

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Difficulty:	advanced
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Key:	Bm
Capo:	no capo

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1 contributor total, last edit on Jan 11, 2023

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Chords

Bm/A#

Bm/A

Bm/G#

Cm/B

Cm/Bb

Cm/A

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Song: Blue Skies
Artist: Willie Nelson
Composed by: Irving Berlin
Album: Stardust
Year: 1978
Tabber: beranger80@hotmail.com
 
 
Intro (0:00)
 
   Bm        Bm/A#    Bm/A     Bm/G#
e|--7---7-7--7---7-7--7---7-7--7---7-7--|
B|--7---7-7--7---7-7--7---7-7--7---7-7--|
G|--7---7-7--7---7-7--7---7-7--7---7-7--|
D|--9--------8--------7--------6--------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
 
Chorus (0:12)
 
Bm     Bm/A#   Bm/A   Bm/G#
Blue Skies,   smiling at me 
            D          A        D     F#
Nothing but blue skies     do I see
Bm     Bm/A#   Bm/A   Bm/G#
Blue birds    singin’ a song
            D         A            D
Nothing but blue skies    from now on
 
Verse (0:35)
 
D          D         Gm        D
I never saw the sun shinin so bright
Gm        D      A       D
Never saw things goin so right
D         D        Gm      D
Noticing the days hurryin by
Gm           D     A           D
When your in love, my how they fly by
 
Chorus (0:47)
 
Bm     Bm/A#   Bm/A   Bm/G#
Blue days,   all of them gone
            D          A           D
Nothing but blue skies     from now on
 
Solo (0:56)
 
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|------7---------7---6/7-6/7-------7------------|
G|----------9-7-9-------------9-7-9-----------7--|
D|--9-9-------------------------------7---7-9----|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
 
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------7---------7---7--------7-10------------|
G|--6-6-6-6---------9-7-9--------9-7-9--------------7--|
D|----------9-9-----------------------------7---7-9----|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
 
(1:20)
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|---------8-10---11-10-8-10---8-7---7------------|
G|--7-9-11-------------------------9-----9-7-6-7--|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
 
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|---------8-10---11-10-8-10---8-7---7------------|
G|--7-9-11-------------------------9-----9-7-6-7--|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
 
(1:32)
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------7----------7---7-------7------------|
G|----------9-7-9--------9-7-9-----------7--|
D|--9-9--------------------------7---7-9----|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|
 
Chorus (1:43)
 
Bm     Bm/A#   Bm/A   Bm/G#
Blue Skies,   smiling at me
            D          A        D     F#
Nothing but blue skies     do I see
Bm     Bm/A#   Bm/A   Bm/G#
Blue birds    singin’ a song
            D         A            D
Nothing but blue skies    from now on
 
Chorus (2:06)
 
    Cm        Cm/B     Cm/Bb    Cm/A
e|---8---8-8--8---8-8--8---8-8--8---8-8--|
B|---8---8-8--8---8-8--8---8-8--8---8-8--|
G|---8---8-8--8---8-8--8---8-8--8---8-8--|
D|--10--------9--------8--------7--------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|
 
Cm        Cm/B          Cm/Bb    Cm/A
Blue skies    smiling at me
            Eb        Bb     Eb    G
Nothing but blue skies do I see
Cm        Cm/B          Cm/Bb    Cm/A
Blue days,    all of them gone
            Eb        Bb         Eb    G
Nothing but blue skies from now on
 
Outro chorus (2:29)
 
Cm        Cm/B          Cm/Bb    Cm/A
Blue skies    smiling at me
            Eb        Bb     Eb    G
Nothing but blue skies do I see
Cm        Cm/B          Cm/Bb    Cm/A
Blue days,    all of them gone
            Eb        Bb         Eb
Nothing but blue skies from now on
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12 comments

Sounds prettythanks damn good on my Martin....

Love this! For the verse I use D (A shape at 5th fret) Gm (Dm shape at 5th fret) 2x then D (A shape) then Gm (Em shape at 3rd fret) then D (voiced in the C shape 2nd fret) Gm (Em shape at 3rd fret) finally ending on open D chords (with maj7 at transition). This gives a walking down feeling, following the melody more closely then staying up around 5th fret. I'm just learning so I'm sure there are more clever voicings out there.

Well done arrangement, like the tab to show the exact chords. . . makes it fun to play.