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Blue Skies (A Minor)
Artist: Fitzgerald, Ella    Genre: Swing    Tempo: Moderate    Strum Pattern: D – D U – U D U    Roman Numerals: i, i7, III, IV7, V7, vi, VII7    Instrument: Guitar - Standard Tuning [E,A,D,G,B,E]   
Song Notes:  
Island strum pattern: | D – D U – U D U |

Slashes after chords indicate that they are each 2 beats of one 4-beat measure:
| [Fm]// D – D [C]// U – U D U |

NOTE: Where you see this symbol "(=)" it means that a new measure is starting, but don't change chords.

Written by Irving Berlin, 1926; As sung by Ella Fitzgerald, 1958. Simplified version.
Entered by: Cheryl Leon Levy   
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Am
(A,C,E)
- A E A C E
Am7
(A,C,E,G)
- A E G C E
C
(C,E,G)
x,3,2,0,1,0
- C E G C E
D7
(D,F♯,A,C)
- - D A C F♯
E7
(E,G♯,B,D)
E B D G♯ B E
Fm
(F,A♭,C)
- - F A♭ C F
G7
(G,B,D,F)
G B D G B F


Verse 1:
[AmMinor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] Blue skies		 [E7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth] smiling at		 [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Third] me		 [D7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fourth]
Nothing but [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Third] blue skies		 [G7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Minor Seventh] do I		 [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Third] see		 [E7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth]
[AmMinor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] Bluebirds		 [E7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth] singing a		 [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Third] song		 [D7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fourth]
Nothing but [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Third] bluebirds		 [G7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Minor Seventh] all day		 [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Third] long (=)

Chorus 1
Tip: use pinkie on C
[CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Third] Never saw the sun		 [FmMinor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Major Sixth] // shining so		 [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Third] // bright
[FmMinor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Major Sixth] // Never saw		 [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Third] // things		 [FmMinor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Major Sixth] // going so		 [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Third] // right
[CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Third] Noticing the days		 [FmMinor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Major Sixth] /// hurrying		 [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Third] // by
[FmMinor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Major Sixth] // When you're in		 [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Third] // love,		 [FmMinor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Major Sixth] // my how they		 [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Third] // fly

Verse 2:
[AmMinor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] Blue days,		 [E7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth] all of them		 [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Third] gone		 [D7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fourth]
Nothing but [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Third] blue skies		 [G7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Minor Seventh] from now		 [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Third] on (=)

Instrumental (Ella goes on for a while – just play the notes of Verse 1 if you want to include the break; feel free to scat)

Chorus 2:
[CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Third] I never saw the sun		 [FmMinor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Major Sixth] // shining so		 [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Third] // bright
[FmMinor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Major Sixth] // Never saw		 [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Third] // things going		 [FmMinor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Major Sixth] // oh, so		 [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Third] // right
[CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Third] Noticing the days		 [FmMinor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Major Sixth] // hurrying		 [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Third] // by
[FmMinor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Major Sixth] // When you're in		 [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Third] // love,		 [FmMinor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Major Sixth] /// my how they		 [G7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Minor Seventh] // fly

Outro:
[AmMinor Chord (U,m3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] Blu–u–u–ue		 [E7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth] days,		 [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Third] a–a–all of them		 [D7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fourth] gone
Nothing but [Am7Minor 7th Chord (U,m3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Unison] // blue		 [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Third] // skies		 [G7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Minor Seventh] from now		 [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Third] // on		 [Am7Minor 7th Chord (U,m3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Unison] //		 [CMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Third] ///–
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