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Blue Skies by Willie Nelson - Guitar Chords

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Version 1 Version 3

            Song: Blue Skies
Artist: Willie Nelson
Composed by: Irving Berlin
Album: Stardust
Year: 1978
Tabber: 


Notes: I saw other versions on the site but I never found the chords in the right tone. 
The solo was not always here. So here is my complete version.

Intro (0:00)

   Bm        Bm/Bb    Bm/A     Bm/Ab
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/Bb   Bm/A   Bm/Ab
Blue Skies,   smiling at me
            D          A        D     F#
Nothing but blue skies     do I see
Bm     Bm/Bb   Bm/A   Bm/Ab
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/Bb   Bm/A   Bm/Ab
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/Bb   Bm/A   Bm/Ab
Blue Skies,   smiling at me
            D          A        D     F#
Nothing but blue skies     do I see
Bm     Bm/Bb   Bm/A   Bm/Ab
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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• Mammas Dont Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys
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• Sad Songs And Waltzes
• Seven Spanish Angels
• Stay All Night
• Summertime
• The Partys Over
• Till I Can Gain Control Again
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• Yesterdays Wine
• You Are My Sunshine

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