Ella Fitzgerald – Blue Skies (Guitar)

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In 1958, Ella Fitzgerald recorded "Blue Skies" for her double-LP album: "Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Song Book" [Chords] Am 577555 Ammaj7 576555 Am7 5x555x Am6 5x455x Cmaj7 335453 Dm7 557565 G7 3x343x E7b9 7x676x E7 7x675x Cmaj7 8x998x C6 8x798x Fm6 4x353x [Verse 1]

Am   Ammaj7  Am7        Am6
Blue skies   smilin' at me

Cmaj7       Dm7  G7           Cmaj7  E7b9  E7
Nothin' but blue skies   do I see

Am  Ammaj7 Am7       Am6
Bluebirds  singin' a song

Cmaj7       Dm7 G7       Cmaj7   C6  Cmaj7
Nothin' but bluebirds    all day long

[Chorus]

C6                Fm6        Cmaj7
Never saw the sun shinin' so bright

Fm6       Cmaj7  G7        C6
Never saw things going' so right

Cmaj7             Fm6      Cmaj7
Noticing the days hurrying by

Fm6            Cmaj7  G7          C6   E7b9
When you're in love,  my how they fly

[Verse 2]

Am   Ammaj7    Am7     Am6
Blue days, all of them gone

Cmaj7       Dm7  G7               Cmaj7  E7b9  E7
Nothin' but blue skies   from now on

[Instrumental] Am Ammaj7 Am7 Am6 Cmaj7 Dm7 G7 Cmaj7 E7b9 Am Ammaj7 Am7 Am6 Cmaj7 Dm7 G7 Cmaj7 C6 Cmaj7 Fm6 Cmaj7 Fm6 Cmaj7 G7 C6 Cmaj7 Fm6 Cmaj7 Fm6 Cmaj7 G7 C6 E7b9 [Chorus]

  Cmaj7             Fm6        Cmaj7
I never saw the sun shinin' so bright

Fm6       Cmaj7  G7           C6
Never saw things going' on so right

Cmaj7             Fm6      Cmaj7
Noticing the days hurrying by

Fm6            Cmaj7  G7          C6
When you're in love,  my how they fly

[Verse 2]

Am        Ammaj7    Am7     Am6
Blue blue days, all of them gone

Cmaj7       Dm7  G7                Cmaj7   C
Nothin' but blue skies   from now  on.