Elton John – Blue Eyes (Guitar Acoustic Tab)

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Title: Blue Eyes Time: 4/4, Tempo: Q=75, Beats on eighths are marked "+", on sixteenths "s". Play with swinging feel. Play bass quarters with your right-hand thumb and insert melody/harmony notes. Let ring. Use thumb-fretting. The chord names above the tab lines indicate the left-hand position. Mind the syncopated early chord changes. The chord "Dlong" is played x00235 with half-bar over strings 1-3.

[Verse]      (2x)
   G   +       +       +        Dlong +       +            +     Em       +       +
E|-0a-h3------------------------|-----5a-----p2----------------|---------------------------|
B|-0a---------------------------|-----3a----------3------------|---------------------------|
G|-0a----------0-------0--------|-----2a---------------2--p0---|----------0-------0--------|
D|---------0---------------0----|---------0------------0-------|------2---------------2----|
A|-----------------2------------|-0---------------0------------|--------------2------------|
E|-3a---------------------------|------------------------------|-0-------------------------|
   Blue eyes                          Baby's      got blue eyes 
   Blue eyes                          Baby's      got blue eyes 

       +       +       +          C        +       +
E|-----------------2------/5----|-0a------------------------|
B|---------0--h3----------------|-1a------------------------|
G|-----0---------------0--------|-0a-------0-------0--------|
D|---------2---------------0----|------2---------------2----|
A|-----------------2------------|-3a-----------3------------|
E|-0----------------------------|---------------------------|
           Like a deep     blue   sea 
           When the morning       comes 

 Gmaj7 +       +       +          D        +       +              +       +       +
E|-----------------2------p0----|---------------------------|-0a-h2------------------------|
B|---------0---3----------------|-3a------------------------|-3a---------------------------| this line
G|-----0---------------0--------|-2a-------2-------2--------|-2a----------2-------2--------| only in
D|---------0---------------0----|------0---------------0----|---------0---------------0----| 1st pass
A|-----------------2------------|-0a------------------------|-0a---------------------------|
E|-3----------------------------|--------------2------------|-----------------2------------|
           On  a   blue    blue   day 

   C   +       +  Bm/A +          Am7      +       +              +   D   +       +       +
E|-----------------2------------|-0a------------------------|-10-\9-------2-------------------|
B|---------0--h3-----------3----|-1a------------------------|---------------------------------| this line
G|-----0---------------2--------|-0a-------0-------0--------|---------------------2-------2---| only in 
D|---------2---------------4----|------2---------------2----|---------0---------------0-------| 2nd pass
A|-3---------------0------------|-0a------------------------|-----------------0---------------|
E|------------------------------|--------------0------------|-10------------------------------|
           I'll be far     a-     way,                        and I       say 

[Chorus]                  
       +       +       +       +     G        +       +       +  s    D        +       +
E|---------10-\9---7--p5---2--p0---|--------------7--\5-------2-p0--|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|-3a-----------------------------|-3a------------------------|
G|-----0---------------------------|-0a-------0---------------------|-2a-------2-------2--------|
D|---------0---------------0-------|------0---------------0---------|------0---------------0----|
A|-----------------0---------------|--------------------------------|-0a------------------------|
E|-i-------------------------------|-3a-----------7--\5-------------|--------------2------------|
           Blue eyes holding back the tears       holding    back the pain 

Dlong/E +       +            +     Em       +       +       +   Cmaj7 +       +       +
E|------5a-----p2----------------|--------------------------0---|-2--p0------------------------|
B|------3a----------3------------|------------------0--h3-------|-0----------------------------|
G|------2a---------------2--p0---|----------0-------------------|-0-----------0-------0--------|
D|----------0------------0-------|------2---------------2-------|---------2---------------2----|
A|------------------0------------|--------------2---------------|-3---------------3------------|
E|--0----------------------------|-0----------------------------|------------------------------|
        Baby's      got blue eyes                   And she's a-  lone       

                              /---D-long in the 2nd pass---\ 
  Gmaj7     +       +          D9  +       +       +
E|----------------------2----|-0a---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|-3a--3------------------------|
G|----------0-------0--------|-2a----------2-------2--------|
D|------0---------------0----|---------0---------------0----|
A|--------------2------------|-0a---------------------------|
E|-3-------------------------|-----------------2------------|
                        a-     gain

[Bridge]         ... slow (q=65) and without triplet feel ...
   C   +       +       +   D
E|------------------------------|
B|-3--p1---1--p0---0------------|
G|-0-------------------2---2----|
D|---------2---------------0----|
A|-3---------------3------------|
E|------------------------------|

[Verse] ... as above ... Blue eyes, Baby's got blue eyes Like a clear blue sky Watching over me Blue eyes Ooo, I love blue eyes When I'm by her side Where I long to be I will see [Chorus] ... as above, with D-long instead of D in the last bar ... Blue eyes laughing in the sun, Laughing in the rain Baby's got blue eyes And I am home, and I am home again [FinalChorus] ... as 2nd Chorus ... [Bridge/Outro] ... as above ... ************************************ | a Arpeggio: all notes in the chord are played harp-like in one beat in fast sequence | h Hammer-on | p Pull-off | / Slide up | \ Slide down ************************************