Chords with lyrics
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BLUE SKY - Ian Moore
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Tabbed by: Jeff Whitlock
E-mail: [email protected]
Tuning: Standard
4/4 - Each chord is four beats. Chords within square braces [ ] are four beats total.
Hyphens indicate spacing in which no new notes are struck, and underscores indicate that
the chord should be sustained, not continually strummed.
G+G G+G G+G G+G G+G G+G G+G G_
G+G G+G
Sing me a lullaby
G+G G+G
Won't you wipe away my pain
C majorC C majorC
Take me out, oh
C majorC C majorC
Of the driving rain
G+G E minorEm
Sing me a lullaby, keep me warm and dry
C majorC D_ -
Oh, mother, I'm counting on you
G+G G+G
To paint me a blue sky
G+G G+G
May the colors run true
C majorC C majorC
That I may look to the heavens
C majorC C majorC
When I search for the truth, ooh
G+G E minorEm
Paint me a blue sky, keep me warm and dry
C majorC D MajorD D MajorD
Oh mother, I'm counting on you, oh
[G+G G+G G+G G+G G+G G+G G+G D MajorD] C majorC
To paint me a blue sky
[G+G G+G G+G G+G G+G G+G G+G D MajorD] C majorC
Oh, paint me a blue sky
[G+G G+G G+G G+G G+G G+G G+G D MajorD] C majorC
Oh, paint me a blue sky
[G+G G+G G+G G+G G+G G+G G+G D MajorD] C majorC
Oh, paint me a blue sky, yeah
?
G+G
It seems that so long
D MajorD
I tried to keep it inside
E minorEm
So many people go through life
C majorC
It seems they just get by
G+G
Now I know the truth
D_ [Em_ - E minorEm D MajorD] G+G G+G
Will someone paint me a blue sky
G+G G+G G+G G+G C majorC C majorC C majorC C majorC G+G E minorEm C majorC D_ -
[G+G G+G G+G G+G G+G G+G G+G D MajorD] C majorC C majorC [G+G G+G G+G G+G G+G G+G G+G D MajorD] C majorC
Paint me a blue sky
[G+G G+G G+G G+G G+G G+G G+G D MajorD] C majorC [G+G G+G G+G G+G G+G G+G G+G D MajorD] C majorC
Paint me a blue sky
I end here with a sustained G, but Ian's version keeps going for another 1:50;
mostly instrumental but with a few more "paint me a blue sky" lines thrown in.