Color Of The Blues Chords by Skeeter Davis

_ _ _ [A] _ Up _ [G#m] _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [C#m] above me are the [A] skies, like the twinkle in your eyes.
_ [D] These things are [A] the color of [E] the blues.
_ [B] _
_ _ [G] In [A] the mail [G#m] your [A] letter came.
The ink and paper [D] _
look the [A] same.
_ Blue is the color _ [E] of [A] the blues.
_ _ _ _ [D] Bluebirds singing in the trees, [A] seem to _ _ sympathize with me.
_ _ [D] They're singing [A] like they [E] used to [D] do.
[C#m] The _ [Bm] _ [A] pretty [E] waters in [A] the sea, feel as cold [D] as you [A] left me.
_ [D] Blue _ [A] is the color [E] _ [A] of the blues. _
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_ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _
_ [C#m] _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _
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_ [G#m] _ _ [G#] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [B] _ [A] There's a [A#] rainbow _ [C#m] overhead, with more blue than gold or red.
_ [D] Blue must be [A] the color _ [E] angels choose.
[F#m] _
_ [Em] _ _ A [A] blue suit [C#m] you [A] proudly wore, _ when you [D] left to return [A] no more.
_ [D] Blue _ [A] must be the color _ of the blues. _
_ _ _ _ [D] Blue days come and blue days go.
_ [A] How I feel nobody _ _ knows.
[D] _ Lighty _ [A] empty _ [E] without you.
[D] _
_ [C#m] _ _ [Bm] _ [A] There's a blue [E] note in [A] each song, _ that I sing [D] since [A] you've been gone.
_ [D] Blue be [A] the color [E] _ [A] of the blues. _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] Blue be [A] the color [E] _ [A] of the blues. _
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