Chords for Loretta Lynn ~ Color of the Blues (1963)

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_ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Up above me are the skies, like the twinkle [D] in your eyes. _
These things [A] are the color _ [E] of the blues.
[Bm] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [A] In the mail your letter came.
[E] The ink [A] and paper [D] look the [F#m] same.
[D] Blue is [A] the color [E] of [A] the blues.
_ _ _ [Em] _ [D] Bluebird singing in the _ trees, seems [A] to _ sympathize with me.
_ [D] But he ain't singing [A] like he used to [E] do.
_ _ _ The pretty _ waters in the [E] sea, still [A] as cold [D] as you [F#m] left me.
[D] Blue is [A] the color [E] of [A] the blues.
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_ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ There's a rainbow overhead, _ with more blue [D] than [A] gold.
_ [C#] _ _ [D]
Blue _ [A] is the color _ [E] angels _ choose.
_ _ _ [A] A blue suit you proudly wore, _ when you left [D] to return [F#m] the more _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ [A] of the blues.
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] Blue days come, days go, _ _ [A] _
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_ _ [A] body empty _ [E] without you.
_ _ _ _ _ [A] There's a blue note in each song, that I [F#m] sang since you've been gone.
[C#] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ [A] Of the blues. _ _ _ _ _ _