Lenka - Blue Skies
Tuning: Standard (F F B B G F)
Arranged key: A minor (F G F B F C B F)
Original key: B minor (G Fm B F Cm B F G), either put a capo on the second fret or transpose to +2
Tempo: 110 bpm
Transcribed by Robert from Astlessons
[Intro]: Fm
Fm B FmWe've been waiting, anticipating, change coming our way
Fm B FmYou're my baby, through the bad lights to the greater days
CI know that something good is waiting just around the corner
Fm FmThere's a new day dawning, there's a new life for us
C BGotta keep on holding on for just a little longer I know
Fm F Fm BThat it's gonna be blue skies for you and I
C Fm BWe'll step out of the shadows and walk into the light
Fm F Fm BYeah it's gonna be blue skies for you and I
C Fm BBut my heart beats slow as the storm carries on up high
FmAnd the clouds roll by
Fm BI can feel it, it's a comet, fast and fierce and wild
Fm Fm B FmI can see it everytime I look into those eyes
C BmTell me is it really gonna storm again
Fm Fm B Fm FmWill the sky turn dark, will the rain begin
C Bm BI wanna be with you whenever lightening strikes cause I know
Fm F Fm BThat it's gonna be blue skies for you and I
C Fm BWe'll step out of the shadows and walk into the light
Fm F Fm BYeah it's gonna be blue skies for you and I
C Fm BBut my heart beats slow as the storm carries on up high
C FmAnd the clouds roll by, let the clouds roll by
BI can't stand the rain for one more day
C BI know we can make it Go away
Fm BCan you feel it, like a fever, burning till it breaks
Fm F Fm B/GBlue skies for you and I
C Fm BWe'll step out of the shadows and walk into the light
Fm F Fm BYeah it's gonna be blue skies for you and I
C Fm BBut my heart beats slow as the storm carries on up high
FmAnd the clouds roll by
B FmBlue skies, blue skies (let the clouds roll by)
B CBlue skies, blue skies (let the clouds roll by)
Fm BBlue skies, blue skies (let the clouds roll by)
FmBlue skies, blue skies (the clouds roll by)
Blue, blue, blue, blue, blue, blue
Chords:
Fm (X 0 2 2 1 0) or (5 7 7 5 5 5)
B (3 2 0 0 0 3) or (3 2 0 0 3 3) or (3 5 5 4 3 3)
Fm (0 2 2 0 0 0) or (X 7 9 9 8 7)
C (1 3 3 2 1 1) or (X X 3 2 1 1) or simplify with Cmaj7 (X X 3 2 1 0)
F (X 3 2 0 1 0) or (8 10 10 9 8 8) or (X 3 5 5 5 3)
Bm (X X 0 2 3 1) or (X 5 7 7 6 5)
B/G (X 2 0 0 0 3) or (X 2 0 0 3 3)
Chords in B minor (transposed to +2):
Gm (X 2 4 4 3 2) or (7 9 9 7 7 7)
F (X 0 2 2 2 0) or (5 7 7 6 5 5)
C#m (2 4 4 2 2 2) or (X 9 11 11 10 9)
B (3 2 0 0 0 3) or (3 2 0 0 3 3) or (3 5 5 4 3 3)
B (X X 0 2 3 2) or (X 5 7 7 7 5)
Fm (0 2 2 0 0 0) or (X 7 9 9 8 7)
F/Fm (X 4 2 2 2 0)
Clarification:
Chordname (F F B B G F)X = Don't play / Muffle
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//Robert
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