G 
Up above me are the skies 

                 C       G 
Like the twinkle in your eyes 

C                    G            D7 
These things are the color of the blues 

       G 
In the mail your letter came 

            C                G 
The ink and paper looked the same 

C                D7           G 
Blue must be the color of the blues 

  
     C 
Blue bird sitting in the tree 

         G 
Seems to sympathize with me 

                                 D7 
He's not singing like he used to do 

G 
Pretty waters in the sea 

             C           G 
Feel as cold as you left me 

C                D7           G 
Blue must be the color of the blues 

  
     C 
Blue days come and blue days go 

      G 
How I feel nobody knows 

                            D7 
Life is oh so empty without you 

G 
There's a blue note in each song 

            C             G 
That I sing since you are gone 

C                D7           G 
Blue must be the color of the blues