Blue Kentucky Sky Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays387

Blue Kentucky Sky by Leftover Salmon is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, D, Em and Bm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Leftover Salmon - Blue Kentucky Sky 

G     C     G 
Somebody asked me if I'd been to old Kentucky 
G    D 
If I'd seen the green hills in the early morning light 
G     C     G 
I just laughed and smiled, said you know that I've been lucky 
G     D     G 
I've got visions of Kentucky, in every corner of my mind. 

I fust saw Kentucky when I was seventeen 
And I hitchhiked out of Pittsburg chasing bluegrass dreams 
I went to my first festival and drank a little shine 
Watching Bill Monroe sing the Walls of Time 

Em G    
And them green Kentucky hills 
Bm  Em 
Rollin to the sky 
G    Em 
Ripplin waters flowin  
G         D 
Under that Moonshine 
C   G 
Been around the World  
G   Em 
But I've never rest my eyes 
C     G 
On a place as sweet as home 
D        G 
Under Blue Kentucky Skies 
C     G 
On a place as sweet as home 
D        G 
Under Blue Kentucky Sky 


Well I've lived a life I've been up and I've been down 
I have lived on porches and slept out on the ground 
Well I've hung around mansions and all that I've found 
That there's nothing ike a cabin in that Old Kentucky ground 

Chorus 

Jam (verse and Chorus) 

Well I go back to Kentucky just to play this old guitar 
That's how I make my livin now, singing in these bars 
But no matter how far I travel these days, no matter how far 
I've got visions of Kentucky shining like a star 

Chorus 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante