{t:Blue Moon Of Kentucky}
{st:Paul McCartney (Bill Monroe, 1947)}
{sot}
Bill Monroe had it in 3/4. Start like this:

3/4 | D - d u d - |
      1   2 & 3

Elvis released it in a fast 4/4 rock feel. Like this:

4/4 | d u D u d u D u |
      1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
{eot}

{c:Intro (start in 3/4)}
[/] [A] [/] [A] [/] [A] 


Well, blue [/] [A] moon of Ken- [/] [A7] tucky, keep on [/] [D] shinin’ [/] [D] 
Shine [/] [A] on, the one that's [/] gone, and left me [/] [E7] blue [/] [E7] 
Well, blue [/] [A] moon of Ken- [/] [A7] tucky, keep on [/] [D] shinin’ [/] [D] 
Shine [/] [A] on, the one that's [/] [E7] gone, and left me [/] [A] blue [/] [A7] 


Well, it was [/] [D] on one moonlight [/] night, with the [/] [A] stars, shinin’ [/] [A7] bright
[/] [D] Wind, blowin’ [/] high, my [/] [A] love, said [/] [E7] good- bye
Blue [/] [A] moon of Ken- [/] [A7] tucky, keep on [/] [D] shinin’ [/] [D] 
Shine [/] [A] on, the one that's [/] [E7] gone, and left me [/] [A] blue [/] [A] 


{c:Instrumental Verse}
[/] [A] [/] [A7] [/] [D]  [/] [D]  [/]
[/] [A] [/] [A]  [/] [E7] [/] [E7] [/]
[/] [A] [/] [A7] [/] [D]  [/] [D]  [/]
[/] [A] [/] [E7] [/] [A]  [/] [A7]


Well, it was [/] [D] on one moonlight night, with the [/] [A] stars, shinin’ [/] [A7] bright
[/] [D] Wind, blowin’ high, my [/] [A] love, said [/] [E7] good- bye
Blue [/] [A] moon of Ken- [/] [A7] tucky, keep on [/] [D] shinin’ [/] [D] 
Shine [/] [A] on, the one that's [/] [E7] gone, and left me [/] [A] blue [/] [A↓]


{c:Switch to fast 4/4 rock feel}
[/] [A] [/] [A] [/] [A] [/] [A]


Well, blue [/] [A] moon [/] [A7] 
Well, blue [/] [D] moon [/] [D7] 
Yeah, blue [/] [A] moon [/] [A] 
Keep a- shinin’ [/] [E7] bright [/] [E7] 
Well, blue [/] [A] moon, keep on a- [/] [A7] shinin’ bright
[/] [D] Bring my baby [/] [D7] back tonight
Blue [/] [A] moon, [/] [E7] yeah, keep a- shinin’ [/] [A] bright [/] [A] 


Well, I said blue [/] [A] moon of Ken- [/] [A7] tucky, just a- keep on [/] [D] shinin’ [/] [D7] 
Shine [/] [A] on the one that's [/] gone and left me [/] [E7] blue [/] [E7] 
Well, blue [/] [A] moon of my Ken- [/] [A7] tucky, just a- keep on [/] [D] shinin’ [/] [D7] 
Well, shine [/] [A] on the one that's [/] [E7] gone and left me [/] [A] blue [/] [A7] 


Well, it was [/] [D] on that- a moonlight [/] night, with the [/] [A] stars, shinin’ [/] [A7] bright
[/] [D] Wind blowin’ [/] high, my [/] [A] love said [/] [E7] good- bye
Blue [/] [A] moon of Ken- [/] [A7] tucky, won’t you keep on [/] [D] shinin’ [/] [D7] 
Well, shine [/] [A] on the one that's [/] [E7] gone and left me [/] [A] blue [/] [A] 
Yeah, shine [/] [A] on the one that's [/] [E7] gone, and left me [/] [A] blue [/] [A↓]


#Play along with Paul McCartney's version in this key. A kind of blend of the Bill Monroe and Elvis versions.
#Thanks to BUG (Bytown Ukulele Group) for this chart and for turning me onto this version of the tune.
#video=M3OG5vSJvCE#vend
#Last Updated 8/02/19 JJ
#ubl