Key: G
Introduction: F
Gm7 C7 F7M
Blue gardenia
E7 Eb7M
Now I'm alone with you
D7 Gm7
And I am oh so blue
C7 F7M D7
She has passed us aside
Gm7 C7 Gm7 Cm9 F7M
And like you, gardenia
E7 Eb7M
Once I was near her heart
D7 Gm7
After the teardrops start
Cm9 F7M
Where are teardrops to hide.
C7 F7M
I lived for an hour
Bm7 E7 A7M
What more can I tell
Gbm7 Bm7 E7 A7M
Love bloomed like a flower
D7 Gm7 C7
Then the petals fell
Gm7 C7 F7M
Blue gardenia
D7 Gm7
Thrown to a passing breeze
Bb/C
But rest in my book
Cm9 F7M Bbm7
Of memories
C7 F7M
I lived for an hour
Bm7 E7 A7M
What more can I tell
Gbm7 Bm7 E7 A7M
Love bloomed like a flower
D7 Gm7 C7
Then the petals fell
Gm7 C7 F7M
Blue gardenia
D7 Gm7
Thrown to a passing breeze
Bb/C
But rest in my book
Cm9 F7M Bbm7
Of memories