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Mr Blue Sky

Mr. Blue Sky is a song by the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), written and produced by Jeff Lynne. The song is part of the 1977 album Out of the Blue. The song was inspired by the beauty of a Swiss summer, after a series of rainy days. Lynne was struck by the sudden change in weather and wrote the song as an ode to the joy brought by the sun.

Key: F

Introduction:

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  F 
Sun is shinin'  in the sky,
                Em7   A    Dm 
There ain' t a cloud in sight
                G 
It' s stopped rainin' 
       Em           A 
Everybody' s in a play
                Bb 
And don' t you know
        Bb/C             F         Bb/C 
It' s a beautiful new day, hey hey
 F 
Runnin'  down the avenue,
               Em7   A     Dm 
See how the sun shines brightly
            G           Em 
In the city on the streets
                 A 
Where once was pity,
   Bb                Bb/C         F            Bb/C 
Mr. Blue Sky is living here today.  Hey, Hey

 Dm         F/C                  Bb 
Mr. Blue Sky, please tell us why,
             F/A 
You had to hide away
     Gm       F                    Eb          Bb 
For so long (so long) where did we go wrong.
 Dm         F/C                  Bb 
Mr. Blue Sky, please tell us why,
             F/A 
You had to hide away
     Gm       F                    Eb          Bb       Bb/C 
For so long (so long) where did we go wrong.

 F 
Hey you with the pretty face,
 Em7          A7        Dm 
Welcome to the human race
 G                     Em 
A celebration Mr. Blue Sky' s
            A7             Bb 
Up there waitin'  and today
         Bb/C                 F    Bb/C 
Is the day we' ve waited for  Ah, Ah

 Dm         F/C                  Bb 
Mr. Blue Sky, please tell us why,
             F/A 
You had to hide away
     Gm       F                   Eb          Bb 
For so long (so long)where did we go wrong.

 Dm          F/C 
Hey there Mr. Blue
 Bb                   F/A 
We' re so pleased to be with you
 Gm               F 
Look around see what you do,
 Eb          Bb 
Everybody smiles at you.
 Dm          F/C 
Hey there Mr. Blue
 Bb                   F/A 
We' re so pleased to be with you
 Gm               F 
Look around see what you do,
 Eb                    Bb      Bb/C 
Everybody smiles at you.

 F             Em7  A7  Dm    G    Em  A7  Bb    Bb/C    F    Bb/C 
Mr Blue Sky. Mr.    Blue Sky,   Mr Blue Skyyy--yy

  F 
Mr. Blue you did it right,
                Em7    A     Dm 
But soon comes Mis - ter Night,
           G 
Creepin'  over, now his
  Em                 A 
Hand is on your shoulder,
        Bb                      Bb/C 
Never mind I' ll remember you this
         Db               Eb 
I' ll remember you this way.

 Dm         F/C                   Bb 
Mr. Blue Sky, please tell us why,
             F/A 
You had to hide away
     Gm       F                    Eb          Bb 
For so long (so long) where did we go wrong.

 Dm          F/C 
Hey there Mr. Blue
 Bb                   F/A 
We' re so pleased to be with you
 Gm               F 
Look around see what you do,
 Eb          Bb 
Everybody smiles at you.