• Song:

    Blue Sky

  • Artist:

    Allman Brothers Band

  • Album:

    A Decade of Hits: 1969-...

Intro Riff (Twice)
e----------------------------------12-------------------------------|
B--------------------------12--14-----14----------------------------|
G------------9----9--11/13---------------139-----------------------|
D----------9--------------------------------------------------------|
A--7--9/11----------------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Second Intro Riff (Once) 
e----0---0---0---0--0---0---0--0--0---0------------------------------|
B----9---9---7---5--7---7---5--5--5---5------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------6--------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------------------|

The verse is simply Chrods.. They are as follows (Check recording for times, its pretty clear)
     E      B      A     E         E     B     A
e-----------7--7---5--5------------------7--7--5---------------------|
B----9--9---7--7---5--5--9--9------9--9--7--7--5---------------------|
G----9--9---8--8---6--6--9--9------9--9--8--8--6---------------------|
D----9--9---9--9---7--7--9--9------9--9--9--9--7---------------------|
A----7--7---9--9---7--7--7--7------7--7--9--9--7---------------------|
E-----------7--7---5--5------------------7--7--5---------------------|
(Hold the last A for a bit...)

Riff One (Bend or slide the first 9 to 11, bend the nine, or slide to 11)
e--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G----9/11---9--7-----------------------------------------------------|
D-----------------11--9----------------------------------------------|
A------------------------11--9----11p9/7-----------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------------------|

Play the verse again here.

Riff Two
e--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------9--12^14r12--9------------------|
G-----------------------------9--11----------------------------------|
D------------------------9-------------------------------------------|
A----------7--9p7--9/11----------------------------------------------|
E----7--9------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus is as follows:
(Just the chords I showed you above in a different order)
B B A A E E A A B B A A E E A(hold)   B

Guitar Solo is here. There are other tabs for this, if you really want
exactly what he did, use theirs.. I believe in improvising.
Use the E-Major Penatonic.  More advanced players should use it, as
well as outline the chords in the scale.

The solo is over these chords...
E E E A A A E E E A A A and repeat....

At the end of the solo, they end it with Riff One and go into a verse,
which you should know now... The verse is followed by Riff Two and a chrous.
The end of the song is the intro riff twice, and the intro riff 2 once, they
do hang on the 3rd to last mini-chord at the end to make it a bit mroe drawn out..
you will get it with time... I am a worker at a guitar store and i have played this
with teachers time and time again. If you think i am wrong, don't learn this version.
Enjoy, i hope this taught you the song correctly.

                                             -Chris.
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