#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# # Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2003 19:46:55 -0500 From: Larry Collins <larry@jugmusic.com> Subject: Blue Moon Of Kentucky.cpm by Roy Acuff Transcribed by "Barefoot" Larry Collins BLUE MOON OF KENTUCKY Words & Music by Bill Monroe 1947 These lyrics transcribed directly and faithfully from a Bill Monroe recording of his song, played in the key of "Bb". This song basically has only one verse and one chorus which are sung before & after fiddle & mandolin instrumentals. __________________________________________________________________________ [G]Blue moon of Ken[G7]tucky, keep on [C]shining Shine [G]on the one that's gone and proved un[D]true Blue [G]moon of Ken[G7]tucky, keep on [C]shining Shine [G]on the one that's [D]gone and left me [G]blue It was [C]on a moonlight night The [G]stars were shining bright An' they [C]whispered from on high Yo' [G]love has said good[D]bye Blue [G]moon of Ken[G7]tucky keep on [C]shining Shine [G]on the one that's [D]gone and said good[G]bye Mandolin Instrumental verse Blue moon of Kentucky, keep on shining Shine on the one that's gone and proved untrue Blue moon of Kentucky, keep on shining Shine on the one that's gone and left me blue Fiddle Instrumental verse It was on a moonlight night The stars were shining bright An' they whispered from on high Yo' love has said goodbye Blue moon of Kentucky keep on shining Shine on the one that's gone and said goodbye ___________________________________________________ "Back in those days, it seems every trip we made was from Kentucky to Florida driving back and forth. I always thought about Kentucky, and I wanted to write a song about the moon we could always see over it. The best way to do this was to bring a girl into the song. I wanted words to this, because most of my songs were instrumentals. 'Kentucky Waltz' had come earlier and I knew I could write both words and music, so I qrote it in the car on the way home from one of those Florida trips." --Bill Monroe _____________________________________________________________________________ Recorded by Bill Monroe & The Bluegrass Boys Roy Acuff The Stanley Brothers Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys John C. Fogerty (very "electric" version) Ray Charles Jerry Reed Ricky Scaggs Elvis Presley Patsy Cline (who apparently didn't know the words) LeAnn Rimes (Who copied Patsy Cline)