Blue Moon Of Kentucky

Written by Bill Monroe

Key of G · Chords: I IV V

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Verse 1

G                             C
Blue moon of Kentucky keep on shining
G                                         D
Shine on the one that's gone and proved untrue
G                             C
Blue moon of Kentucky keep on shining
G                       D                G
Shine on the one that's gone and left me blue

Verse 2

C
It was on a moonlight night
G
The stars were shining bright
C
And they whispered from on high
G                       D
Your love has said good-bye
Recorded by: Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys (1947), The Stanley Brothers (1954), The Osborne Brothers (1969), Clarence White (1976), Roland White (1976)
and 22 more, Josh Graves (1977), Benny Martin (1978), Pierre Bensusan (1979), Bill Monroe (1984), Ralph Stanley (1986), Chubby Wise (1988), Jimmy Martin (1988), Peter Rowan (1995), Jim and Jesse (1997), IIIrd Tyme Out (1998), Del McCoury (1999), Ricky Skaggs (2000), Laurie Lewis (2011), Dan Tyminski (2024), Sam Bush (2024), Earl Scruggs, Jerry Douglas, Alison Krauss, Chris Thile, Doc Watson, Sara Watkins, Stuart Duncan

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