Blue Gardenia Chords by Nat King Cole

Tempo:
117.8 bpm
Chords used:

F

D

C

Gm

A

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Nat King Cole - Blue Gardenia chords
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[Cm] [F]
[Cm]
[Bb]
[Ebm]
[Db]
[G] [C]
Blue Gardenia,
[F] now I'm [D] alone with you,
[Eb] and I am [D] also [C] blue.
[Gm] [A] She has [F] tossed us [D] aside, [Gm] and like [C] you,
[Gm] Gardenia, [A]
[F] once I was [E] near [Bm] her heart.
[Eb] After the [D] teardrops start,
[Gm] where are [Am] teardrops to [Gbm] hide?
[F] I lived [C] for an hour,
[F] what more [D] can I [E] tell?
[D] [A] Love [E] bloomed like a flower,
[A] [Bm] then [G] the petals fell.
[C] [Bb] Blue [Gb] Gardenia, [F] thrown to a [D] passing [Gb]
[D] [Gm] breeze, but pressed in my book [Bb] [A] of [F] memory.
[A] [G]
[Bb]
[F] I lived for [C] an hour, [F]
what more [Gb] can I tell?
[A]
Love bloomed like a [Ab]
flower, [E] [Gbm]
[Bm] then [G] the petals [C] [G] fell.
[Gm]
Blue [Gb]
[C] [F]
Gardenia, thrown to a [D] passing [Gm] breeze, but pressed in my book [D] of
[Gm] memory.
[F] [Gm] [Em]
[C]
[F]
Key:  
F
134211111
D
1321
C
3211
Gm
123111113
A
1231
F
134211111
D
1321
C
3211
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To learn Nat King Cole - Blue Gardenia chords, focus on the sequence of these chords: Fm, Cm, Db, C, F, C, F, E and A. A strategic approach would be to train at 74 BPM initially, and then accelerate to the song's tempo of 148. With an eye on the song's key F Major, set the capo that best suits your vocal range.

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_ [Cm] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[Ebm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
Blue _ Gardenia, _ _
[F] _ _ now I'm [D] alone with you, _ _
[Eb] _ _ and I am [D] also [C] blue. _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ [A] She has [F] tossed us _ [D] aside, _ [Gm] and like _ [C] you, _
[Gm] _ Gardenia, [A] _ _ _
[F] _ _ once I was [E] near [Bm] her heart. _ _
[Eb] _ _ After the [D] teardrops start, _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ where are [Am] teardrops to _ [Gbm] hide? _ _
[F] _ _ _ I lived [C] for an hour, _ _
[F] _ _ what more [D] can I _ [E] tell? _
[D] _ [A] _ _ Love [E] bloomed like a flower, _ _
[A] _ _ _ [Bm] then [G] the petals _ fell. _
_ [C] _ _ _ [Bb] Blue _ [Gb] _ _ _ Gardenia, _ [F] _ _ _ thrown to a [D] passing _ [Gb] _ _
[D] [Gm] breeze, _ but pressed in my book [Bb] _ [A] of _ _ [F] memory. _ _
[A] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[F] _ I lived for [C] an hour, _ _ [F] _ _
what more [Gb] can I tell?
_ [A] _ _ _
Love bloomed like a [Ab]
flower, [E] _ _ _ [Gbm] _ _
_ [Bm] then [G] the petals [C] _ [G] fell.
_ _ [Gm] _
_ Blue _ _ [Gb] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [F]
Gardenia, _ thrown to a [D] passing _ _ _ [Gm] breeze, _ but pressed in my book [D] of _ _
[Gm] _ memory.
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _

Facts about this song

It's Lester Lee and Bob Russell who authored this song.

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