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Blue Rodeo – Julie Is Painting Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

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INTRO:
Em  C  Dm7  C
Em  Em C  Dm7  C
Em  C  Dm7  C

VERSE:
Cmaj7              F
     Watching the sunset
C                F
 Dancing on the lily pad
Cmaj7        F
     Rained all day
C                      Dm  G
 Now it's starting to clear
C  Em C  Dm  C

VERSE:
Cmaj7            Dm
     Wanna hear your
           F C
voice again
 C              F
Wanna feel the summer wind
Cmaj7
     Wanna sleep
        Dm      F C
by the waterfall
 C               F
Wanna hear that thunder roll
         F
 F                Em  Em
Cuz I found this shack
Dm                   F
  At the end of the road

Dm              Em
  And I'm just sitting
        F
  here watching
            G      G   G
Summer ski-ies explode

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CHORUS:
Am          G             F
  Julie is painting (ooh ooh)
        F
Summer skies
Am          Em            G
  Julie is painting (ooh ooh)
        F
Summer skies
Dm              Em
  And I'm just sitting
        F
  here watching
            G      G   G
Summer ski-ies explode

INSTRUMENTAL:
Cmaj7  F  C  F
Cmaj7  F  C  C
Cmaj7  F  C  F
Cmaj7  F  C  F
F  F  G  G

VERSE:
Cmaj7            F
     Reading an old nursery rhyme
Cmaj7                    F
     Counting blackbirds on
     the power line
Cmaj7            Dm
     One is for sorrow,
C           Dm F
 Two is for joy
Cmaj7                F
     Three is for a letter,
C              Dm  D F
 Four is for a boy
 F           Em
Five is for silver,
Dm            F  F
  Six is for gold
Dm  Em            F
   Seven's for a secret
             G  G  G
never to be told

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CHORUS:
Am          G             F
  Julie is painting (ooh ooh)
        F
Summer skies
Am          Em            G
  Julie is painting (ooh ooh)
        F
Summer skies

OUTRO:
Dm Em F
Dm Em F
Dm Em F
G  G
Em  C  Dm  C
Em  C  Dm  C

How to play Julie Is Painting: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Julie Is Painting by Blue Rodeo on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Julie Is Painting by Blue Rodeo is built around C major (no sharps or flats), with 9 chords in all: Em, C, Dm7, Cmaj7, F, Dm, G, Am and D.

Listen for F – Dm – Em – F (IV – ii – iii – IV in C major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is fah – reh – mi – fah. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Beginner-friendly: almost every chord here is an open shape on guitar: no capo, no barre chords needed.