Written by Bob Russell and Lester Lee
Introdução: Verse E C#m4/7 F#m Fdim B7 E B7 E Cdim I lived for an hour what more can I tell A F#m D9 Fdim E7 F#7 Edim B7 Love bloomed like a flower , then the petals fell Melody Em7 Cdim A7 A7/13 F#m D7M B7 Blue gardenia, now I'm alone with you D7M B7 F#m D9 Bm5-/7 A7 D And I am also blue she has tossed us aside A A7/13 Em7 Cdim A7 A7/13 F#m D7M B7 And like you, gardenia, once I was near her heart D7M B7 F#m Em7 A7 G/B A7 C#7 After the teardrops start, where are tear drops to hide Bridge E C#m4/7 F#m Fdim B7 E B7 E Cdim I lived for an hour what more can I tell A F#m D9 Fdim E7 F#7 Edim B7 Love bloomed like a flower , then the petals fell Em7 Cdim A7 A7/13 D7M F#m E7/9 Blue gardenia, thrown to a passing breeze Gdim D9 F#m Bm Bm7/E Em7 Edim D Gm7 A7 D But pressed in my book of memorries