Key: G
Introduction:
A7 G#7 G7 C C/B Dm7 G7
They heard the breeze in the trees
G7M C E7 F
Singing wierd melodies
D7 G7 C G#7 G7
And they made that the start of the blues.
A7 G#7 G7 C Am Dm7
And from a jail came the wail
G7 C E7 F
Of a down-hearted frail
D7 G7 Dm7 G7 C Fº C
And they played that as part of the blues.
(Bridge:)
C C/B E7 Dm6 E7
From a whippoorwill, out on a hill,
Dm6 Bm7(b5) E7 Bm7(b5)
They took a new note,
E7 A7 A7(4) A7
Pushed it through a horn til it was born
Am7 D7 G7
Into a new note.
A7 G#7 G7 C Am Dm7 G7
And then they nursed it, rehearsed it,
G+ C Bm7(b5) E7 F
And gave out the news
D7 Dm7 G7 C Am G#7 G7
That the southland gave birth to the blues.
(Repeat Bridge:)
D7 Dm7 G7 G#7- G7 Gº C Bb7 G#7 C
That the southland gave birth to the blues.