Chords
Birth Of The Blues

Key: C

Introduction:

difficulty
hard |||||
A7            Ab7    G7  C                                                 Dm7    G7                 C                    E7         F                      D7  
They heard the breeze in the trees, singing weird melodies.
                                          G7                                                                                                 C                         Ab7         G7  
And they made that, the start of the blues
  G7  F#7    F7    C                                              Dm7  G7    C              E7                    F  
And from a         jail came the wail    of a downhearted frail.
D7                            G7                                                                                            C                              Fm                 C  
And they played that as part of the blues.
C                                                              E7  
From a whippoorwill, out on a hill they took a new note.
                                                                                     A7                                                                    Am7  D7                                      G7  
Pushed it through a horn till it was born into a blue note.
G7      F#7  F7         C                      Am            Dm      G7            C                              E7    F                         E7  
And then they nursed it, rehearsed it and gave out the news.
                                     G7                                                                                                      C                              F                      C  
That the Southland, gave birth to the blues.
C                                                              E7  
From a whippoorwill, out on a hill they took a new note.
                                                                                     A7                                              Am7                      D7                                      G7  
Pushed it through a horn till it was born into a blue note.
                     F#7      F7    C                         Am            Dm            G7      C                            E7    F  
And then they nursed it, rehearsed it and gave out the news.
                                     G7                                                                                                      C                         B                 Bb              A7  
That the Southland, gave birth to the blues.
                                        D7                                      G7                                                              C                      C7            F              Fm         C            G  
That the Southland, gave birth to the blues.