Chords
Birth Of The Blues

Key: C

Introduction:

 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.