Chords
The Birth Of The Blues

Key: C

Introduction:

difficulty
very hard |||||
          D7  G7  Dm7  G7  C    C  
A7  G#7      G7         C      C/B                    Dm7         G7  
They heard the breeze         in the trees
  G7+            C    E7    F  
Singing weird 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        C  
And they played that         as part of the blues
C         C/B      E7    Dm6                    E7  
From a whippoorwill, out on a hill
Dm6              Bm7(5-)    E7  Bm7(5-)  
They took a new note
  E7                              A7    A4/7                    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(5-)         E7    F  
And gave out    the news
                D7      Dm7      G7                                      C      Am         G#7  G7  
That the southland         gave birth to the blues
C         C/B      E7    Dm6                    E7  
From a whippoorwill, out on a hill
Dm6              Bm7(5-)    E7  Bm7(5-)  
They took a new note
  E7                              A7    A4/7                    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(5-)         E7    F  
And gave out    the news
D7         Dm7      G7    G#7         G7                                     C  Bb7  G#7  C  
That the southland              gave birth to the blues

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