Key: C
Introduction:
D7 G7 Dm7 G7 C Fº 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 Fº 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 Gº C Bb7 G#7 C
That the southland gave birth to the blues
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