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The Birth Of The Blues

Key: C

Introduction:

              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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