Tono: C
D7
G7
Dm7
G7
C
Fº
C
A7
G#7
G7
C
C/B
Dm7
G7
They heard the breeze in the trees
G7M
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(b5)
E7
Bm7(b5)
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(b5)
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(b5)
E7
Bm7(b5)
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(b5)
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