Birth Of The Blues Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][D][G][F#aug][D][G][D][G][C][G][C][G][Cm][Ab]
[G]Oh,

[Verse 1]
[G]
they say [D]some [F]people long ago
Were search[Eb]ing for a different [D]tune
[Ebdim]One that [Eb]they could croon[D]
[Eb]As o[D]nly they c[G]an
They [E]only [Bbdim]had the r[D]hythm[G]
So they started sway[F]ing
to [G]an [F]d fro
They didn't [Eb]know just what to [D]use
[Eb]That is how the blue[D]s real[G]ly began[Eb]
[G]The[E]y hea[Eb]rd the[D] bre[G]eze
[Fm]in t[G]he trees[A]
[Bbdim]Singing weird mel[G]odies[Cm][C]
[C#dim]And they made[D] that[Cdim]
[D]the[Ebdim] start of the blues[D][G]
And [Eb]from [D]a

[Verse 2]
[G]jail [Bdim]came the wail[Am][Bbdim]
[F#]Of a d[G]own- h[B]earted f[Cm]rail[C][F#]
[A]And [D]they played that
As part [G]of the blues
From a whippoorwill
[B]Out[F#m] on a hil[B]l
[F#m]They took a n[B]ew note[Cdim]
[B]Pushed it thr[E]ough a horn
'Til it was worn
Into a [A]blue note[C#dim]
[D]An [E]d t[Eb]hen the[D]y nursed[G] it,[Abdim]
[Am]rehear[A]sed it[Bbdim]
[G]And [B]gave out the [C]news
[C#dim]That the Southland[D] gave birth to the blues![Bdim][E]

[Outro 1]
[Bdim]
[E][C][C#dim][D][F][E][B][B][Am][D][G][C#dim][G]
[C#aug]